Tiger Woods Takes a Break: Shaun Hautly

Sadly, he probably can't. Save for some giant contrived marketing scheme, this may be his exit from the good favor of the public. And it's a damn shame. This is another great example of a scandal that should have been the business of Tiger and his family only. What have we gained here?! The ability to point a finger and say the famous are corrupt once again? What we have done is lost an amazing American role model.

We keep doing this. We know JFK had mistresses, but we still respected him. We did this to David Letterman, Michael Jackson, Jon and Kate, Mel Gibson, Britney Spears, Vanessa Hudgens, the Janet Jackson Superbowl Halftime Show, and so many more. If we keep publicizing all of the indiscretions of our icons, we're going to run out of American Heroes. We now know of Babe Ruth's vices, but in his time, every kid wanted to be him. He was a flawless legend. Who, now, do kids look up to? Every time someone slips, we talk only about the slips, not the hours of practice in their field, their charitable donations, or their community service.

Yes, these stories sell and gain popularity, and yes, to and extent, the 'people' have a right to know. However, how much better would we be if we kept these stories to ourselves instead of selling them? We'd still have singers, athletes, and people in show business for our children to aspire to be. If we could punish those players who have taken steroids, but without televising the court hearings, maybe we'd be just that much better off. Let's just get on with it. Stop making the tabloids our headlines.

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