Dear Governor: I am writing to ask you to oppose criminal punishment for racist speech, but instead to educate our children. For several years, I have read countless articles about criminal punishment for racial speech. You, of all people should know how slow our court system is right now and will be always with the hard time criminals. The argument for criminal punishment says our society is to the point where we need to punish …showed first 75 words of 583 total…

…showed last 75 words of 583 total…All heritages are a part of history even if it might hurt someone's feelings. In closing I hope you take some of my suggestions and ponder on them to weigh our state's options on this subject. One more thought is we might want to look at the cost factor also, the education route will be much more cost effective than taking legal action and holding up our court system even more. Sincerely Concerned, ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**