[Livia]

Originally Posted by Jack_

I guess then that begs the question, if having little experience of something invalidates your opinion, why is it that MP's are so often commenting on and making policies for people that they have absolutely no contact and experiences with? If the people running this country are going to pass judgement on things they have next to no experience of, I may as well myself. That's also like saying a straight person's opinion on gay marriage isn't as valid as they aren't gay themselves and so couldn't fully understand.

I never said anyone has a right to a job, but hey, surely it's better for everyone to be in one, no? If we're just going to go about sacking people willy nilly and putting more power in the hands of employers, organisations and the market, especially when there's unemployment problems in this country, then as long as tax payers are happy footing the bill for their welfare support, I'm all for it. Sack people or refuse people jobs for posting questionable material on their personal online profiles all you want, but you're only going to give yourself more problems in the end.

On the point of employers looking at your Facebook page to see who 'you really are', I refer you to a post I made a bit earlier in the thread about how I question whether social networking sites actually are an accurate representation of one's true self, character and personality, for better or worse. I'm not entirely convinced a few static images and lines of text on a web page can truly reflect what somebody is like as a person in real life, or, more importantly - an employee.

Yeah, that's not the same thing. MPs have advisors, they don't go into something cold like you're doing here. You have a valid opinion. Unfortunately that opinion flags up that you really don't know too much about it, you're knee-jerking.

Of course it's better for everyone to be in a job. But I'm not going to employ a dedicated party boy if I've got a more serious, studious candidate. That's the bottom line. And as Omah said earlier, a Facebook page can also work for you, and if you're smart you'll understand that too.

You're going way over the top on this one Jack. All you have to do is set your privacy setting, but you think that's too much to ask. I'd like to have this conversation with you when you are older and have a bit more life experience, have had a few interviews and maybe even sat on an interview panel or two. Until then, you're just crusading about this without really knowing too much about it. So as I've said all I have to say on the subject, I'll leave it there.