student safety in St Petersburg

[Shlomit Gorin]

Paul Gallagher wrote:


> Typically, those who tell us everything's hunky-dory latch onto the
> occasional fabrications and use them to "prove" (доказывать, а не доказать)
> that we have nothing to worry about, it's all made up. On the other side,
> those who demand action latch onto the occasional extreme examples and use
> them to prove how bad things are.
>

Of course, I agree. I think the key term here is "occasionally."

>
> Only an impartial observer who has taken the time to sample widely and
> measure accurately can tell us just how good or bad things are. We need
> robust statistics.
>

Robust statistics are needed for empirical validation of scientific
concepts, not for collecting information on when, where, and to whom a hate
crime occurred.

I think the beating up and killing of human rights activists and journalists
in Russia who demand attention to, and action to combat, hate crimes (among
other human rights violations) attests to the very real problem of hate
crimes.

Shlomit

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