I'm actually not sure how to respond to the sentiment presented in that phrase.
Oh my god, this is so true. Can't people see that it is obviously better to destroy thousands of innocent women's lives than tens of innocent men's toward a better future? How can people be so short-sighted! How can they be so warped as to put any value on the women when men's sex lives are at stake? ~smh~ Men are not going to be able to pick up on this new program quickly - not without actual jail time - don't they know that? Men are just not capable of learning about being damn sure. And these people are willing to throw away a few completely normally nonempathetic men when all that's at stake is thousands of women?
No, it's not "exactly the same". But it certainly does have far-reaching and profound consequences. Being expelled from a college can make it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to be accepted to another college. There's a very high possibility that the effect of expulsion is to bar that person from being able to get a degree - it condemns them to work in fields that do not require degrees, and it could feasibly ruin lives in a way that is as drastic as imprisonment would be.
The explosion of on-line and for-profit colleges along with data privacy concerns dramatically reduce those probabilities. And, of course, all of that pales in comparison to possible violence and rape from imprisonment.
Do you believe that a degree from one of those on-line for-profit colleges is comparable to a degree from an accredited university, and will be viewed as comparable by prospective employers? I don't. I also don't think that those on-line and for-profit colleges offer the full complement of studies available at an accredited university. I suppose if your life's goal is to be a medical transcriptionist then you're probably okay. but if you want to be a lawyer, it might be a bit more of a challenge.
Perhaps there needs to be the threat of expulsion if prisoners don't get an explicit affirmation of consent beforehand?
Oh my god, this is so true. Can't people see that it is obviously better to destroy thousands of innocent women's lives than tens of innocent men's toward a better future? How can people be so short-sighted! How can they be so warped as to put any value on the women when men's sex lives are at stake? ~smh~ Men are not going to be able to pick up on this new program quickly - not without actual jail time - don't they know that? Men are just not capable of learning about being damn sure. And these people are willing to throw away a few completely normally nonempathetic men when all that's at stake is thousands of women?
Sarcasm aside... this seems to mirror a lot of the same concerns and principles that come up in discussions of the Death Penalty versus Life Without Parole. What strikes me as somewhat surprising is that many people who I would otherwise assume to be against the death penalty because of the risk of punishing innocent people, are NOT against this policy, even though it also runs the risk of punishing innocent people. Similarly, some people who I might normally expect to see supporting the death penalty, because the uncertainty and risk of accidentally executing a very small percentage of innocent people is considered to be worth the safety of all of the law abiding citizens being protected by removing the vast majority of hardened criminals from society permanently... are the ones arguing against this policy because the trade-off is not deemed to be worthwhile.
Where are the boundaries drawn? For those of you who hold views that to me seem contradictory, what makes one policy acceptable and the other not?
Perhaps but then again, probably not. I noticed you completely ignored the data privacy concerns. Some places do not explain the expulsion or even mention it. So, expulsion may not be as big deal as you think. Especially given the recruitment goals for most colleges. There is an accredited school somewhere that will accept someone. So, the expulsion may not put as big a dent in one's life prospects as you imagine.
