Monday, December 14, 2009
The Tiger apology
I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart. I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves. I am not without faults and I am far short of perfect. I am dealing with my behavior and personal failings behind closed doors with my family. Those feelings should be shared by us alone.
—Tiger Woods, in what amounts to a press release
“I have not been true to my values”. What does this mean, “my values”? Isn’t it more accurate for him to say “I have not been true to the values of my image, this persona I created to sell the world”? His values are his values. He sleeps around. He swears an oath to his wife that he knows he cannot keep and has no intention of trying to keep. His actions are entirely consistent with his values.
As for dealing with his behaviour, well, if you only deal with your behaviour after you’ve been exposed, you aren’t really dealing with your behaviour, are you? You are dealing with how everyone else is reacting to your behaviour. Indeed, his character is to expose his image to the world, expose part of his persona to his wife, and another part to his mistresses. And when he can’t control his life this way, he asks for the public not to mix up all his different lives. He wants to take care of the damage control.
Oh what a tangled web we weave. Tiger is not a good seamstress.
Tiger should have been forthright: I am a fraud. I have crafted an image that I knew was not me. I have taken an oath to my wife that I knew I could not keep. I have continued affairs with women who were nothing more than playthings to me. I believed I could perpetuate this tangled web of deception with no harm to those around me, while basking in its benefits. Pity me, because that’s all I deserve. Forgive me, because I will truly repent.
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