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Nonsense. "Everyone does it" is a lousy defense, and all laws are selectively enforced. They cheated. Period.

• crazygringo 3y ago
  Nonsense back at you. Because laws that are selectively enforced to an extreme degree are unjust. Period. Tons of students cheat. The solution is effective policy at an institutional level to actually deter cheating overall, not to catch a tiny subset of individuals that accomplishes nothing in the broader picture.
  • AlbertCory 3y ago
    It's called "setting an example." Like catching a few speeders on the freeway: deters the rest. > accomplishes nothing in the broader picture not quite nothing. Those bad students got caught.
    • crazygringo 3y ago
      But it's not setting an example if it doesn't deter the rest, that's the point. There's nothing good about punishing students if the punishment is too infrequent to deter. And one profesor acting alone isn't enough to deter.
      • AlbertCory 3y ago
        Pure conjecture. If the Chicago cops catch two murderers, that's several people who don't get shot. Even if they don't catch ALL of them.