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Comment on 24-01-2013 11:46:20 by mistajohn #754649
First up, apologies for not responding sooner. I don't often check out the WSC pages. Regarding the Mboyo piece, I first wrote it three years ago (www.belgofoot.be/pele-mboyo-takes-the-road-less-travelled/) on my blog. The focus was on the story of someone who had served a prison sentence and then became a professional footballer because of the 'football in prison' programme. Now no longer funded. When he was called up for the national team, I thought this was worthy of mention again and WSC agreed to put it in the website. I did not mention the nature of the crime because I did not know it at the time. Should I have checked? Possibly, but my interest was in the rehabilitation rather than in the crime itself. He was a teenager without a job when the horrendous crime was committed. Should he therefore have been banned from any paid work or just professional football? So, to sum up, had I known about the rape, I like to think I would still have written the piece with the same conclusion. Otherwise, what is prison for?
John
Posted By: SCC 28 on February 3rd 2013 at 10:25:23
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- Artcle from WSC on Mboyo...fails to mention some important details (Other Football) - Vivid Data Shark, Feb 3, 10:12:26
- Yes, odd that and WSC too... (Other Football) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 3, 10:23:27
- ... (Other Football) - SCC 28, Feb 3, 10:25:23
- Being unemployed is hardly an excuse (n/m) (Other Football) - essexcanaryOTBC, Feb 3, 10:26:47
- he did a terrible thing, but has paid his *rather short* debt to society (n/m) (Other Football) - phrankin, Feb 3, 10:30:57
- If the 14 year old girl wants to go on record and say she's cool about it all then fine... (Other Football) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 3, 10:32:50
- Thankfully his ever appearing at Nodge has been denied... (Other Football) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 3, 10:34:43
- hope this is wrong then (Other Football) - SCC 28, Feb 3, 10:38:47
- Doesn't say we bid for him (Other Football) - dennis moore, Feb 3, 10:45:43
- Didn't know you were a shaky Dutch man (n/m) (Other Football) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 3, 10:42:33
- hope this is wrong then (Other Football) - SCC 28, Feb 3, 10:38:47
- Thankfully his ever appearing at Nodge has been denied... (Other Football) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 3, 10:34:43
- If the 14 year old girl wants to go on record and say she's cool about it all then fine... (Other Football) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 3, 10:32:50
- he did a terrible thing, but has paid his *rather short* debt to society (n/m) (Other Football) - phrankin, Feb 3, 10:30:57
- Being unemployed is hardly an excuse (n/m) (Other Football) - essexcanaryOTBC, Feb 3, 10:26:47
- ... (Other Football) - SCC 28, Feb 3, 10:25:23
- Yes, odd that and WSC too... (Other Football) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 3, 10:23:27
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