Friday, February 19, 2010

Tiger, or should I say , Cheatah...

So, Tiger made his lil speech today. Because of this, everyone's facebook status' are in an uproar that it was "insincere" or "fake" or whatever....ok, so lets talk about this. The problem is he cheated on his wife. HIS wife. not your wife, not my wife (interesting if i had wife), not your mom, not your aunt, HIS wife. His profession? Golf. Not President, politician, guidance councilor, priest, preacher, or so on. His job, is to hit a ball, and look good doing it, and to get paid to do so. He is not a moral pillar of the community. "But hes a role model"...so is kim kardashian...lets get serious. Teach your children to do right, and it wont be a problem. If your child is looking up to athletes for their moral compass, and the parents cant teach them to see when behavior is wrong, that's on the parent. It is not the responsibility of an athlete, or any other public figure like a celebrity to control our children's moral behavior. Thats like saying it is the world's responsibility to discipline your children when they act out in public. Would you let a stranger spank your child for acting out? ok then, why would you rely on them to control their moral behavior?
On an even stronger note, does anyone call you and ask why are you cheating? Does anyone call you up and say "hey, you did something questionable in your life, answer up for it"....no. why? bc its nobody's frickin' business! So why, because he hits a ball, and is really good at it, is it any of our business whats going on in his marriage? That's their business. You would tell someone to kiss your ass if they called you and said "hey! you should be a better person! what are you doing?!"
Just because you're famous, doesn't make you a God amongst men. Humans will be humans. Again, teach your children to be right, and if its a problem, then don't let them watch sports or tv and let them learn that since mommy and daddy couldn't get a handle on them, they'll be forced to play chess (and how do you know chess players arnt gettin crunk behind the scenes?)
So to Tiger Woods:
    Go play your sport, take care of your family, and don't answer anything else about this, bc you don't owe the world anything, none of us do.

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