[Ghoulish Delight]

Again, we already do that. It's "worse" to assault a child vs. assaulting an adult. It's "worse" to abuse an elderly infirmed person than a middle-aged person. There are countless laws that have been in effect, with little to no objection, for decades that delineate all kinds of different classes of people against whom a crime carries a stiffer punishment.

Argue all you want that this particular way to create a separate class won't accomplish anything benefiting society, but saying that creating different classes of victims is in and of itself wrong simply does not hold water considering our current justice system. So unless we're going to open up debate on all of those other laws meant to protect particular classes of people, it's not an argument that makes much sense.