Letter to the editor: Humanity is about more than data
(02/02/17 10:18pm)
In his recent opinion piece, Austin Cirillo provocatively claimed that the acceptance of Syrian refugees into the United States is inhumane. He takes care to absolve himself of the responsibility of engaging in an actual conversation, hoping not to “begin an ideological debate.” However, there is absolutely no care taken to understanding the issues beyond the presentation of useful data—and I mean useful in the sense that it fulfills a predisposition or confirms a bias.