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
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Replying to @bazzacollins
@bazzacollins Like it or not, pro footballers are role models for a lot of people. Builders et al aren't.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ianbetteridge
@ianbetteridge So do we then have a list of approved professions to which offenders can return?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @bazzacollins
@bazzacollins If he had just offended, he could return (see Lee Clark). But he doesn't accept what he did was rape, which is wrong.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ianbetteridge
@ianbetteridge That seems a very peculiar, almost religious distinction to me. One must repent to work again?3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @bazzacollins
@bazzacollins …and if you can't accept that what you did was a crime, you can't rehabilitate. 2/22 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ianbetteridge
@ianbetteridge ...he's seemingly only allowed to return to arbitrarily designated parts of society.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @bazzacollins
@bazzacollins But that is the case already: were he a doctor, teacher, lawyer or policeman he could not return to work.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ianbetteridge
@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.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @bazzacollins
@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.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@ianbetteridge I wonder if the real problem is that he would likely earn a lot of money
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