Thursday, January 08, 2004
In the interest of commenting about current issues with relevance, I hear today that Koby Bryant didn't have a very nice time last night in Denver. Of course, it being so near the place where he made "his big mistake" makes that expected.
Does Bryant deserve this? Well, I have been following the story mainly because it proves a point I have suspected all along: liberals who claim Americans (you know, people who live in America) don't care about the sex lives of celebrities obviously don't know many Americans. Bryant is apparently guilty of adultery, possibly of rape, and the outcry has been great. So it should be. Still, I wonder why the media focuses on it so relentlessly if it is true that average Americans don't care about sex. I suspect it is because, up to this point, Bryant was "the clean boy on the block." I mean, let's face it, with teammates like Magic Johnson, almost anybody can look like a Vienna choirboy. It's one of the things that should disgust people about the media--they delight in tearing down the images of anyone held up as a role model. Koby did wrong and no one can deny it, whether or not these allegations are proved. But the media (and average people) should report these with sorrow, grieving that a man, heretofore (as far as is known) was a clean-cut, upright man should have fallen so far. There should not be this gleeful "Oho-look-who's-not-so-perfect." Give him the same consideration as was given a certain president about six years ago.
Does Bryant deserve this? Well, I have been following the story mainly because it proves a point I have suspected all along: liberals who claim Americans (you know, people who live in America) don't care about the sex lives of celebrities obviously don't know many Americans. Bryant is apparently guilty of adultery, possibly of rape, and the outcry has been great. So it should be. Still, I wonder why the media focuses on it so relentlessly if it is true that average Americans don't care about sex. I suspect it is because, up to this point, Bryant was "the clean boy on the block." I mean, let's face it, with teammates like Magic Johnson, almost anybody can look like a Vienna choirboy. It's one of the things that should disgust people about the media--they delight in tearing down the images of anyone held up as a role model. Koby did wrong and no one can deny it, whether or not these allegations are proved. But the media (and average people) should report these with sorrow, grieving that a man, heretofore (as far as is known) was a clean-cut, upright man should have fallen so far. There should not be this gleeful "Oho-look-who's-not-so-perfect." Give him the same consideration as was given a certain president about six years ago.
// posted by The Pendragon @ 3:06 PM 
