You're trying to come up with special cases where the publicity might be undesirable and almost neglecting the common case for what it is needed for, a common fallacy. Arguing against speed limits because you on some occasion you might need to drive a pregnant woman to hospital is just nonsensical. And for each of your examples I have to say that I would still prefer the boot to be public. I'm sure a host may feel differently, but as a participant, I would like to see the result. A boot for poor gear and I'd like to know that. A boot because the party is full and bootee had refused to leave. I'd like to know that. More than "like" in both cases I actually feel I have the right to know that. The whole "I'd like to spare the party from not knowing the gory details" really doesn't fly.
There's nobody stopping the host from having private conversation prior to the boot. And you could still boot with a "reason not disclosed" and I'd reserve the right as a participant to either ask for it or jump ship myself.
It's not meant to make host's life easier, quite the contrary, it's stripping the hosts from the veil of secrecy that some hosts clearly abuse. It should be implemented for the rights of the other 4/5 of the group, including the bootee. And not because it would be helpful for already good behaving hosts, but so that we'd have more of them.
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