Tiger’s Back and So Am I
In August of 2010 I posted a short article on this site titled Tiger’s Fall and Rise (Click here to read my original post). It addressed with the public’s fascination with high profile sex scandals, specifically that of Tiger Woods. After winning last weekend's PGA tournament, Tiger appears to be back on top of his game and I too feel the same. To my amazement, my initial article was picked up by the Tennessean and run as an editorial in their Sunday paper. They characterized it as my taking up for Woods since I too had an affair publically exposed after a failed extortion attempt. Some of my other “detractors” at the time also commented, criticizing my reference to Woods infidelity, saying I was defending his actions. Apparently didn’t read or fully comprehend the article. The rhetorical question I asked in the original post is why are we so infatuated with someone’s downfall or the details of their personal lives? The reality is because we are all broken people and want to relish in the fact that someone else’s brokenness may be worst than our own. When The Christian Post covered Amy Winehouse’s death from a drug overdose, it was [...]