Academic dishonesty

[eggplant107]

No: HPFGUIDX 139622

"delwynmarch" <delwynmarch at y...> wrote:

> With that kind of thinking, we could
> never condemn the petty thief who 
> steal a few thousands bucks from the
> old lady, because of the CEO who
> stole millions. 

If a petty crime gets more and more petty eventually you get to the
point where it is so extraordinary petty it's just not worth bothering
with anymore. Any prosecution would cause a judge to thunder "My court
does not deal in trivialities!" I don't think Harry committed any
crime, but if he did it was a very very very petty crime.    

> I personally remember using the terms
> "pretty disgusted", and I have already
> explained that they quite adequately 
> describe how I feel about Harry cheating.
> But I don't remember anyone using the
> words "horrified", "repulsed" or "appalled". 

In message 139471 on Sep 3 at 8:20 pm you said: 

"It might be strong language, but it describes what I feel about it.
And if "pretty disgusted" is strong, then I wonder what you would
think of horrified, revulsed, appalled, and such niceties."

However if you've changed your mind I'll speak no more about it.

Eggplant