'Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo' - H. G. Wells
Wells would have had great empathy, one suspects, with Tiger Woods. A man not known for his fidelity, the author was in his time able to live his life free nonetheless from the glare of the celebrity gossip sites, the tabloid magazines and the talk shows which so frame public consciousness today. It is the irony of today's society that, as public standards of morality have arguably reached their lowest ebb, the level of scrutiny and, indeed, moral indignation levelled at those in the public eye has never been higher. Just 12 years ago, the President of the USA could admit to 'personal indiscretions' of a similar nature and yet expect (and indeed be granted) a modicum of privacy and his family sensitivity. Today those considerations have simply ceased to exist.
Wells would have had great empathy, one suspects, with Tiger Woods. A man not known for his fidelity, the author was in his time able to live his life free nonetheless from the glare of the celebrity gossip sites, the tabloid magazines and the talk shows which so frame public consciousness today. It is the irony of today's society that, as public standards of morality have arguably reached their lowest ebb, the level of scrutiny and, indeed, moral indignation levelled at those in the public eye has never been higher. Just 12 years ago, the President of the USA could admit to 'personal indiscretions' of a similar nature and yet expect (and indeed be granted) a modicum of privacy and his family sensitivity. Today those considerations have simply ceased to exist.
