Another fallen angel.
How many wonderful people do we have to lose before we learn that they are also human and they need their little privacy?
Princess Diana, Micheal Jackson. They are wonderful, amazing people but ruined by popularity. Should the paparazzi be less aggressive, the car crash might not happen. Should the public be less greedy towards bad publicity, we could have watched This Is It live.
Tiger Woods is not gone, but he had fallen. Fallen prey to the curious eyes of the public. Fallen prey to the expectations of others. He was right up there, not too long ago, making his billions, enjoying his success. Now, no more professional golf. No more commercials, even past commercials are not given the air time anymore. No more church under his name (although I thought this was rather.. hmm...) All because he committed adultery.
Honestly, haven't we all know of someone who committed the same? You might have even done it yourself. Do you cast away your friend if you found out they slept around while in a marriage? Do you fire your employee when you know he is having an affair? No. So why are people so unforgiving towards these celebrities? Ain't they not human too? They have tons of money, they can afford all the women they want. What's wrong?
Yes, adultery is wrong. There is nothing right about it. However, we have to acknowledge the fact that it's everywhere now. Being famous does not make one a saint. It did however made one's life amplified a thousand times and place it under the stringent scrutiny of the public's eyes. Your buddy there committing adultery is ok... Tiger Woods committing adultery is wrong. Your buddy committed adultery, no money to clear up the mess, you lend him cause it's ok... Tiger Woods committed adultery and can afford to throw millions to clear the scene but still it's not ok.. Why?
Is it because he's actually a role model to the society so he should have a squeaky clean image? Yeah, makes sense. But are there actually people around who would follow exactly what his/her role model did down to every single step? Had these people no brains of their own? If they are true to their partners, nothing in this world can make them stray. Oh, I know, it provides an excuse for those who want to stray. Right, right.
Anyway, my point here is not to support Tiger's extraordinary vertical tango escapades. It is just such a waste to have such a talented golfer leave the professional golfing scene (for now) due to something totally not related to golf. Although it was said that this decision was voluntary but seriously, how much of it was really voluntary? Even PGA supported his decision, sacrificing the significant amount of viewership that Tiger Woods alone would have generated. Voluntary? I don't know.
Let's just hope that he can really sort things out within his family (in private) and return soon to the sport which built him.
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