My boyfriend and I were reading the news, and we happened to be reading an interesting pair of articles at the same time:
Boyfriend: *reading title* University of Washington research ranks fourth among world universities.
Me: *reading title* Purdue ranks second in FBI hate crime report.
Boyfriend: Well, at least it wasn’t first.
We’re number two! We’re number… …ugh.
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mayanskeptic
December 21, 2012 at 3:49 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
THE MAYAN SKEPTIC APOCALYPSE 12/21/2012
we really enjoy your atheist forum
do a search on youtube for skepticality
a little souvenir
it is the video about the PIGS
PDX_Greg
December 21, 2012 at 5:05 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Boyfriend’s response was pure genius.
Congrats on 4th place for UW!
shockna
December 21, 2012 at 10:45 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I’m actually applying to UW tomorrow; this makes me really hope they take me >.>
Also, quite glad I skipped on Purdue… That’s awful =\
joachim
December 22, 2012 at 5:05 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Its sad how many atheists are haters.
You can blow that off, but face it…thats how a lot of people see it.
ah58
December 22, 2012 at 8:25 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
@joachim:
What? Where did that come from? You’re saying that all the hate crimes at Purdue were done by atheists? Does simply talking about haters make you one?
sambarge
December 22, 2012 at 1:52 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Joachim – You should warm up your muscles before you stretch like that. You could tear something.
shockna
December 22, 2012 at 1:57 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Just in case you aren’t being deliberately obtuse, I’d recommend reading some of Jen’s older posts about being at Purdue; it wasn’t exactly an atheist-friendly environment. Hate crimes, as is almost universal in the United States (due to cultural bigotry), are much, much more likely to target atheists than to be committed by atheists.
left0ver1under
December 23, 2012 at 11:06 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Meanwhile, the prominent front page coverage on the UW site this Sunday is about the loss to Boise State.
Clearly, some people have got their priorities straight. Too bad it’s in the reverse order.
Nick Gotts (formerly KG)
December 27, 2012 at 9:30 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
joachim,
I’ve never read any comment from you that doesn’t exude hate. You can blow that off but face it… that’s how a lot people see it.
birgerjohansson
December 28, 2012 at 3:20 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Mayanskeptic sounds like Denis Markuze trolling, violating the terms of his parole.
brucecoppola
December 28, 2012 at 8:42 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Tsk, Jen…you only got accepted at a lowly 4th place institution? So much for your Nobel chances. :)
Now, totally OT: Ever since you posted those beautiful pics of you and the BF hiking last summer, I’ve wondered if you’ve been tempted to try kayaking or canoeing since you’re in a primo location for paddlesports. Nice way to decompress from stressful situations like grad school and blog trolls.
Like so many others, glad you’re back. And glad you’re at a great school in a great place!
beezlebubby
December 31, 2012 at 6:04 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I see joachim is tainting another ftb site with absurd, fact-free attacks. Blog after blog, post after post, no substance, nothing to contribute, and nothing but petty little insults. An entirely pathetic, irrelevant, and useless commenter.
Happy 2013 Jen. Good luck with your academics, and keep up the good freethought work. Maybe I’ll get it together and make a convention this year…yours is one of the many hands I’d like to shake in gratitude.
RunningDogs
January 2, 2013 at 1:52 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
The reason that you’re number two is that your school has a different reporting mechanism than others.
Does anyone actually read these links?
B
January 3, 2013 at 8:00 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Total number of students enrolled at Purdue in 2012 = 39256
Total number of reported hate crimes (though numbers are not 100% accurate, lets assume under reporting of 100%) = 7 reported in the linked article, so double that to 14.
14/39256 = .03%
Lets even take it times 10!
70 hate crimes
70/39256 = .17%
Seems pretty safe to me.
You can never get rid of people who are willing to commit crime, but crime can be reduced.
How much more would you expect this particular crime to be reduced?