The difference being that this is a public figure who is up held as a model; that, youngsters especially, aspire to emulate.
There are many situations in life where a business' access to consumers/clients is limited ( eg advertising junk food during childrens programmes; alcohol and tabacco endorsments limited to cetain time tables and certain films and the people that buy the products are limited by age);
Other people are restricted in what work they can carry out ( for example, some cat walks imposining a minimum BMI for the models or even countries which have legislated to ban models with BMI's that are too low.
There are also many many crimes which carry restrictions that carry on after a person's sentence is spent: sex crimes ( sex offenders list- bans on working with vulnerable people); Theiving/burgalry/robbery ( job applications ask for spent sentances so that they can decide if the peroson applying for the job would pose a risk of them or their clients being robbed; people being banned, after serving their jail terms, from whole city centers, shopping malls, etc); driving convictions ( driving historycan impact on wherther or not you get banned from driving, loose a licence, etc).
So, aside from this footballer being rewarded by all the free publicity this dicussion on the media is raising ( thus keeping him in the public eye), do I think he should be banned from football? I would not say he should be banned from playing football. That would just stir up attention and keep the media light on him. I think that any club considering to give him a job should think about what example of athletism, team playership and example they are holding up. What does having a convicted rapist on your team say about it (the team)?
What does it say about the consequences to brutal crime, not only to potential rapists, but also to potential victims?
This footballer needs to be released and then to have to face life, just like all ordinary folk. He must be made to answer arkward questions about his criminal past, just like all "ordinary" criminals. And, if life is fair, he will loose out on jobs because of his criminal past, just like all "ordinary" criminals.
Sometimes a small, seemingly innocuous, descision we make can have huge life long consequences. Everyone has to be afraid that tif they choose to do something violent or criminal that it MUST and WILL have huge life long consequences. Stability of social order depends on it.
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) You are sent to prison and serve your time. You are then released as having served your time. Been punished. Are we to then on your release add further stipulations to you are we to dictate what you can and cannot do....why release you in the first place then.
) to not go back to working in your shop.
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