RE: Should this womans past matter?
November 8, 2015 at 6:42 am
(This post was last modified: November 8, 2015 at 2:28 pm by Losty.)
(November 5, 2015 at 6:21 pm)abaris Wrote: Probably not as known in the States, but all through the 70ies and 80ies there was a left terrorist group operating in Western Europe. They called themselves the RAF. I grew up with the hype surrounding them and seeing their mugshots at every public building and gas stations.
Anyway, one of them, convicted in the killing of a prominent banker, was called Susanne Albrecht. She went underground in the still existing GDR, got caught when the Iron curtain fell, did her time and resurfaced under a different name. Turned out she worked as a school teacher at the German city of Bremen. The tabloids and the conservatives made a big deal out of it. So much so that the school authorities, having no clue about her past, wanted to fire her. In stepped the kid's parents launching a petition to let her stay, since she was such a good teacher.
The past should never be held against any person. Only the presence counts.
Considering she murdered 3 kids already and she's failing to do mental treatment, I would say the past counts.