First of all, unless you know Kevin you are in no position to judge his character. Otherwise all you would know is what you've heard or read, and if you do look at the facts, you'd know there wasn't any malicious intent. If curiosity, and lack of judgement(combined with youth)were felonies, how many of us would be 'convicted felons by now?

Second, if everyone thought like you (and thankfully they don't), where would the incentive be for ANY felon to rehabilitate themselves. That would be good for society, eh?

Third, I hope that you're not saying someone can't change. Ever heard of the phrase 'it builds character'? It's not something set in stone, like your attitude seems to be.

Fourth, it's people with attitudes like yours that came up with 'mandatory sentences', where everything is either black or white, with no grey areas (whereas in the 'real' world most things fall within the 'grey' area) leaving no room for humanity and COMMON SENSE! IMHO, you're much too self-righteous...

Fifth, it would be one thing if Kevin showed signs of recidivism, but just the opposite, it seems as though he's matured, and is actively working to protect companies from being compromised. By keeping him out of Security Group, they're basically saying to him that "you did something bad once, and it doesn't matter what you do to redeem youself, we can't risk our pristine reputation and admit you as a member, even though you could contribute many things to our group and the group would be that much richer for it.

I say it will be Security Group's loss if they don't reconsider.

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