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WCDT Strips 3826-3830 (10-14 September 2018)
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: dutchrvl on 14 Sep 2018, 07:57 ---
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 13 Sep 2018, 22:11 ---Hating ex-cons doesn't make us safer. Re-integrating them does. May shouldn't get another job at a bank but the better the livelihood she can pursue the better off society is.
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It is incredible how many people don't seem to understand this simple concept.
Many people seem to not be satisfied with any criminal serving their time, but feel like they should continue to suffer some kind of eternal punishment, failing to realize how that is incredibly detrimental to society as a whole.
Perhaps they are just not satisfied with the original sentence, but that's besides the point. Once time has been served, rehabilitation including a reasonable outlook on life should be the goal, otherwise it's just asking for recidivism. (there's a reason for the saying that the American justice system does not rehabilitate criminals but instead makes for worse criminals after release)
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My younger brother is currently dealing with this right now. He's trying to find a place to rent with a single felony on his record and having a damned hard time. Most places don't even care what the felony is or the context behind it (if applicable).
Perfectly Reasonable:
Y'know, sometimes I wonder...
Suppose May had been assigned as a fighter jet? Would it have worked out?
I think not. I think she would have flunked out of Top Gun school. Because May[then] was all about teh thrillz, not Doing a Professional Job. You want your wingman to be focused on the mission, not 'WHEE!'.
snufflebottoms:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 13 Sep 2018, 21:05 ---
As Momo pointed out, the greatest good of the greatest number would be better served if May's CPU were being used for atmospheric modeling instead. Who's getting punished here?
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Is she not allowed legally to do jobs like that? Her introduction to Dale tells me that she is still probably allowed to do some Robot specific jobs such as virtual companion. Ones she's not are likely security issues. For example, modeling weather might be against the rules b/c it may put her in a position to be have access to other information, etc. I mean, I realize that her record also affects her chances of hire on its own but I think mostly it'd be her personality, which does not seem to be able to control for long.
sitnspin:
As someone who has emotional/behavior disorders, I can assure you that it does affect one's ability to gain/maintain employment. However, a criminal record on its own will affect you far more often and unfairly.
SmilingCat:
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 14 Sep 2018, 17:19 ---That one-size-fits-all thing again. They couldn't imagine that there was any illness of the Human Spirit that prayer and meditation couldn't fix, and they were absolutely sincere in that belief. As has happened so many times in human history, ideals collided head on with ideology, and the results weren't pretty.
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It was almost two hundred years ago. People were only just getting the idea that prisoners should be rehabilitated, much less how to do it.
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