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Originally Posted by HPLovecraft
Now, obviously, I believe upholding the professionalism of a position, especially in a position of authority, respecting the trust put into you by your employers and the trust of the families that may send their children and adolescents to your place of employment, and upholding the law even if you may disagree with it is morally right.
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Morals are fine. I actually don't think we necessarily differ that much in what we think about this.
I don't think what she did was fine. But when people start asking "why isn't her husband leaving her", they are starting to extend their personal morals into private lives of others. That's moralism, and that's IMO bad.
Basicly, unless you are saying that your morals are the only right option, none of what you are saying has nothing to do with the question of "why isn't her husband leaving her".
What you seem to be calling for is a personal punishment for her wickedness; that her loved ones
should shun her for what she did. Frankly, I find that sick. (I'd call it medieval crap, but I've read too much history for that.)
Their marriage is not an issue of general moral values, it's about the private choices of two individuals that affect no-one else. We have no idea what they are like. We may not agree with their choices in marriage and morals, but it's not our place to judge her husband for wanting to stay married to that woman. IMO it's crossing a line.
As to the case in general;
There are situations where an individual needs to be punished to uphold the credibility of the law, even though it's not really what the law was originally meant for. That's what I see should be going on here. Unfortunately there's a lot more.
The legal system is there to uphold the laws that the society has deemed necessary. In civilized countries it also exists to shield individuals from arbitrary and unfair punishments. Courts should be about law, not moral judgments, yet she's been accused of "deviant sex" (among other things). The existence of such a charge tells a pretty sad story of what kind of crap is still going on in the US.
She should absolutely get fired for this and some sort of a legal punishment. 20 years in jail? That's just BS.
As to your argument about this somehow affecting teachers credibility in general or the school, don't make me laugh. Teachers have been banging students throughout history. The list of sex scandals involving teachers in the US is long enough already, as we can see just from this thread. As far as I know, there is no evidence of them affecting the effectiveness of the US school system in any notable way, and this one case certainly won't change anything.
