exactly, the "hate crime" tag is denoted by the victim belonging to a defined group. but apparently members of that group could attack someone not on the prescribed list and its not a hate crime. two punks pick on a white lad, they've committed a regular assault. two white lads pick on a punk...
the thing is, will they treat offenses where the perptrators are all of one of these groups as a hate crime too, and punish the goths or punks accordingly?