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Title: Why we can't let Tiger Woods off the hook for alleged affairs with a 'sex addiction' defense
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URL Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions ... ow_a_tiger_by_his_stripes.html
Published: Dec 9, 2009
Author: S. E. Cupp
Post Date: 2009-12-09 16:01:46 by beyond the sea
Keywords: Woods, Tiger, Perv, Sleazebag
Views: 1794
Comments: 185
In Britain's News of the World - whose editors and readers have such an insatiable appetite for sex scandals that the tabloid is fondly called "Screws of the World" - an addictions manager at North London's Priory Clinic says declaratively of a beleaguered Tiger Woods, "I see him as ill, not bad." Here it comes. Amid all the sordid details of Tiger's numerous "transgressions," we should now prepare ourselves for a forthcoming announcement by a very somber-looking Woods spokesman, or perhaps even by the golfer himself, that Tiger is, in fact, a sex addict. We can stop questioning his character, for this - we're being told - is a medical issue. No less an authority than Drew Pinsky, the host of VH1's reality show "Sex Rehab," told "Entertainment Tonight" that "it's safe to say that sex addiction might be part of his problem." Pinsky and the rest of the world are trying to help us understand what otherwise seems inconceivable: how such a rich, powerful and focused man ("and with such a beautiful wife!" some add, suggesting that ugly wives require no explanation) could risk his reputation, his fortune and his family to play the field with floozies. We can't let them get away with it. If the psychologizers win, they will allow brain chemistry, instead of free will, to co-opt habitual infidelity, thus completely and utterly absolving Woods of everything. Including driving barefoot, no doubt. And thereby absolving the rest of us of our sins. Yes, I said it: sins. The facts here are pretty simple. Woods made repeated and calculated decisions to deceive and hurt his family. For that he should get no sympathy. Pawning off bad behavior on some nebulous psychosis makes public apologies and professed remorse merely perfunctory, not sincere. In fact, that sex addiction even has a name (and its own television show) speaks volumes about our culture - and our collective psyche. The affliction may be real, but it also keeps us from acknowledging the immorality of our actions. After all, we don't call serial killers "murder addicts." Yet, anyway. Buying into the notion gives us license to embrace a psychology gap that keeps us divorced from our own behavior. Discussing a clinical condition is easier than actual soul-searching. Who needs confession when you can just be absolved through therapy and rehab? Over the past decade or two, psychologizing of this sort has become big business, crowding out so many basic moral judgments. The intelligentsia has so successfully marginalized morality to the far corners of its collective attics (where it also keeps religion) that the manic and predictable rush to medically explain immoral behavior has built a permanent, Bill Clinton-style wall separating the things we do in our private lives from who we really are. We saw a similar justification after the Fort Hood massacre, when scores of mental health experts decided from afar that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan wasn't a hardened terrorist - he was just really, really stressed out from absorbing everyone else's stories of posttraumatic stress. The Tiger drama is of course worlds apart, in every imaginable way. But the aftermath shares the same frantic search for a simple explanation that does an end run around free will. And as for Tiger's mental health, sex addiction may just be the tip of the iceberg. In Psychology Today, Stanton Peele writes (with a whiff of that inimitable shrink's humor) that Tiger's success and stamina on the golf course may have predicted his behavior in the bedroom: "Rather than being a sex addict, the same single-mindedness, skill set and gift for robotic calculation that make Tiger Woods the world's greatest golfer make him an avatar of the bedroom." Amazing: For both his strengths and weaknesses, psychology manages to surgically remove Tiger, a man whose power and wealth have bought him more free will than most of us will ever have, from his own life. It's hardly a comforting thought. But Peele leaves us with an intriguing question. If we can blame Tiger's troubles on his addictive behavior, why don't we blame his successes on a personality disorder, too? This man is a golf addict, to be sure - he's downright obsessed. But for that he earns our praise and respect. And tons of money. Forgive me for sounding old-fashioned. But the best prescription for a long, healthy life isn't pricey rehab, therapy and psychological reprogramming. It's a clear conscience. secupp@redsecupp.com
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#128. To: James Deffenbach (#127)
Gator Ade pulled his ads and endorsement,and I heard that the advertising slogan was "Put a Tiger in you",or something real similar. A unfortunate play on words. Not as bad as the AIDS Diet Plan. Remember that one. That was one of the most popular diets in the country,and then HIV/AIDS popped up,and the AIDS Diet Plan went in the tank.
I really did laugh out loud the first time I heard that one.
Did some rich guy steal your wife or something? No,but I've had a couple want their wives back. You don't believe wealthy people can actually fall in love Where did you get that? Of course they can. or pretty women can fall in love with good-looking wealthy men? Of course not. There is no such thing as a wealthy man who ISN'T good-looking. It's not always about the money. No,but it almost always is about the money. I don't know hardly anything about Tiger and his wife and their marriage, but if it was all about the money, she wouldn't care too much who he was sleeping with. Ever heard of VD? Ever heard of another woman taking your payday? She's a whore.If she wasn't a whore,she would have never agreed to stay with him for a specified payout of millions over the next 2 years. Millions of dollars in payoffs do NOT mean the unprotected sex with bar bitches and porn stars never happened,and if you are suddenly no longer hurt and mad enough to leave because you have paid to stay,it was never about anything other than the money from the start.
LOL! Tiger ain't going to gain much street creds with the bros after having a little blond beat the snot out of him.
Quite true. Also she had jobs as both a nanny and a bikini model. If she was into making money, she never would have taken a job as a nanny and would have made more off her body. I suspect she took the nanny jobs because she didn't like the sexual pressures of the modeling business.
For her to be moral, she would first demonstrate she has resisted temptation. And quite frankly I don't think too many temptations come the way of a twentysomething boobie-flasher.
Ah, I see, a woman hater. Several of 'em here.
She's not a woman. For sure she's never had a baby, and more than likely never had good sex with anybody either.
You.
Huh?
I completely agree with your words there. I do believe that Elin loved Tiger since she met him. I think she is a very sweet and decent woman. (If you wish to) please see the look on Elin's face in posts # 61 and # 62. I believe that the sheer joy in the first picture (# 61), and the seeming complete adoration in # 62 indicate she truly loved him. However ...... now he certainly has made it very difficult for her to feel that same way in the future! I've been married to the same good girl for thirty six years. Take it from this guy who has had numerous chances to fool around over the years ...... I never did. There are decent guys out here. And, all the jaded, cynical talk about "all men cheat on their wives" is total BS.
(Just asking) ........ I've seen that information/rumor around over the past days. Is there any solid documentation of that "story"?
I don't know. What I do know is there has been no denials.
------- What I do know is there has been no denials. You are aware that often it is not wise to give credence to filth and rumor by commenting on it?
Yes. I am also aware that just because a woman is beautiful,it doesn't mean she is an innocent. Quite often the opposite is true. I also know that not one woman in a thousand will stay with a man who has humiliated and embarrassed her in public like has happened to this woman,and this goes double for a woman whose husband has been having unprotected sex with bar bitches and porno stars and then coming home and having unprotected sex with her. There are things you can overlook,and there are things that are unforgivable.
For your amusement:
HAH! Who is that guy kidding? Yeah,he IS white,but he doesn't have lips blown up like a blow fish and he doesn't seem to have breast implants. No way has Tiger been humping this one. Now,if he would just dress up like OJ's boyfriend at the last Kentucky Derby and put on a blonde wig,he might have a real shot. No,not the boyfriend humping his leg. The one in the background with the dress,the big hat,and the blonde wig. OJ is clearly embarrassed about having his leg humped in public by a black midget. Maybe if the midget had of had the decency to don a blonde wig first,it might have been ok,but what would his fans think if they thought he would drop down low enough to have sex with blacks?
If the leg's a fit, the hump won't quit.
Show Me Obama's Birth Certificate!
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The Tiger Woods Meltdown America Talks (snip) — It is theoretically possible for Tiger Woods to rebuild himself. Other high profile individuals have recovered from scandals involving sex, drugs and alcohol. But the degree to which Woods sank, especially with the number of women who have come forward to say they were involved with him, including some with whom he reportedly engaged in sex acts in exchange for money, means he has a tough road to hoe. ”he has a tough road to hoe” ??????? ---- LOL. You can tell this writer was never a farmer, never hoed a row. Looks like Tiger rode too many ho’s.
Looks like Tiger rode too many ho’s. Ooooooooooooh! That is a tasteless pun. I like it. "An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't. ~ Anatole France
Ignorance abounds everywhere. Then again maybe it was a veiled reference to chain gangs out there hoeing those highways.
"The only thing better than a Federal Reserve audit would be a Federal Reserve autopsy." ~ unknown
I love that it is so fitting. "An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't. ~ Anatole France
LOL ....... quite veiled. :-) ****
Yeah,but maybe he has rowed a ho?
Hmmmm ....... how is that done?
........ and good morning. :-)
Hmmmm ....... how is that done? With a row boat. BUT.....,the question is would that boat then become a ho boat?
Hmmm. Maybe when he's traveling around the oceans on his 155 foot yacht, it just may be his "ho boat". ;-)
Latest rumor on the cover of the smut mags in the checkout isles at the grocery store says Obama and one of the dozen girls had a love child together. Have you heard anything about it?
It is extremely difficult for the wealthy to enter the kingdom of heaven. Those who consider themselves superior are more at odds with God than those who are aware of their sins. Those who sincerely repent—even if they are the hated toll-collectors, prostitutes, or ignorant common people—are more likely to receive God’s forgiveness than are the learned and self-righteous. I don't think there is much doubt about a 155 foot yacht attracting ho's like filings to a magnet.
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Could be why he paid the one gal so much to keep her mouth shut and not any of the others.
Word of the DayMonday, December 14, 2009 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407740/posts Tiger now has the drug thing going on!!!!
Tiger now has the drug thing going on!!!! Throw some dirt in his face because it is over for him now if the drug charges can be proven. Hell,some people may even start to question why he is still taking pain killers for his knee surgery that should have healed long ago. Seems to me his only option now is to get aboard that big boat where nobody can shout questions at him,and take off for France like the rumors say he is going to do. His career is over,but maybe he can salvage his life if he can avoid losing control at a paparazzi one day and going off on them.
You think Tiger Woods is Obama?
You think Tiger Woods is Obama? ROTFLMAO! Thanks Riggs - If it weren't for your post I would have never know I inadvertantly put Obama instead of Tiger in my post! hahaha I have no idea how that happened. I was thinking Tiger and thought I typed Tiger.
No ...... I have heard nothing of that. By the way, did you mean Obama or Woods?
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#129. To: beyond the sea (#116)
LOL .... as the ad says, "Just Do It."
#130. To: beyond the sea (#117)
What's the Difference between Santa and Tiger? ----- Santa stops at three Ho's.
#131. To: mel_living (#123)
#132. To: TwentyTwelve (#128)
#133. To: mel_living (#123)
It's not always about the money. I don't know hardly anything about Tiger and his wife and their marriage, but if it was all about the money, she wouldn't care too much who he was sleeping with.
#134. To: Cynicom (#122)
If we substitute moral for self righteous, most likely you would be correct
#135. To: AGAviator (#134)
#136. To: Cynicom (#135)
a woman hater.
#137. To: AGAviator (#136)
#138. To: Cynicom (#137)
#139. To: mel_living, sneakypete, Lod, christine, palo verde (#123)
You don't believe wealthy people can actually fall in love or pretty women can fall in love with good-looking wealthy men? It's not always about the money. I don't know hardly anything about Tiger and his wife and their marriage, but if it was all about the money, she wouldn't care too much who he was sleeping with.
#140. To: sneakypete, mel_living (#131)
She's a whore.If she wasn't a whore,she would have never agreed to stay with him for a specified payout of millions over the next 2 years.
#141. To: beyond the sea (#140)
(Just asking) ........ I've seen that information/rumor around over the past days. Is there any solid documentation of that "story"?
#142. To: sneakypete (#141)
(Just asking) ........ I've seen that information/rumor around over the past days. Is there any solid documentation of that "story"?
#143. To: beyond the sea (#142)
You are aware that often it is not wise to give credence to filth and rumor by commenting on it?
#144. To: sneakypete, TwentyTwelve, James Deffenbach, wudidiz (#141)
#145. To: beyond the sea (#144)
#146. To: sneakypete (#145)
OJ is clearly embarrassed about having his leg humped in public by a black midget.
#147. To: sneakypete (#145)
Maybe if the midget had of had the decency to don a blonde wig first,it might have been ok,but what would his fans think if they thought he would drop down low enough to have sex with blacks?
#148. To: sneakypete, Flintlock, farmfriend (#145)
#149. To: beyond the sea (#148)
”he has a tough road to hoe” ??????? ---- LOL. You can tell this writer was never a farmer, never hoed a row.
#150. To: beyond the sea (#148)
LOL. You can tell this writer was never a farmer, never hoed a row.
#151. To: TwentyTwelve (#128)
#152. To: farmfriend (#150)
Then again maybe it was a veiled reference to chain gangs out there hoeing those highways.
#153. To: beyond the sea (#148)
”he has a tough road to hoe” ??????? ---- LOL. You can tell this writer was never a farmer, never hoed a row.
#154. To: sneakypete (#153)
Yeah,but maybe he has rowed a ho?
#155. To: sneakypete (#153)
#156. To: beyond the sea (#154)
Yeah,but maybe he has rowed a ho?
#157. To: sneakypete (#156)
BUT.....,the question is would that boat then become a ho boat?
#158. To: beyond the sea (#157)
Happy Birthday, Jesus! Merry Christmas everyone!
#159. To: beyond the sea (#157)
Maybe when he's traveling around the oceans on his 155 foot yacht, it just may be his "ho boat".
#160. To: mel_living (#158)
Obama and one of the dozen girls had a love child together. Have you heard anything about it?
#161. To: beyond the sea (#160)
numinous NOO-min-us; NYOO- , adjective;
1. Of or pertaining to a numen; supernatural.
2. Filled with or characterized by a sense of a supernatural presence.
3. Inspiring awe and reverence; spiritual.
Happy Birthday, Jesus! Merry Christmas everyone!
#162. To: sneakypete (#159)
#163. To: beyond the sea (#162)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407740/posts
#164. To: mel_living (#158)
Latest rumor on the cover of the smut mags in the checkout isles at the grocery store says Obama and one of the dozen girls had a love child together. Have you heard anything about it?
#165. To: beyond the sea, ALL (#162)
#166. To: JRiggs, Beyond the Sea (#164)
Latest rumor on the cover of the smut mags in the checkout isles at the grocery store says Obama and one of the dozen girls had a love child together. Have you heard anything about it?
#167. To: mel_living (#158)
Latest rumor on the cover of the smut mags in the checkout isles at the grocery store says Obama and one of the dozen girls had a love child together. Have you heard anything about it?
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