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Originally Posted by CDSmith
If it worked that way for all things then no prison inmate would ever get paroled. In the real world a guy gets caught, does his time, and then after that time is done he is released, given a second chance, and is judged and given more leeway based on good behavior. Hell I've seen some posts where he's been quite the douche but like I said I haven't seen any threads where anyone is again calling the guy a thief for something new lately.
Personally I would have liked to have seen more remorse and apologies from the guy rather than denials and arrogant defiance, but it's now years in the past. Am I saying start doing business with the guy? No. But I am saying maybe it's time to quite calling the guy a thief ever five seconds. Unless he pulls something new or owes you money I think it's time to do like Fletch is and just let it go and move on.
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Paroled inmates are still thieves, rapists, murderers etc. They've just paid their debt to society and are former inmates. It doesn't cleanse their guilt. Like you said, you aren't recommending doing business with him. Why? Don't trust him? Me either. I don't chase him around calling him a thief but if it happens to come up in a thread I will certainly bring up his past.
It's interesting though. I actually find the guy fairly likable these days. We have a lot in common...except for the taking shit that doesn't belong to us thing of course.
