ToBeHonest wrote: That's a false equivalent.

When you are afk mining, you are still doing the job; you're mining. If you're afk as a cop, you're not contributing to the job in any way, shape or form. Not attempting to stop nukes, bank raids etc.

Furthermore, if you're afk as a miner but died to a nuke or for some other reason, thus you are no longer mining.. you can be demoted from the job.