Stupidity or Lack of Common Sense or a Lack of Morality

Hi Everyone:

The past few weeks has been an unbelievable eye opener for most of the world. It just goes to show you that even a world class athlete,who just won the athlete of the decade award, can do really stupid things without thinking of the consequences. Of course I am talking about the now infamous Tiger Woods.

I am not even sure if Tiger ever thought there would be any consequences. Supposedly, to date, 14 women have come forward to say they had a sexual relationship with him while he was married. I am also not sure if the 14 women are telling the truth. But, if there are 14 who have come forward so far, could there be more? Are there more? What really irritates me about Tiger's indiscretions (his own words), who has been married for 5 years to a beautiful woman who bore his 2 children, is that 1) he had sexual relations with women while married, 2) he thought because of his wealth and fame he could do it, 3) he thought he would be able to keep it a secret and get away with it and finally 4) according to some of the women, he didn't even use any protection. He has now most likely ruined his marriage but more importantly, he may have put his wife at risk for any number of std's. What was Tiger thinking? Obviously, he wasn't.

Was this stupidity on Tiger's part? Absolutely! Was it that he lacks morality? Absolutely! Was it that he has a lack of common sense? Again, absolutely. But, if you really think about it, if Tiger had an ounce of common sense, he would have never gotten himself into this situation in the first place. Common sense would have dictated to him that any extramarital affair was wrong and he shouldn't do it. But do it he did again and again and again etc. I have read that he even paid some of the women $5,000 to $10,000 per month to keep quiet. That certainly didn't work.

Of course extramarital affairs happen in "regular peoples" marriages but when it occurs to the rich and famous it makes front page news and then the story takes on a life of its own. How Tiger thought that he could have these affairs with not one but multiple women and that the secret would be kept is astounding to me. Obviously he is a great golfer and no one can take that away from him. But, this sorted tale(s) will always have people thinking differently about him and that will never end. What a legacy to leave. I do feel sorry his wife Elin and his 2 children for they did nothing wrong and they will now have to live with the problems Tiger imposed on them.

Common sense rules and stupidity drools.

Til next week.