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Old 11-26-2007, 09:20 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by Indy Coug View Post
Don't confuse the universe of all BYU students with the subpopulation of BYU athletes, nor assert that the behavior of both would be equally unaffected by the eradication of the Honor Code.

The existence of the Honor Code is in and of itself a filter that removes athletes that would likely get busted and in the news; with or without an Honor Code. To think that an absence of an Honor Code would not result in an increase in the number of public incidents is folly.
Santos' type of argument reminds me of newspaper headlines that read, "Crime is down, despite high inmate population."
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