Reply #198: yeah I suppose so [View All]

[marions ghost]

I realize I'm in the minority that tends to look at what is morally right in addition to what is legally right. But that's OK, I'm used to being different in an ethically-challenged society. People with any intelligence or education are always kicked off juries. That's a HUGE flaw in the legal system. You can just pack juries with people who only think in black and white.

Your simple concept is seriously flawed. It is an insult to the student-university relationship to consider the university a "surrogate parent." This has come about in a society that coddles children
and a legal system that thrives on exploitation.

If my son drank himself to death in college I would consider it a tragic error of judgement on HIS part, despite all the warnings and efforts I know are out there to prevent it. If he had done that in high school, while under my care, it would be the same--I would not hold myself responsible if I knew that I had done my best to prevent it. By the same token, I would not hold a college responsible later on. Peer pressure outweighs anything the colleges can do without infringing on students' legal rights.