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> Oh yeah, that's gonna bring status to our profession! Who cares? So what is your plan for former convicts? Have them in prison their entire lives? Only give
by Beltalowda 4y ago
> Oh yeah, that's gonna bring status to our profession!
Who cares?
So what is your plan for former convicts? Have them in prison their entire lives? Only give them the shittiest of jobs for the rest of their lives? Send them to Australia? Outer space?
All other things being equal, I'd rather have a former convict motivated to make the best of things than some privileged middle-class millennial who thinks the world owes them everything.
- kazinator 4y agoHow about becoming cops? Since existing police officers are already exposed to criminals (and not even "nice", reformed ones), they (and their families) shouldn't mind so much. Anyway, that wasn't my point; my point is that this kind of article is harmful to our profession, not the fact that the ex cons found something to work at that they like. Just maybe keep the past under wraps. I don't want to know. If I find out, I'm getting the hell out. Yes, sure, "anyone can code"; I get it. Or, maybe not anyone, but a person with the right cognitive aptitudes regardless of their background.