From what little I’ve actually paid attention to in the overbearing Tiger Woods saga, I think the mistress tally is up to 12 and there’s a *breaking news* story surrounding the situation like literally every five minutes. I get that he’s a celebrity. I get that everyone is oh-so-shocked that golf’s “good boy” has numerous “transgressions” of this type and magnitude… I get it. But seriously people… does no one have their own life anymore? The media has become more vicious with time and not only are the gossip columns overrun with these distasteful, blood thirsty stories but now it’s trickled over into the evening news. Here’s a newsflash for you:
THIS IS NOT NEWS!
How many soldiers died today? How many starving children lost another parent to AIDS in yet another underdeveloped country? How many women were raped, banks were robbed, charities established, acts of humanity carried out? How many little old ladies turned 100 today? I don’t want to know anything else about “where in the world is Tiger’s willy wonka?!”
One of society’s main problems is that no one knows how to mind their own business… I think the fact that bad things are happening in other people’s lives allows the vultures of our culture to allow the distraction of faking disgust with “things like this” to take their minds off of how screwed up their own situation is. Happy people do not delight in the suffering of others. Period. Furthermore, if all your attention goes to other people’s business, who is taking care of what you’re supposed to be focused on? Who is minding YOUR business??
People… let it go. Ok, everyone in the WORLD now knows that Tiger Woods slept with a bunch of white women… everyone needs to ask themselves now that they know, how has their life been made more complete? Since the Woods family’s private issues have been made material for public consumption and their problems have been compounded by opinion columns abroad, DO YOU REALLY EVEN CARE?!
… And for clarification, I specified “white” women because this *story* has now reopened this age old debate about what everyone and their mother thinks about interracial relationships. Here’s the second newsflash:
ANYONE THAT IS IN AN INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIP
OBVIOUSLY COULDN’T POSSIBLY CARE LESS ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK.
So, yes… there it is. The number two reason for my irritation about this entire issue (number one being the fact that it’s not anyone’s business but Tiger’s and Elin’s… and of course the other 12 women, but eh…): Why does a person’s *type* only come into question when RACE is involved? Seriously… why does it even matter? I don’t care who resents it, who thinks it’s wrong, or who has an opinion on *why* people date outside their race. At the end of the day, point number on still applies: it’s none of your business.
So, you tell me:
- Does being a public figure justify your personal life being blasted all over the news like this? I mean, at what point does a person’s personal life become… well, not personal anymore? Does ANYONE really see this as being fair?
- Do you contribute to this feeding frenzy? By this, I am asking if it excites you to read about the demise of other couples. I find it unfortunate that a family can’t work through their issues without having magazines poll the country as to whether they think the couple’s relationship is “worth” saving. That’s sick.
- What – if anything – are your thoughts about the relevance of Tiger’s *choice* in women? I mean, adultery is adultery regardless of if the women are white, black, asian, or horses, correct?!
I think if I had to contribute ANY thoughts to the situation, the only thing I would ask is, “Did NONE of these athletes learn from Steve McNair’s affair??” Just sayin…
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Yea…I really don’t care to hear all this garbage about Tiger Woods regardless of what color they all are. It’s sad for his wife and children…and those women should be embarrassed to go on national television and admit to it and blab about it…of course, if they were quality women they wouldn’t have done it in the first place.
Personally, I change the channell if it comes on. Although I agree that this should be private and personal, he is a public figure. There are people and companies who have put their time and money into him and helped make him who he is. I do believe it’s time to stop talking about it so as to not hurt the rest of his family anymore…let them get on with dealing with it and doing whatever they’re going to do and leave it alone.
I’ve heard a lot of people say ‘he’s a public figure’ but I think people should realize that no one has *stock* in his personal life. They have endorsed his profession – his brand – his name as a golfer. No company put their advertising dollars into his worth as a husband. The media should find something else to do with their time than try to destroy this man’s marriage. This very well may be what it took to shake up Tiger & Elin to evaluate what’s going on in their family and get them back on track. I hope they make it work…
Funny enough, I wrote about this very topic this past Friday in a random ramblings post.
I feel like it’s really none of our business what happened. This is a private matter b/w him and his family. While I like the world of entertainment as much as the next person, I feel that media often over step their boundaries. And this is one of those times.
The media definitely oversteps its boundaries VERY often. I agree. Unfortunately, that is a direct reflection of what readers want to see. The media doesn’t respond to events. They respond to ratings. As long as sales reflect that this is the type of thing readers/viewers want, they will keep digging their heels in and going full speed ahead.