<p>That is true, I do think restrictive EA would be their best bet in this matter, since they wouldn’t be forcing you to come if you were accepted, but they would know you wouldn’t be bound to going somewhere else. </p>
<p>And in a way you are taking someone’s place. Say the decision is between kid Dog and kid Green. One will be admitted, the other deferred. Kid Dog is admitted, while Kid Green is deferred. Kid Dog is admitted ED somewhere else. Kid Green ends up being rejected in RD. Kid Dog essentially took Kid Green’s place.</p>
<p>However I do agree that is a tad unreasonable to place a moral/mutual respect tag onto applying ED or EA somewhere else, since their policy is non-restrictive EA and one of the purposes of that is so you can apply to other schools.</p>