A question of ethics (slightly OT)

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... Civil disobedience is also an ethical option.

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As a total bean head, I agree with the civil disobedience option. I can't imagine many tenured profs being bothered to enforce such a ridiculous rule but some tight arsed TAs just might.

What's the penalty for this crime? If it's a fine, I would just go on bringing coffee and consider, if caught, I was paying slightly more then Starbuck's prices if the penalty is not too draconian. I can envision that anyone so uptight to ask what is in the cup might ask to see it and we all hate to have our bluffs called if there's no +EV so, I wouldn't lie.

I dealt with this kind of thing while working on a ship. We had crew boat drill at 9:30 am for an hour and my station was in some back stairway where I'd be there to help passnegers in case of crisis. For the drill, we just stood there in our lifejackets. I'd bootleg the mug when officers came by (Vry rare occurance) but after two months, my bandleader who shared the station with me asked about the mug. He got kinda pissed when I told him it was coffee but I'd have hurt the relationship more by lying.

Lying about the Kings should be second nature. Either the other player can read you or not. It's what we do. ;~)