Saturday, September 10, 2005
Well, my group of friends and i went watchin One more Chance this evening. As expected, this show lived up to a certain standard that i have set for Mr Jack Neo. Indeed, it activated my thinking cap and end up , 've asked myself two Questions. 1) Will i ever hire an ex-convict? 2) What are the differences b/w an ex-convict and a immoral person who was nv convicted?
To be honest, it is challenging to actually be magnanimous enough to get an ex-convict to be an employee, or rather to be a manager. The reason is that how is he/she going to gain respect from the others? Maybe time can heal everything, even relationships. Do we have the time?
On the other hand, if i'm in their shoes, do i wan to be given one more chance? Is obvious, of course. Thats why people who have nv been convicted will nv truly understand the mentality of them. Well, maybe there can be a benchmark for hiring them. Like one of my friends, Mr Marcus mentioned to me, "if i'm in the healthcare industry, i will nv hire a rapist." But can we still hire someone who steals? I mean, why Not? A thief will nv steal medicines that aren't going to bring them values. In addition, as long as they don hold financial positions, wouldn't that be fine? Like someone who was once convicted for rioting can be used as a supervisor in construction site. Afterall, he had the gung-ho attitude to make a project succeed.
This bring me to another question, what is the diff b/w a conman who was caught and a conman who wasn't caught? Does this make the latter a better guy than the former? No! Instead, the latter might be even worst. Afterall, he hasn't been taught a lesson yet. So how is he going to change from bad to good? Well, people may argue, "but how are we going to ensure who is conman and who is not?" True, nobody noes.
But for those who have been convicted you know for sure he had been severely punished by law and shouldn't we for the benefit of doubt, believe that they have learned a lesson?
