Re: background - Landlord Forum thread

Re: background by Roland (pa) on November 21, 2009 @19:40

Duh? Yes, but isn't that discrimination since they've paid their sentence to society? Duh?

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Re: background by OK-LL on November 21, 2009 @19:42

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Roland, discrimination is a word that mean using your judgment to make decisions based on the facts before you. Discriminating taste, for instance. The legal term "discrimnation" is showing an illegal bias against certain protected classes as defined by Fair Housing Act or other governmental authority. If you don't ever discriminate in you day to day life, you'll be taken advantage of by any and all. And no, "paying your debt to society" does not give one a free pass so that others ignore their criminal history and tendencies.

Re: background by Anonymous on November 22, 2009 @15:21	[ Reply ]
Only if the word recidivism means nothing to you. Those convicted of crimes are not a protected class and can be disqualified. It is not illegal unless the person is denied for one of the illegal reasons. The protected classes are race, color, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. (Those would all be illegal reasons to deny, and are thus discrimination.) No other class is protected.