{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30284649","dateCreated":"1289921303","smartDate":"Nov 16, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"keifuku","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/keifuku","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30284649"},"dateDigested":1532140552,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Hate Crime","description":"This, by far, was one of the most disturbing things I've ever read. It's sickening. I don't understand how people can behave like that to one another. But then again, that's what we in the modern world have been saying about slavery. If there is a will to do something, the persecutors will find a way to justify their actions. Whatever justification they came up with, I think the gang of boys uultimately did what they did out of fear and ignorance. Fear of difference and ignorance of their actions.
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\nIt's heartbreaking to think that acts of violence like this are happening all over the country. People of a different sexual orientation do not deserve this kind of treatement simply because there are others who disagree with their lifestyle.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"29528459","dateCreated":"1288758978","smartDate":"Nov 2, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"reosaito","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/reosaito","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/29528459"},"dateDigested":1532140552,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Hate Crimes","description":"This article was very disturbing and hard to read. The age of the assaulters shows how immature young men are in our society. I think the suspects made the victim beat the 30 year old man just to be cruel. They forced him to do it as a punishment. It is said that the suspects resorted to violence. Because of their immaturity, violence was probably the only thing that came to their minds. Recent attacks against gays are just horrible and disturbing. It is very depressing to know that these things are actaully happening. It just shows how low we we've become as a nation. The community should be accepting and understanding. But this will not happen. There is always going to be hate and violence against gays. A lot of people in our community aren't accepting and maturea about it. I don't think that there is any punishment that can make up for what the suspects have done. To me, torturing is worse than murder. But torturing the suspects won't do anything.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"29454663","dateCreated":"1288681715","smartDate":"Nov 2, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"taranilsson","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/taranilsson","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/29454663"},"dateDigested":1532140552,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Crime Against Gays","description":"I honestly felt violated just reading this article. It feels too unbelievably horrifying to possibly be true, which is probably why the article said that this was one of the worst hate crimes that happened. It makes me angry, scared, sad, and shocked that something like this could happen to people just because of their sexual orientation. It is immoral to judge someone and then torture them based on their sexual orientation. It is no one else\u2019s business if a man is gay; he can\u2019t help it and shouldn\u2019t have to change either.
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\n1. What does the age of the assaulters reveal about society today?
\nThe age of the assaulters reveals that in today\u2019s society, young adults are probably the most homophobic. Most adolescents aren\u2019t even educated or experienced enough to have a justified stance on this issue, unless they have had lots of exposure to gays and lesbians. I feel that young people are too na\u00efve and conforming, which is why they do not really understand the issue of sexual orientation.
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\n2. Why do you think the suspects made the victim beat the 30 year-old man?
\nI think they made the victim beat the 30 year-old man as punishment for being gay, which is really stupid, in my opinion. They probably wanted him to feel guilty for being gay and to show him that he would never be accepted into their gang if he is gay.
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\n3. What do you think caused them to resort to such violence against people they don't even know?
\nActually, I thought the article said that some of them did know some or all three victims. I think people are more prone to attack people they know because of something they dislike about specific people, such as sexual orientation in this case. The suspects could possibly have hated the victims for other reasons too, but sexual orientation is the main reason, which is an unjustified reason.
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\n4. What do you think about the recent attacks against gays?
\nI think that recent attacks against gays could have been encouraged by previous attacks, causing some kind of chain effect. I think that in today\u2019s society, homosexuality is only beginning to emerge as acceptable, and those who are scared of this possibility are resorting to violence against homosexuals, gays especially.
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\n5. How do you think the community will react?
\nI think that the community can either react positively or negatively to these attacks. I think that most people, in general, are good, not evil; thus, I think after reading an article like this one, they will feel that hurting gays is definitely wrong. All we need is for people to be educated about this issue, then maybe more people will stand up for gays and fight for them.
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\n6. What is the appropriate punishment, if any, for the 9 attackers?
\nI would say jail for life is the appropriate punishment for all of them because what they did is absolutely unacceptable. Even the article said that they committed one of the worst hate crimes ever heard of.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"29453265","dateCreated":"1288674449","smartDate":"Nov 1, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"amalualu","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/amalualu","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/29453265"},"dateDigested":1532140552,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Violence Against Gay Men","description":"After reading this article I was shocked yet at the same time not really. I think this is because it happens so often; there have been so many violent attacks against gay men in the recent years. But what really shocked me was the ages of the victims and the attackers. I cannot believe a bunch of 17 year olds would viciously attack a middle-aged man and then force the gay 17 year old man to also beat him. It is sick that people are even capable of such things.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"29428795","dateCreated":"1288644114","smartDate":"Nov 1, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"aldevens","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/aldevens","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/29428795"},"dateDigested":1532140552,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Disturbed","description":"This article was very hard for me to read and believe that this actually happened. It makes me sick to know that the human being is capable of doing such a horrible and disgusting act against an innocent homosexual man. Because this man was different than everyone else and this gang did not like that, they beat him because he of his sexual orientation. That is NOT okay. I feel that these men should be put to death so they can do no harm to anyone else. I didn't know what some of the words meant in this article and when I looked them up, I wish i hadn't. They were words that I wish not to repeat and are hard to believe they have a word for such an act. This article sort of goes back to the idea of everybody being equal even though they are different from you.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"29333099","dateCreated":"1288392369","smartDate":"Oct 29, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"jeremybautista","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jeremybautista","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/29333099"},"dateDigested":1532140552,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"hate crimes","description":"This article is sickening and reveals something about society today that is actually horrifying and that is that more people are becoming extremely hateful. I believe that these criminals were swayed to commit such violent crimes by ignorance and blind hatred that came from a lack of knowledge about anything. These suspects show exactly what's wrong with society and that is that more people are not learning about civil rights and are acting blindly purely on what they have learned from other ignorant people. I have always dismissed it when people verbally abuse others because no one is physically being hurt, but when people start to get hurt, there is truly something wrong with the world and society.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"29297239","dateCreated":"1288353710","smartDate":"Oct 29, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"kendraho827","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/kendraho827","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/29297239"},"dateDigested":1532140552,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"tortured for being gay","description":"I was sickened by the convoluted ways of the nine attackers. They abducted gay people and forced unjust punishments on them. The acceptance of sexual orientations, gay or straight, is still a big topic that floats around in the air. To see that there are people like the nine attackers out there forcing what they think is the only right way is frightening. This problem is similar to racial discrimination and gender discrimination, yet it has not been delt with the same seriousness. I think the society needs to really confront this problem and make sure no more misconducts are performed to harm any inidividuals no matter what his or her sexual orientaion is.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"29296311","dateCreated":"1288350637","smartDate":"Oct 29, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"stephanieung11","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/stephanieung11","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/29296311"},"dateDigested":1532140552,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"violence against gay men","description":"I was in a state of shock and disbelief when I started to read the article. Toward the end of the article, I even found myself skipping a few words now and then because I did not want to read in detail about the vicious acts the gang forced upon the gay men. I could not even read the entire article completely, and I cannot even imagine how much pain and torture the gay man must have gone through. It is truly disappointing to hear about such acts of brutality that are taking place today just because of a person's sexual orientation. I honestly do not understand why the gang would even do this in the first place. Whether a person wants to be gay or not is their choice, and their business alone. I think that the community will be very shocked in reaction to this incident. Any act that involves the degree of crime and severity such as this situation will affect the community.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"29295989","dateCreated":"1288349363","smartDate":"Oct 29, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"kterayama","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/kterayama","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/29295989"},"dateDigested":1532140552,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Lured Into a Trap, Then Tortured for Being Gay","description":"After reading this article, more than anything I felt angry and hate toward these people. How can anyone even think about being so cruel? I suspect that the community and everyone else who reads or hears about this will react the same way I did. There is a certain point where the line is being crossed on the hate against the gay and this inccident has crossed the line way to far. After reading what the attackers did to these people, it made me sick to my stomach. I think that something should be done about this problem or someone should take action because over these past months, there has been way too many inccidents about being gay. if nothing gets done soon, this problem will get worse and worse. the attackers should be sentence to years in jail because they are hurting innocent lives and people who have never done anything wrong to them or anyone for that matter.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"29295459","dateCreated":"1288346863","smartDate":"Oct 29, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"DaniCalifornia7","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/DaniCalifornia7","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/29295459"},"dateDigested":1532140553,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"gay men","description":"I find it sad that the suspects made the victim beat the 30 year old man. I think it was to show the victim that gay people are bad and need to be punished not just out of hate since 1 gay can't hate another for being gay, but beacause gay people deserve it. They probably resorted to such violence because it catches attention and is a strong warning to others. I think the reaction that is so wrong because the suspects are judging on differences doesn't have to be applied for just violence against gay people. Gangs that dislike eachother because of which gang they belong to is equally bad, but it is seen as just normal gang violence, whereas I don't see the difference with violence against gay people. The suspects should be punished as would any other person who commited a violent attack on another person.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]}],"more":true},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}