I wasn't going to write about this until his sentencing, but those calling for his head need to stop and think.It is tragic that Julian Savea made a very bad choice, in fact it's beyond tragic.
But here's the thing. Julian has a job, and at this stage he should keep his job. If every person who made a terrible choice, was prosecuted and ended up in court, lost their job then maybe, but that's not the way it works.
The only reason people are calling for him to lose his job is because his job is 'public' - well at least more public than others'. If he was a bus driver (no pun intended), a freezing worker, an accountant or a business analyst, would people care as much? I think not.
The best thing for Julian and for everyone he has hurt, directly and indirectly, is for him to have a job, be in a support network, and to re-gather and rebuild. There is no benefit to anyone in casting him on the scrapheap of life.
Justice is not writing someone off. Let's see how things go when he is sentenced. And thank goodness our judiciary is not influenced by the do-good media 'commentators'.
Cheers!
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