Tiger Woods - I don't think what happened to him is necessarily a bad thing - for society and more

[Sarah Ibarruri]

Here's what I think:

So Tiger Woods is not the "nice" guy we thought. So he's a philanderer, and not even a one-time philanderer, but a HUGE philanderer, cheating on his wife with multiple mistresses for years. Big deal. He's not the only male on the planet whose penis is on fire and feels he simply has to be shtooping every plasticized, collagen-filled, implant-imbedded female he encounters. In the course of life, we've seen ordinary people get caught cheating. It's not nice, but it's real life. So he's just being one of those guys who see a woman and think only of one thing.

Unfortunately, fame sometimes allows a celebrity to build a false image of himself to the public, and that's what happened with Tiger Woods. We held him up to the image he built, that of someone who would never commit adultery. Now that image is shattered, and I think there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. I think false images are bad, awful, and are best shattered. That way we stop adoring falsehoods. That's why I love it every time a "family values" Republican gets caught with his pants down. It gives those Republicans who truly believe in these people, a dose of reality.

As for Tiger Woods, his privacy is history. He will never have privacy again. If he chooses to satisfy his sex drive he'll have to do amazing things to accomplish it, as the media will be on his tail. Is that bad? Not at all. For his wife, it's excellent! It might keep him nice. For his kids, it's excellent, their dad will not be getting some sort of virus or risking their secure family life. For him? Well, it might not feel so nice to him if he's obsessed with cheating.




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http://www.thespec.com/News/BreakingNews/article/683405

December 02, 2009
By Doug Ferguson
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Tiger Woods said he let his family down with “transgressions” he regrets “with all of my heart,” and that he will deal with his personal life behind closed doors.

His statement Wednesday follows a cover story in Us Weekly magazine that reports a Los Angeles cocktail waitress claims she had a 31-month affair with the world’s No. 1 golfer.
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[niyad]

1. actually haven't liked him since the flap about letting women play at augusta.

it was as if, once HE got in, didn't give a damn about other restrictions of that high-priced enclave of privilege.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

4. I think you're right - he does have an attitude

Just because someone is quiet, doesn't mean he's not liable to do anything else anyone else un-quiet might do.

[HipChick]

30. so you can tell someone has an attitude because they are quiet?

amazing...

[Sarah Ibarruri]

33. Okay, he doesn't have an attitude. He's just a major, big-time philanderer

You happier now? LOL

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[HipChick]

38. And so what? they are numerous althetic figures who have gone through this..its not really that much

of a huge surprise..

[onenote]

39. this flap?

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/20/sports/debate-on-women-at-augusta-catches-woods-off-balance.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all

[Sarah Ibarruri]

42. I hadn't heard about this nt

[roguevalley]

64. he also won't speak about the slavery and crap in Dubai, where he

has business interests. He never speaks out for anything. He has all the power in the world to do GOOD and he does nothing about it. Karma is a bitch.

[polichick]

2. ...

"shtooping every plasticized, collagen-filled, implant-imbedded female he encounters."

:rofl:

[Sarah Ibarruri]

6. :-) nt

[mitchum]

3. I always found him to project an incredibly boring persona...

but this makes him seem a little more interesting.
Still, he has as much charisma as a shoe.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

7. LOL! Well, he's the quiet type, and you know what they say about quiet types....

:evilgrin:

[HipChick]

46. stereotypes are always a lousy projection of behaviour -

[BrklynLiberal]

5. Guess that is what happens when one starts to think one's PR is reality.

Incredible arrogance sets in.

[Karenina]

28. BINGO!

Or when one ascends to that rarefied atmosphere where the rules no longer apply...

[Sarah Ibarruri]

31. Exactly! nt

[elehhhhna]

8. the best pr people in the world were

Michael Jordan's handlers in the 90's

[Sarah Ibarruri]

10. Why were they the best pr people? nt

[elehhhhna]

13. b/c y'all never heard about his numerous major antics until he retired.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

17. Spill the beans already! lol nt

[elehhhhna]

27. gambling, blondes, fathering random children

[Sarah Ibarruri]

29. You are kidding me, right? Whoa - The tabloids are going to be bu-sy! nt

[AngryAmish]

34. I don't think any of this is news to anyone

[elehhhhna]

47. his image in the 90's was fabulous. as I said, it came out after he retired, and

very little came out, then.

[TTUBatfan2008]

66. When you consider the technology of today...

it's pretty amazing that Woods' handlers were able to keep a relatively squeaky clean image of him for 12 years. 12 frickin' years while he was having reckless affairs with voice mails, text messages, and so forth. He was either very naive or very dumb to leave so many tracks. Probably a combination of both.

[tularetom]

9. After he wins a couple of tournaments

Nobody will give a rats ass about this whole incident, or series of incidents or whatever.

Yes, he's probably crapped in his own mess kit as far a the trust of his wife is concerned, but this is between the two of them.

I don't care what hole he puts his weenie in, I'm more interested in the holes he can put a golf ball in.

And if his actions disturbs the fundamentalist filled world of professional tour golfers, then some good has come out of the whole thing.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

11. The Enquirer, The Star, and every UK tabloid will be present at

every tournament from now on! This will turn out to be very good for his wife and for him. It will help him develop self-control not only playing golf, but with his sexuality.

[HipChick]

32. How do you know they don't have an open marriage?

Singer Tom Jones has been married for 30yrs, yet openly cheats on his wife

Naomi Campbell openly dates a married man, he just happens to be a billionaire..

[Sarah Ibarruri]

35. They might. Maybe they have a marriage wherein he lies comatose on the ground

While she bashes his face in with a golf club, after calling his mistress and telling her she's "f*****g" her husband. Anything is possible! lol

[HipChick]

40. women are psycho's too..we don't know what he has to put up with at home either..

except for the media forgot to demonize her as they would have done a male who abused his wife by trying to beat on her with a golf club

[Sarah Ibarruri]

44. I think you meant psychos, not psycho's. Psycho's is possessive. Psychos is plural nt

[HipChick]

48. Women who are crazy,out of control and are abusers too...besides the nagging

[Sarah Ibarruri]

37. Yeah! That's it! He's got an open marriage! LOL!

That's why the media is after him, because they have an open marriage. You keep repeating that to yourself. Maybe somewhere along the way, you too, will believe it.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[DemBones DemBones]

65. Tom Jones has been married 53 years, not 30 years.

He got married in 1956, aged 16.

[TTUBatfan2008]

67. Speaking of which...rumors on the PGA Tour...

...apparently it was really well-known by most of the players on the PGA Tour that Tiger is a "chaser" and always has been. A similar rumor exists for his main rival, Phil Mickelson, except with a twist. Phil and his wife Amy are swingers. Phil makes a fuckload of money ($50+ million per year) based on his "family man" image, which the media has gladly built up for him just like they built up a similar image for Woods. Luckily for Phil, the media doesn't give a damn about scrutinizing anyone other than Tiger. I'm sure plenty of other golfers on the Tour are Tom Cats. But they are fortunate to avoid the media scrutiny while reaping the benefits of being a co-worker of Woods. Purses on Tour have quadrupled since he turned pro, and inflation isn't the reason for that if you catch my drift. Mickelson has outright thanked Woods in the media for allowing him to ride his coattails. Tiger is a scumbag but it's pretty sad to look at the way the media works and how he's being used by the PGA Tour. That includes the Tour commissioner and all the millionaire golfers who are engaging in similar behavior to Woods.

[ecstatic]

12. He never claimed to be a moral authority

That was something you, and the media did. And it's funny and amazing how eager they were to shut his former nice guy image down. I wonder if he'd still describe himself as caublasian?

[Sarah Ibarruri]

16. He never said it in words. He said it in the way he guarded his privacy

We did the rest. We thought he was incapable of adultery. I think it's excellent that this came out and we all realized that anyone is capable of anything. It's actually a healthy thing. It's called a dose of reality.

[REP]

21. I disagree; liking one's privacy doesn't equal preaching anything other than 'leave me alone'

I think the only thing he was trying to be was not caught. Plus he may really dislike intrusive publicity.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

22. Fine. We made up his image as a non-adulterer then.

However, that image is shattered now and it's not a bad thing. It's actually a good thing for his kids, for his wife, and for all of us. And I am not joking. I like reality... a LOT!

[REP]

24. You made that image for yourself; I expect wealthy men to collect mistresses

I'm shocked when they don't.

It's the car wreck drama that makes this a story; not the affairs.

[HipChick]

43. exactly...people project their ordinary common lives into this drama

[TorchTheWitch]

68. A GOOD thing for his wife and kids???

Are you demented? How can Tiger's adultery and the disrespect and humiliation it caused his wife and kids possibly be a GOOD thing??? His cheating is contemptable and his family has every right to be angry and hurt by it. The last fucking thing they need is for some total stranger who has fuck all to do with it trying to make it out like it's some kind of thing they should be happy about. GAWD!

And you can knock off this "we" nonsense about his image. Seems you're the only one deluded enough to believe a celebrated golfer is some kind of paragon of virtue because he makes barrels of money being really good at hitting a little ball into a little hole with some sticks and does TV commercials.

[HipChick]

36. I am always amazed that people think they know so much about other people's life..

I don't think this is new behavior either..

[TorchTheWitch]

55. what's this "we" shit?

Anyone who thought he was of squeaky clean character because he's a great golfer is STUPID. It's STUPID people that judge someone's character on something as idiotic as how well they play a game. Anyone who doesn't know him personally has no call to judge his character one way or another. It takes actually KNOWING someone to be able to judge the kind of person they are.

People have put celebrities on undeserved pedestals since time began, and that's not going to change with this incident nor will it change ever. No one is going to learn jack shit from this just like they've never learned whenever any other celebrity has been undeservedly put on a pedistal... this is hardly the first time a celebrity has been found to have feet of clay nor will it be the last, and people will go right on worshiping celebrities as they've always done.

[lib2DaBone]

14. He's not a preacher or religious leader...if he is having marital problems.. let him worik it out.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

19. Why? This is actually healthy for our society.

It's important that false images be shot to the ground.

[REP]

15. Well, he made golf slightly less boring by his balls bad lay in the rough ...

I'm with Mark Twain on golf - a good walk spoiled - but this is the first slightly unboring golf story in a while.

[BrklynLiberal]

54. LOL.

I agree with your opinion on golf.

[RagAss]

18. Oh come on everybody...Tiger always speaks well of you !

get a fucking life !

[Sarah Ibarruri]

20. Why are you upset? We just found out that our idol is a philanderer - why are you so upset?

You should be delighted. You no longer have to see him as something different than what he is.

[REP]

23. "Our" idol?

Guess again.

Hmm. Very rich man having an affair or two? I'm shocked!

It's the car wreck drama that makes this is story, not the affairs.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

25. You didn't idolize him? Good! Others did. They now found out otherwise, right?

I think we agree. I just think you wish what happened, hadn't. :beer:

[REP]

26. Huh?? No, I really don't care what happens to people I don't know

I mostly dropped in to make a crude golf pun.

[anigbrowl]

53. I think they idolized him for outstanding athletic abilities

I'm not into golf, but I can recognize that he's the most consistently successful player in the history of the sport, not to mention extremely successful in managing his own career...none of which ever led me to think he was Mr Monogamy or anything. Frankly, I've never heard anyone suggest him as a role model in this area, only that he's a discreet guy rather than someone who loves the spotlight.

I think most world-class athletes, of both genders, can and do sleep with whoever they please.

[omega minimo]

41. boys and their toys

[NRaleighLiberal]

45. I don't expect any human being to be anything but human.

I also could care less about what any so-called "famous person" does. Too busy living my own life with my family. I don't do the Idol thing.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

49. Then this doesn't affect people like you. It does affect people who do idolize people

It brings those bedazzled people into the realm of reality.

[NRaleighLiberal]

50. Agreed. I've always felt our country would be in better shape if we had less idol worship,

and more self reflection and actually living one's own lives, not living their lives through others.

[smoogatz]

51. Here's what we learn from this:

Tiger's like every other married person who likes to have sex with people other than the spouse. Such people comprise roughly half of the population.

[HipChick]

52. Thank you...

the last place I worked at...there were so many married people sleeping around, that the joke around the single people was if the TV show Cheaters paid good money, we'd be rich calling them in each week to bust people..

[704wipes]

56. I think it is the BartCop hex

Bartcop has hexed him several times with varying degrees of success. This may be the latest.

[Raschel]

57. I don't think he built a false image of himself. He never bad-mouthed anyone and kept his private

life private. People elevated him themselves.

[TorchTheWitch]

60. DING DING DING!

Exactly so. Hardly anything new or surprising. Celebrities have always been put on pedistals for no reason and that's never going to change.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

58. So it's okay to physically assault a cheating spouse?

[Ishka Kibble]

59. I'm amazed that anyone cares about this crap.

It's the private life of someone people don't know, will never know, and what he does with his dick is no one's business except the woman with the legal claim to it.

Tiger Woods had sex with women other than his wife.

Who cares?

[Johonny]

61. You can't have sex and be a nice guy?

OMG someones having sex.

[Iggo]

62. Although I never though he was a nice guy, I pretty much agree, Sarah.

He's been carrying on in the dark like this for years.

The only thing that "happened to him" is someone turned on the lights.

He's no different a man today than he was last week, last month, or last year.

What's changed is how people see him.

[Strelnikov_]

63. It makes for some great comedy

There is no video of what went down between Tiger Woods and his wife Elin Nordegren on the night of his accident -- so the Chinese made one up!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i5FlC1MpkE

[JVS]

69. How is this any of our business?