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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
His victims have to live with what he did the rest of their lives...why shouldn’t he
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It’s a matter of what is a fair punishment.
If he was looking for a job in an office and was being denied as result of this I think I would be opposed. A person shouldn’t be made unemployable from unproven allegations and even when someone is convicted of a crime they shouldn’t be unemployable forever.
However with Gomeshi his reputation was how he made his money. He had some skill as an interviewer but really it was his celebrity and the platform provided to him by the CBC that made him his money. There is no obligation for the public to support him anymore. And if the public doesn’t support him than a media company shouldn’t give him a platform.
Essentially if having Public Trust is a key aspect of your position than violating that trust will cost you more than other careers but at the same time a violation of public trust shouldn’t prevent you from holding all jobs.