There is a snobbery in politicians saying Ched Evans can't be a footballer, but they're presumably OK with him being a builder, postman etc
@ianbetteridge ...he's seemingly only allowed to return to arbitrarily designated parts of society.
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@bazzacollins But that is the case already: were he a doctor, teacher, lawyer or policeman he could not return to work. -
@ianbetteridge I'm not having a go, buy the way. Just really struggling to work out what's "fair" in my own mind. Very tricky issue. -
@bazzacollins And I think had he held his hands up and said "I did this, it was bad, I regret it" I would think differently. -
@ianbetteridge I wonder if the real problem is that he would likely earn a lot of money
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@bazzacollins Likewise, were I convicted of rape, it would be unlikely that Dennis would let me walk back into the same job. -
@ianbetteridge Which again brings me back to where I came in: why do we deem some professions are suitable for rapists and some not? -
@bazzacollins Because those jobs are positions of trust or particular influence.
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