After it all ends, would you hire a person convicted of looting?

Aneeda72

Aneeda72

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I was thinking of this last night as I watched all the young people who were looting.

Will a conviction of looting effect a young person for the rest of their life? Would you, as a business owner hire a person with a looting conviction? Will looters be forced into lower paying jobs for life? Will colleges, if they ever open, accept them back? Can they join the military? Have they ruined their lives?

What do you think?
 

Everybody has a past.

What are the options if we don't give people a second chance?

We can support them on some form of public assistance or drive them to the point of desperation that they commit another crime and end up in prison.

I guess I would rather help them, if I could, become a contributing member of society instead of being a lifelong drain on the system.
 
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I very definitely wouldn't hire someone who was guilty of racist, hateful, cruel behavior toward other people. I wouldn't want to be around such a person.

Looting? It would depend on the circumstances. A one-time thing, when the person was very young, in the heat of the moment? If he (it's almost always a he) was otherwise decent, hard-working, etc., sure, I'd give him a chance if he seemed a good candidate for the job.

Seems like a minor offense compared with the other stupid things people do.
 
Depends on their age at the time of conviction. The phrase "young and stupid" comes to mind. I can see college age kids getting caught up in a crowd and making mistakes. Past 21 years old or so, I wouldn't hire with that record.
 
Looters or anyone with a record loses so many opportunities in life. Even though it may be charged as a misdemeanor, it could still curtail any professional plans they may have had.

I think stealing is the one thing that seems to be the most intolerable offense that professionals shy away from hiring.
 
peppermint said:
56 years are nothing....I lived 75 years, My Mom was a Saint....by the way!!! I'll never have someone in my life that will be
better then my Mom....I think I'm in a wrong forum.....I'll have to try an older one who really know what life is all about....
See Ya!!!!!!!
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Peppermint-don't quite follow you.
I'm a child of 78, there are post on this form that make me grit my teeth, but there
are others of merit. You may find a forum that is all honeysuckle, but will it
challenge your concepts.
 
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