Hoiatan ette ära, et antud postitus pole kuidagi seotud Hollandiga ega minu siinse eluga. Pigem arvamus.
Nimelt lugesin Delfi Rahvahääle alt arvamuslugu: "Endine vang: kui tuled välja ja su nimi on Google's, ei saa sa Eestis mingit tööd" (link on siin). Kokkuvõtvalt ütleb antud isik, et tuleb muuta vanglasüsteemi, mis aitaks inimestel areneda nagu näiteks keelte õppimine, kuna tööd leida on väga väga keeruline. Eks ikka, Google's on kõik kättesaadav ja sinna pole midagi parata. Minu esmamulje sellest artiklist oli ausaltöeldes positiivne. Tore näha, et ka kunagi valesti käitunud isikud mõtlevad, kuidas saaks areneda ja enda elu jälle järje peale saada.
Kuna tegemist on vastuolulise artikliga, otsustasin ma piiluda kommentaaridesse.
Mu imestus oli suur, kui avastasin selle negatiivsuse, mis seal ringi liigub! Kommentaare on üle 100, ma vaatasin läbi umbes pooled... Ja ma ei leidnud MITTE ÜHTEGI, MITTE ÜHTEGI kommentaari mis oleks toetanud antud isiku arvamust. Absoluutselt kõik kommentaarid, mis minu silmade alt läbi käisid, teavitasid targalt ja suurelt, et sellised peavadki vangi jääma ja ega neile ei peagi tööd andma. No tule taevas appi!
Inimene, kellelt nõudis antud artikli kirjutamine suurt julgust tõenäoliselt, saab ainult negatiivset vastukaja. Ta pakkus kõigest idee! Idee, mis võiks aidata! Idee välja pakkumine ei tähenda, et kohe hakatakse midagi vanglasüsteemides muutma ja kõikide kommenteerijatest maksumaksjate raha selle peale kulutama.
Miks peab kõik kohe maha tegema? Võib-olla tegi inimene mingi rumala vea, mille tõttu ta pidi vangi minema. See ei tähenda, et ta on nüüd eluaegne kurjategija. Hetkel kommentaare lugedes jääb mulje, et kõik sõnavõtjad arvavad, et vangistustes olevad isikud on karmid kriminaalid.
Üldiselt ei võeta antud teemadel palju sõna. Endised vangid teavad kõige paremini, mis nende elus toimub, mitte kommenteerijad. Tuleb välja, et kui keegi julgebki sõna võtta, siis inimesed lihtsalt teevad selle nii maha kui võimalik!
Võiks olla veidi tolerantsem. Maksumaksja raha kulutatakse nii kui nii vanglate peale, vahet pole kus riigis parasjagu elad.
Mulle lihtsalt meeldis näha, et inimene tõesti mõtleb, kuidas saaks areneda. Näha on, et ta on keerulises olukorras. Ma ei ütle, et kui ma oleksin tööandja, siis ma võtaks kohe endise vangi tööle, et talle võimalust anda. Aga mulle meeldis, et ta tõesti pakkus välja ühe variandi kuidas aidata kaasa olukorra parandamisele. Autori argumendid polnud küll kõige tugevamad, aga seal oli lootust.
Ma teadvustan endale siinkohal, et võib-olla olen ma liiga sinisilmne, et nõustun autori arvamusega. Ma mõistan, et paljudel juhtudel ei toimi asjad nii lihtsalt, et inimene lahkub vanglast ja tahab siiralt uut ja õiget elu alustada. Kuid ma isiklikult usun, et leidub inimesi, kes tõesti on võimelised muutuma.
Ok, English translation. Generally speaking- it is about the attitude of Estonians. And how negative it often is...
So this blog post has nothing to do with my life in the NL. It is just an opinion.
So I was reading Estonian news site the other morning, a section where people can contribute and share their opinion about various topics. The title of article was something like that: "Ex prisoner: If you get out and your name is on Google then you cannot find any job in Estonia". The link is above in Estonian description. Anyways, generally, the person explains that the prison system needs to be changed in a way, that the prisoners would have an opportunity to educate themselves- for example to learn a new language. The truth is, that no one can do anything against the fact that their names can be found on Google. The arguments given by the person weren't the strongest ones, but at least he was explaining the situation and he actually gave an idea of how to improve the situation. My first impression was positive, as I saw clearly that even though the person has done something wrong in the past, he still think of how to improve and move on with his life.
I realized that the article is rather contradicting, and therefore I decided to check the comments. My surprise was big when I found this huge negativity there! There are over 100 comments, I checked around half of them... And I couldn't find even ONE comment which would support the arguments given by the author. Absolutely every single comment that passed my eyes were stating smartly that these kind of people should stay in prison and they don't need to get a job. Oh my god!
The person, who took the courage to write and publish this article, receives only negative responses. He only proposed an idea! Idea, which could improve the situation! That doesn't mean that they start changing the prisons right away and all the commenters (tax payers in most cases) money will be spent on that! (They often argued, that they are paying for the prisoners etcetc.)
Why do we have to be so negative? Maybe the person made one silly mistake in the past, and he had to be sent for the prison. That doesn't mean necessary that we are dealing with someone who is going to be a criminal the whole life. At the moment, when reading the comments, it seems that everyone thinks that only hard crime executers are jailed.
Generally not many people talk or discuss these topics- as it seems some kind of taboo. The ex-prisoners know the best what is happening in their lives, not the commenters. It seems that if someone has the courage to state their opinion in Estonia, then most of the people will oppose them as much as they can.
We could be bit more tolerant. I mean, tax-payers money is spent on prisons anywhere, doesn't matter what country you are living at.
I just liked to read that people think and propose ideas of how the situations could be improved. It is clear that he is in a complicated situation. I am not saying, that if I would be an employer, I would hire an ex-prisoner right away. But I liked that he actually had an idea, a solution, of how to change things. Yes, the arguments were rather weak in some cases, but there was hope.
I am aware, that maybe I am being too naive when agreeing with the author. I understand that in many cases the things don't work out that simply, that prisoners always want to change their life. However, I believe that there are cases where the people are able to change and start a new page in their lives.
Ok, English translation. Generally speaking- it is about the attitude of Estonians. And how negative it often is...
So this blog post has nothing to do with my life in the NL. It is just an opinion.
So I was reading Estonian news site the other morning, a section where people can contribute and share their opinion about various topics. The title of article was something like that: "Ex prisoner: If you get out and your name is on Google then you cannot find any job in Estonia". The link is above in Estonian description. Anyways, generally, the person explains that the prison system needs to be changed in a way, that the prisoners would have an opportunity to educate themselves- for example to learn a new language. The truth is, that no one can do anything against the fact that their names can be found on Google. The arguments given by the person weren't the strongest ones, but at least he was explaining the situation and he actually gave an idea of how to improve the situation. My first impression was positive, as I saw clearly that even though the person has done something wrong in the past, he still think of how to improve and move on with his life.
I realized that the article is rather contradicting, and therefore I decided to check the comments. My surprise was big when I found this huge negativity there! There are over 100 comments, I checked around half of them... And I couldn't find even ONE comment which would support the arguments given by the author. Absolutely every single comment that passed my eyes were stating smartly that these kind of people should stay in prison and they don't need to get a job. Oh my god!
The person, who took the courage to write and publish this article, receives only negative responses. He only proposed an idea! Idea, which could improve the situation! That doesn't mean that they start changing the prisons right away and all the commenters (tax payers in most cases) money will be spent on that! (They often argued, that they are paying for the prisoners etcetc.)
Why do we have to be so negative? Maybe the person made one silly mistake in the past, and he had to be sent for the prison. That doesn't mean necessary that we are dealing with someone who is going to be a criminal the whole life. At the moment, when reading the comments, it seems that everyone thinks that only hard crime executers are jailed.
Generally not many people talk or discuss these topics- as it seems some kind of taboo. The ex-prisoners know the best what is happening in their lives, not the commenters. It seems that if someone has the courage to state their opinion in Estonia, then most of the people will oppose them as much as they can.
We could be bit more tolerant. I mean, tax-payers money is spent on prisons anywhere, doesn't matter what country you are living at.
I just liked to read that people think and propose ideas of how the situations could be improved. It is clear that he is in a complicated situation. I am not saying, that if I would be an employer, I would hire an ex-prisoner right away. But I liked that he actually had an idea, a solution, of how to change things. Yes, the arguments were rather weak in some cases, but there was hope.
I am aware, that maybe I am being too naive when agreeing with the author. I understand that in many cases the things don't work out that simply, that prisoners always want to change their life. However, I believe that there are cases where the people are able to change and start a new page in their lives.
Kena nädalavahetust,
Elle-Mari
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