Re:Academe is a hotbed of craven snitches
by michaelt on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @06:02PM
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> Do the rules matter or not?
Go to the cops and try to turn yourself in for that time you ticked a "I have read the terms and conditions" checkbox dishonestly. I suspect you'll find some rules matter more than others.
Re:Academe is a hotbed of craven snitches
by msgilligan on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @05:35PM
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If the rules are regularly applied to persecute people over nonexistent offenses, they will very soon cease to matter.
Re:Academe is a hotbed of craven snitches
by MattGaiser on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @06:39PM
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It was severe enough an offense that it cost him his job when found out.
Re:Academe is a hotbed of craven snitches
by otterley on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @06:06PM
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It’s not that black and white. Even rules themselves are subject to interpretation. Rules can matter, but first there needs to be agreement on what they mean: what precise conduct they proscribe — and, equally important — what they don’t.
Right...if the institutions are over-zealous, then they are at fault. But to complain that someone pointed out to the authorities that they think someone was breaking the rules is a bit silly. I have a hard time taking seriously anyone who uses the word "snitch". I suspect OP is just a little bit salty because of their Title IX complaints and that their partner got reported for making a classless racial joke about children.
On the one hand, society institutes these rules and we supposedly claim to be rule following people.
On the other hand, people who try to have the rules enforced are labelled as "snitches."
Your answer to why tragedies occur but even when people knew, nobody did anything.
Do the rules matter or not?