Word: draconianism
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...allowed to complete their degrees. Upon enrolling students, the University has an obligation to see them through to graduation, even if they make serious mistakes, and to remove them from the community permanently only under the gravest of circumstances--such as when they commit murder. We find it utterly draconian to expel two students, both of whom are just months away from graduation, for a first-time drug - dealing misdemeanor...
...leaving HHS over concerns about the welfare bill, indicates that her ideals are no longer valued in the Clinton administration. In fact, Bane's resignation shows that harsh and ill-conceived but politically popular right-wing social policies are more favored by Clinton than principled, more compassionate and less draconian approaches to America's enduring poverty and welfare dilemmas...
...concede that I once did not view marijuana as dangerous, knowing that it is not physically addictive or lethal. (A fatal dosage would be three-quarters of a ton smoked over a 15-minute period.) Accordingly, I believed marijuana laws to be draconian, a view once shared by Jimmy Carter, Dan Quayle and Richard Nixon's marijuana commission, all of whom favored decriminalization. It was only after my appetite for recreational drugs had abated, and I had produced children whom I did not believe capable of "handling" marijuana as responsibly as I had, that I came to oppose decriminalization...
...deficit and balancing the budget. If Dole suddenly embraces a large tax cut, the spending reductions necessary to recover the shortfall will be very severe. Dole's advisors will make all the calculations balance out, but the voters may be left wondering if the spending cuts are too draconian." Either that, or planning how they would spend the money they'd get to keep. -->