[Mick]

Can you imagine an appeal with your thought as the foundation?
"Don't kick me out of school....or...or I will commit suicide and blame you."
Doubt that would be a very persuasive appeal. 

Agreed.  I wasn't talking about people who threaten suicide to drive a specific decision.  I had a girlfriend do that once when I was 19 when I broke up with her.  I called emergency services and rushed over myself.  A cop comes out of her apartment building and said "Yeah, she was really surprised that we were there."

It's not a persuasive appeal, but I wasn't referring to people who make threats.  I'm talking about a specific response to a specific action, bad reactions, off-the-ledge tragedies.  I wonder if Harvard could survive the social media scrutiny and subsequent liability, e.g., were all students treated the same, what about staff, what about professors?

[Mick]

Can you imagine an appeal with your thought as the foundation?
"Don't kick me out of school....or...or I will commit suicide and blame you."
Doubt that would be a very persuasive appeal. 

Agreed.  I wasn't talking about people who threaten suicide to drive a specific decision.  I had a girlfriend do that once when I was 19 when I broke up with her.  I called emergency services and rushed over myself.  A cop comes out of her apartment building and said "Yeah, she was really surprised that we were there."

It's not a persuasive appeal, but I wasn't referring to people who make threats.  I'm talking about a specific response to a specific action, bad reactions, off-the-ledge tragedies.  I wonder if Harvard could survive the social media scrutiny and subsequent liability, e.g., were all students treated the same, what about staff, what about professors?