The Hooker Imperative
"You don't pay a hooker for sex; You pay her to leave."
I can't remember where I saw that quote but I couldn't help but be reminded of it now that everyone is wondering with great anguish oh how, how could Elliot Spitzer do such a thing?
Right now, I'm watching CNN and Larry King Live tonight is headlined "Why Do They Do It?"
Good Grief.
Obviously it is not all that hard. ( no pun intended.) Spitzer was in the market for sex with a woman other than his wife. If he has an affair, it could get messy. She could get pregnant. Somebody could fall in love. Maybe she stalks him or calls the house or any of the other crazy stuff we all hear about and pray we never find out about first hand.
Going with a prostitute puts all that to rest. Its a straight up business transaction. Money for sex. From his perspective--a win-win.
Some bring up the freaky risk-taking thrill-seeking part of this...and perhaps there's something to that as well.
The only point I'm making is that Spitzer didn't have to be crazy to do this--just arrogant, short-sighted and foolish-- just like a zillion other guys out there, some famous, most not.
I don't want to make excuses for men behaving badly, but I'm just wondering if when it seems to happen so often to so many who ought to know better--are we making a basic mistake treating this sort of thing like a bizarre twist of fate or unusual scandal?
Every man doesn't cheat on his wife, perhaps a majority don't. But so many men do, its getting harder and harder to act 'shocked and saddened' when one more them simply gets caught at it.
posted by Derek McGinty @ 3:39 PM
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The oldest profession... so they say.
Can I honestly say I've never considered it? Not even a passing thought? nope.
I've thought about a lot of things I'd never do.
Love trumps lust in my book, and that's where I stand. And money can't buy me love ( http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5245595911069392303&q=money+can%27t+buy+me+love+beatles&total=30&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0 )
Oh and one more thing ( http://www.historybuff.com/library/refbarnum.html )
Although I don't aprove of Spitzer's behavior; why wasn't Vitter and Craig drummed out of office? Why weren't their children chased by CBS camermen? Was it because Spitzer was a super delegate prepared to vote for Hillary Clinton? All of a sudden all of the news reporting is anti-Hillary in terms of headlines, scrutiny and now Geraldine Ferraro's comments are taken out of context. I'm very suspicious. All of these happenings highlight anti-discrimination against women - the same old story.
Although I sympathize with the Clinton Cause, I am not sure I agree with some sort of conspiracy theories to deny votes for Hillary (mentioned in one of the comments). Therefore, I will stick to the point. I believe if we become desensitized to bad behavior or to social ills, we are in some way accepting that bad behavior as the norm. In my opinion this is not the right attitude to take. The attitude of “so what” is in danger of contributing to a more corrupt and immoral society. I believe we should continue to scream and shout and be so outraged at every offense that we let the world know that such bad behavior, especially from our leaders, is simply not tolerated in any form or fashion. I agree that the media coverage may be overwhelming and overboard. However, we should hold folks accountable and scream “foul” as much as possible to drive the point.
Im still wondering what one gets for $4300 in two hours..
Sounds likke a total waste of time & money concidering his wife was at home waiting for him (FOR FREE)!
HE NEEDS TO GET HIS HEAD CHECKED OUT?
yeah well, what would have pissed me off, is thefact that he paid $4,000, for *****! (that was the right figure wasn't it), now what kind of man pays that kind of money for *****??????, i mean does it tap dance, sing, or play some kind of tune DAMN! what a fool, now he has to face possible disbarment, possible divorce, and a loss of friends and family members!!!! damn i hope at least a REALLY good ***, out of it, lololol
IDIOT!
bev in cali
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