Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 17 Jun 91 02:31:09 GMT From: "Owen M. Hartnett" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Well Len, Was it Worth a Prison Term? Reply-To: "Owen M. Hartnett" Message-ID: Organization: Brown University Department of Computer Science Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 466, Message 8 of 10 Lines: 21 > [Moderator's Note: In your example, it probably would be unreasonable > to force a garage mechanic to tell a prospective employer he had > robbed a bank. It would not be as unreasonable to force the same > person to reveal this if he applied for employment as a bank teller. I guess my point is that currently the bank robber isn't forced to reveal that he was, even if he does apply for the bank teller position. Whether it is reasonable or not, I've heard of no other criminal sentence which required any criminal to reveal past criminal activity before being asked about it. (Of course, if asked, either as part of an employment application or directly, and he lies, this is wrong, but in most employment contracts, it's the employer beware, why is this one different?) It seems kind of funny when convicted murderers do not have reveal the past when not asked and why computer crackers are. Owen Hartnett omh@cs.brown.edu