On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 14:32, Adam Raizen wrote:
I really find it incredible that you're objecting.
A lot of things have
been said against the government of Israel, but I haven't heard anyone
questioning the statistics it gathers for its own bureaucratic purposes
on its own citizens (these data do not include any information on
Palestinians in the territories). How might the statistics be biased
exactly? Too many or too few Jews? Too large a population, or too small?
What would be the purpose of that? (Don't answer, it's a rhetorical
question. I'm not going to debate this.)
As long as you cite the source, I have no objections. I don't think
there's anything wrong with citing statistics collected by a government.
Our citation of the comparable U.S. sources hasn't drawn this much fire.