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Subject: Re: Cheating (Is it clearly definable?)
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Date: Wed, 15-Apr-87 12:19:18 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 15 12:19:18 1987
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>      Forgive me but, please try to explain it once more. You seem to
>    have a clear understanding of it. I wish to, also.
>
>    mark

No thank you, you have reduced the argument to a sophomoric level of
"what can we know absolutely?"

Nothing. Cheating is simply what you are "convicted" of in front of
whatever due process mechanism is available to hear such cases. All
one can outline for you is a way to avoid being brought before such
committees, or be confident of your innocence if you are unjustly
accused.

To quote Clarence Darrow:

	"Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in the courtroom,
	 Justice is what comes out of the courtroom."

Save your nihilistic arguments for the academic review boards (they'll
be most amused) and go ahead and copy everything you want and not
document it. In the end, you're the one that gets cheated anyhow. Why
do you think anyone really gives a shit if you learn a thing for your
time and money if you are determined not to? I'd personally rather
spend my time with *students* who appreciate the meaning of that term
rather than miscreants with a "grade at any cost" attitude and silly
rationalizations to back up their in fact self-serving attitudes.

Put it this way: If you didn't learn anything, but got the grade, you
probably cheated, yourself (hey, but thanks for the tuition money.)

	-Barry Shein, Boston University