Does it make you happy or sad when a moral crusader gets caught in a prostitution ring?

Question

The question is in response to news article http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=389679

It seems quite common. It's like how priest who tell us not to have s*x turn out to be kiddy fiddlers and anti drug campaigners are often cocaine addicts. The world leaders who moan about the evils of terrorist seem to be dropping the most bombs and killing the most civilians.

Answer 1

Maybe someday people will just mind there own business...

Answer 2

I never thought of Eliot as a moral crusader.

I don't think it is any of our business what he does with another consenting adult behind closed doors.

I only feel bad for his wife if she was unaware of the situation.

That said, since prostitution is still illegal and he is Gov; I don't see any other choice than resignation and possible indictment.

Answer 3

These 'holier than thou' type people make me sick.

Even when caught they don't seem to do the moral thing and resign but expect to carry on often using their position of trust to cover up their misdeeds.

He should be sacked and prosecuted, if not for pimping then on tax evasion, and banned from public service for life.

Answer 4

I feel vindicated in my suspicion of all fanatics...

Answer 5

Does the statement 'Do as I say, not as I do' sound familiar?

So many over confident/in denial/holier than thou pollies around!

Answer 6

It makes me feel morally superior.  I don't go to church, I lived with my husband before marrying him, but I don't claim to be be a servant of the people and then get caught doing something illegal.

Answer 7

Sadly, I'm getting numb to it all. Nothing surprises me anymore.

Answer 8

A mix of feelings, to be honest, but mostly sadness.

I feel bad for the innocent victims of the situation -- the wife who was cheated on, the kids who have to bear the shame.

I feel bad to see the press viciously report the hypocrisy involved, as if those journalists don't have their own skeletons in their closets.

I feel bad when the consumers of the media so gleefully take the news, as if this stumble invalidates everything good that the perpetrator has done.

And some empathy for the subject of the story, too.  "There but for the grace of God go I..."  I've not always done the right thing every minute of my life, either, and it would be sad if one mistake coming to light would somehow invalidate all the good I've tried to do along the way.