Talk:School Daze - Part 1/@comment-4066758-20180714233150/@comment-4066758-20180717003958

Do I really need to to quote the transcript again?

"Twilight Sparkle: Princess Celestia helped me reach out to all the kingdoms! When she hears you closed the school because—!"

That, if nothing else, implies that he can't close the school solely on the virtue of there being non-ponies it. And again, non-ponies is not one of the reasons he listed when chewing Twilight out. On that note:

"Neighsay: Irresponsible teachers, students skipping class, endangering ponies! Your school is a disaster. Perhaps if you had had higher standards for who was admitted, this could have been avoided. Regardless..."

The keyword here is "regardless." To quote the dictionary:

"Regardless

adverb

without paying attention to the present situation; despite the prevailing circumstances."

If Neighsay had said, "therefore," "because of this," "as such," etc., then you'd have a point, but he didn't say any of those.

Also, there's a reason why Twilight would still be at fault by your own logic. If non-pony attending was a violation of the E.E.A.'s standards, why would Twilight even allow them to attend in the first place if she was determined to follow the rules? That would mean she was knowingly violating their standards right from the start, because there's no way somepony as diligent as Twilight wouldn't have noticed that somewhere, especially when the school was such a big deal to her.