student safety in St Petersburg

[Shlomit Gorin]

I'm not so sure that "many" hate crimes - high-profile or not - have turned
out to be fabrications or distractions. I think it's more likely the case
that a negligent percentage of them have. In any case, I can't really think
of many things that are entirely safe from the possibility of distortion,
and I can't really see how including this type of caveat is necessary or
productive unless the distortion is so frequent or severe that it warrants
mentioning. Moreover, I think it's safe to say that when we're talking about
hate crimes - regardless of where or to whom they occur - the assumption can
be made that there are many more that are committed than reported, which
significantly lowers the percentage of those that turn out to be
distortions.

On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 7:51 PM, Robert Orr <colkitto at rogers.com> wrote:

>
>> The idea that western ideals contaminate the data about hate crimes is
>> also
>> suspect unless you are suggesting that these organizations make up the
>> crimes themselves ......
>>
>
> Unfortunately, many high-profile "hate crimes" in the US have later turned
> out to be fabrications or distractions, and any attempt to bring the
> phenomenon to the notice of people outside the US should include that
> caveat.
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