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but this is not just about reintegrating society, this is about being a highly visible member of it - and a worshipped role-model for a very impressionalbe segment of population (teenagers).

I have no problem with him coming out of jail, and starting his life again - but giving lessons about society in public?? That's a bit different.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Mon Nov 17th, 2008 at 07:37:22 AM EST
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I'm not sure he is all that much a role model for teenagers - Noir Désir fans have been getting quite older in the last few years... As for giving lessons about society in public, everyone is able to give one's opinions on society - that's the point of equality. I'm no fan of purging felons from voting rolls. Those who want to listen to him, will.

Let's also say that quite a few top world politicians are responsible for far more deaths than a single one (and were hopefully not drunk nor drugged up when they took their decisions)

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Mon Nov 17th, 2008 at 07:44:24 AM EST
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Whether he'll be seen as a role-model is far from sure. Do you think his visibility cannot be for the better? What if he were to use his tragedy to tell teenagers that violence is bad, always? Would that be bad?

Now, lessons about society -his fault had nothing to do with "society". He was not a fraud. He was violent. This has nothing to do with politics or the economy. Would you say that an Enron trader should be banned from writing a book about making a marriage work despite a heavy workload? I wouldn't feel that his actions invalidate his political opinions.
And, hopefully, not merely because I mostly agree with him.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi

by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Mon Nov 17th, 2008 at 07:51:01 AM EST
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