Tiger Woods

"Celebrity cheats on Spouse! Details to Follow!"

The obvious question is "Why is this news?" I'm going on my cynical kick for a minute but unfortunately in America, married people cheat on each other more regularly now than ever before. Let's consider the following: Las Vegas is the city that promises to keep your secrets. They market themselves with a wink that "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas." I got a pretty good idea that they aren't talking about losing money.

And now for a fee, the good folks at Ashley Madison will help you find an "affair to remember." In other words, if you're unhappily married but you don't got the guts to either work things out with your spouse or take it like an adult and get divorced, Ashley Madison will try to help you find an outlet for your primal urges.

So why then are we looking at Tiger Woods with such chagrin? First off, we accept the fact that people cheat and we generally shrug our shoulders and say "it happens." The fact is there are now hundreds of ways for married or committed people to cheat. Are we really shocked that Tiger Woods is after all as weak as the "regular person" who cheats? Or is it that we look at Tiger as if he's supposed to be a cut above everyone else based on his athletic ability? Lest we forget that alot of great figures in history had problems staying faithful.

I'm not defending what Tiger did. Not for a minute. The sad fact is that two more children will now grow up with divorced parents, and that is never a good thing. He shouldn't have married and brought two children into the world. He presumably knew he had a problem being monogamous, and that alone should have been enough reason for him to stay single.

But I also caution those of you who would condemn Tiger so quickly while at the same time not considering the damage that every day folks do when engaging in similar conduct.