Brother Suspended, Need Advice!

Northstarmom
Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:16:02 +0000

"suspension - which was getting off lightly, in his case - as a result of removing and discharging a fire extinguisher which caused the alarm to go off in his dorm. First offense. Infrequent drinker (if we believe what he says). …But what’s the lesson learned by all the other students? Don’t get caught. And don’t admit to anything. "

To me, the lesson would be don’t break the college’s rules about alcohol use.

One could make your same argument for any time a person is charged with a crime that they committed with others’ help. Typically, the people who helped them aren’t rallying to the defense of the person who has been charged. However, that doesn’t mean that it was wrong to charge a person with breaking the law. Sensible people also don’t respond to arrests by thinking that the lesson is to do a better job of hiding what one is doing wrong.