For the second time in a week, someone has been arrested at the World Outgames for a hate crime. The World Outgames, which was held in Copenhagen this year, is a major sporting, cultural and human rights event for gays, lesbians, and transgenders. Unfortunately, it is often marred by anti-gay actions, and this year’s event was no exception.
The first incident involved two men, who were charged with attacking three gay men who were attending the event in Copenhagen. They were charged with hate crimes, which are defined as the perpetrator being motivated purely by the victim’s sexual orientation, race or religion according to the Copenhagen Post.
The second arrest involved a 31 year-old man who threw powerful explosives at competitors during a track and field event in Osterbro Stadium. The man was able to throw two small bombs into the field before police arrived and took him away. Although he claims they were mere fireworks, the explosives were strong enough to have potentially caused physical damage to the victims.
See more at the CPHPost.
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Denmark is just a country full of racism. Denmark hates everyone who isn’t Danish or Scandinavian. They even are a bit racist against Icelanders.
The biggest problem I see is that more and more the idea of thought police are accepted as legitimate. I wonder, if these two idiots had assaulted someone just like them, but did it just for fun would they get the same punishment? Don’t bother I already know the answer and the weak argument of those who want to control every outcome. Remember when you are the victim any crime is a hate crime.
Not good hate is not the answer .we have to respect each other if we are different.
“The World Outgames”? Out of what – minds?
Are they mentally sick or disabled in any other way? What’s the heck they need special separate “games”? And if they need – they should expect to be “complete strangers”.
There are games for disabled – but only because it’s really hard for them to compete with “regular” people. But even here they try to get into “regular” games proving that they are as strong as anyone else. And even more funny that all these world sport authorities claim that disable people have an advantage because of they use prosthetic devices (most famous – made in Iceland btw).
But these Outgames? Sorry, but I have no sympathy for them. If they want to stay “out” – they will be out…siders.