People likeTiger Woods are easy prey for both the media and light night talk. It is easy to criticize, and hard to understand what people like him go through. I am not trying to excuse any bad conduct, but i fail to see how that is anyones business but his and his family. Just because someone is a "star" does not mean that they are not entitled to some level of privacy. after all "stars" are humans just like us, and subject to frustrations, and pressures of life like everyone else, many times far more than we can imagine. They make mistakes and do bad things, and one of the saddest things to me is how high of a standard this society holds them to. Just look at the tabloids at the market, pictures of movies and sports stars in comprimised situation, headlines like the recent inquirer for Nicole Eggert, "baywatch bulges" How cruel and thought less. It is the silly hero worship of todays society that creates the Britney's and other celebs that seem to self destruct in front of our eyes. It is okay for everyone else to get older and fatter. but heaven forbid a movie to TV star gain a few pounds. Some camera hound will find them in a private moment take a long didstance photo, and plaster it all over the news stands.
Tiger committed a traffic offense, with a fine of $165, not a double murder! As far as to whether he signs autographs, well that is a reason for whether you like him as a golf star, and whether you would spend money on his endorsed items, or go see him events. But it is not a reason to laugh at his humiliation, or pain. In my mind that is just wrong, and i doubt anyone here would like it if it were done to them, or a good friend. Human compassion is not cancelled, just because we do not like the policies of someone we really do not know. We are not privy to the terms of his endorsement contracts, or any other business issues, and what others stars might or might not do, is again choices. What he did we might never know, but one thing for sure common decency dictates that we show some level of compassion, especially if it is true, and his wife and children must bear the pain of the aftermath.