Why Tigger Woods was rehabilitated so quickly....

[Aviation Pro]

...and why us poor schmucks would never be accorded the deference given to Playa Woods.

Because he brings in billions of dollars each year with his golf appearances; because player purses increase multi-fold with his presence; because the PGA would go back to the sport that nobody watches (except for a demographic that looks surprisingly like the TeaKlan); and because us poor schmucks need to adhere to a morality code called "family values" because we don't bring billions of dollars to the table.

So good luck, Tigger, 1000 years from now nobody will remember your name, fucker.

[wtmusic]

1. You're not a golfer

or you would know why Tiger (one 'g') is considered by most the best player of all time.

He brings in all that money for a reason.

[arcadian]

66. Until 20 years from now when somebody surpasses him.

[TransitJohn]

71. More like a hundred years

No one has yet touched what MJ did on the basketball court, ya know?

[TransitJohn]

70. Well obviously,

:evilgrin:

[YOY]

2. Here I thought it was because Rabbit was using his hortoncultural skills.

Good to see that little portion of the Hundred Acres make a comeback though...

[wtmusic]

4. He was, Rabbit is very multacultural. nt

[YOY]

10. I figgered using Pooh-eque miss pellins might be cute.

n.t.

[Toasterlad]

9. Now THAT Was Funny.

[cui bono]

3. Because Tigger is an fictional animated cat?

Very easy to put that into the story line of a new Winnie the Pooh book.

[mzteris]

5. 'cause he's bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy

full of fun fun fun fun fun!!! ?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. I Am Crtical Of Tiger But This Post Is Overkill

Such contempt should be reserved for Teabaggers, Republicants, (K)onservatives, et cetera.

Oh, isn't Tigger a Disney character.

[YOY]

13. Not really so much as an AJ Milne character Disney commercially raped.

n.t.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. The Tigger Character At The Orlando Park Was Accused Of Molesting Children Through His Costume

~

[YOY]

18. Don't think Rehab will help that particular cat.

n.t.

[Individualist]

7. ...

[Canuckistanian]

11. Tee Eye Double Guh.... Er n/t

[Toasterlad]

8. Actually, He Was Rehabilitated So Quickly Because There's Nothing Wrong With Him.

The man likes to fuck. That's not a disease. That's an active sex drive.

[closeupready]

26. There is, indeed, that point.

:D Perhaps he and Elin had an understanding, and these past six months have just been Kabuki theater for the benefit of flyover country residents who lead boring lives and think everyone else does, too?

[Toasterlad]

34. I'm Quite Sure He Was Legitimately Unfaithful

It just annoys me that people are buying into this whole stupid "if a guy cheats on his wife, he has a sex addiction." How about he's just an asshole? That's not a condition you cure in rehab.

[closeupready]

35. As you and I know, if you are a man, there is no cure for testosterone.

So, yes, I agree that 'sex addiction' is simply pop psych masquerading as science.

I believe there was a story that he wanted kinky sex with that porn star because (it was claimed) his wife was not interested in sex as much as he was. As shocking as this may seem to people who don't get out much, I've met people who performed certain types of sex with certain partners (who are married separately) because their spouses didn't want to do it.

[Toasterlad]

37. Indeed. I'd Love To Take a Peek In the Closets Of All These Self-Righteous People

who feel it's their business to pass judgment on the sex lives of other people. I have no doubt I'd find many a skeleton.

If you make a promise to be faithful to someone, you should keep it. But failing to keep it doesn't mean you're "sick"...and it doesn't make it anyone else's business.

[inna]

46. Now, that is an interesting theory.

Can you imagine all these countless tabloids/TV shows/online gossip rags that benefited from all this? Not to mention, there is no such this as "bad publicity", right? :shrug:

[closeupready]

48. A "Tiger, Thank You!" note should almost be considered obligatory,

if you are a tabloid gossip scandal sheet/talk show. Esp. considering the recession and all that...

[inna]

57. or.... if you're one of the "Mistresses"!!

Tiger's - OR - Jesse's!! :rofl:


(LOL. I know, it's not very funny, it's pathetic actually, the state of the media and all that.... but, I guess, sex and gossip always sell...)

[AnArmyVeteran]

29. Me hit ball wit metle rod. Me mak millyonz! Me par biger dan mi IQ, butt me Rich!

[malaise]

44. You know my hubby says

it's that simple.

[Junkdrawer]

12. Nike Golf = Tiger Woods....

And Nike Golf represents how much of an investment?

[HipChick]

15. and I wonder why the media isn't following Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberge

as much as they dogged Kobe...

[old guy]

14. Putting aside the spelling error,

your post is on the money. (Pun intended).

[Obamanaut]

17. Some might even say that in your envy, the "accidental" spelling

error may have racist undertones.

[frylock]

24. or some people might listen to jim rome..

who has been referring to tiger woods as tigger sticks for years now.

[Obamanaut]

33. OK. Refer to post 17. Same thing. nt

[frylock]

59. you're reading far too much into it..

i'm sorry if you interpret it as racism. it's a play on words, and not the word you're thinking of. the guy doesn't even identify as black.

[KittyWampus]

19. his tops is made out of rubber> His bottom is made out of springs?

[Warren Stupidity]

20. I think it was Roo or Eyore who are responsible. nt.

[Arkana]

21. Because the most wonderful thing about Tiggers is that Tiggers are wonderful things?

[onenote]

22. no one would care if a poor shmuck like you was screwing around

and the fact that I'm guessing you wouldn't have the success with the ladies that Tiger had makes your comparison even more bizarre and inapt.

[CakeGrrl]

23. In 1000 years, no one here will be around to bask in his obscurity

:rofl:

Sorry, I just can't get with the extreme hate.

And to your point (I guess), he DOES bring the $$$ and the viewership. I don't watch a tournament unless he's in the mix.

But let's not act like he's the only sports figure to get deferential treatment. To another poster's point, why isn't "Big Ben" Roethlisberger getting the ugly press worthy of the sex offender he seems to be, while they dragged out Kobe's situation for everything it was worth?

[closeupready]

25. I'm just sitting back, curious why someone hasn't cashed in, like Xaviera Hollander did?

You know, with her NY Times bestselling book, "Happy Hooker"? Which I've been meaning to get around to.

[AnArmyVeteran]

27. But any venereal disease he spread might live on...

[EFerrari]

28. I cannot understand why people have convulsions about the sex lives of others.

He's a golfer, not a minister. If he were my daughter's husband, I'd be pissed. But he's not. It's none of my damn business.

[AnArmyVeteran]

64. I'm not condemning Tiger, I just want his girlfriend list...

The only thing I'm mad about is I'm not getting any of those high class hookers like Tiger is. He's getting the cream of the crop, er, well I guess they are getting the 'cream of the crop'.

95% of poor guys would be doing exactly what Tiger was doing with those women. That's what guys talk about amongst themselves and what they dream about if they had the money. Well Tiger has the money and he was just doing what a man does. I'm not faulting him at all. I am applauding him. If he was truly being himself afterward he would have just told everyone to go to hell and he is going to live his life the way he wants to live it. It's his life and why should he have to comply with everyone else's fake moral standards? If he likes pussy and he has the money to buy it, then he should be able to have sex 20 times a day if he wants.

He's just a regular guy, with lots of money.... and what's the point of having money if you can't use it to have fun and get laid? You might as well be poor...

[EFerrari]

68. Then 95% of poor guys would have a lot of problems on their hands

because having sex with a bunch of people usually creates more problems than it solves.

But, still, it's none of my damn business. lol

[AnArmyVeteran]

74. Unfortunately, the 'poor' guys actually DO use their hands because they can't get beautiful women :)

At least they can't find women like Tiger does... Face it, women are attracted to money, and the more money a person has the more attractive they are to women. Look at Hugh Hefner. Look at Donald Trump. Both loaded, but always have great looking trophies around. I'm not suggesting all women are attracted to money, but given a choice between two men, one extremely rich with no heart, and a poor guy with a heart of gold, a lot of woman would pick the rich guy. It's in their DNA. It's part of their search for a hunter/provider to take care of them, a primitive trait carried forth through time since the caveman (and women) days.

[AnArmyVeteran]

65. I'm not condemning Tiger, I just want his girlfriend list...

The only thing I'm mad about is I'm not getting any of those high class hookers like Tiger is. He's getting the cream of the crop, er, well I guess they are getting the 'cream of the crop'.

95% of poor guys would be doing exactly what Tiger was doing with those women. That's what guys talk about amongst themselves and what they dream about if they had the money. Well Tiger has the money and he was just doing what a man does. I'm not faulting him at all. I am applauding him. If he was truly being himself afterward he would have just told everyone to go to hell and he is going to live his life the way he wants to live it. It's his life and why should he have to comply with everyone else's fake moral standards? If he likes pussy and he has the money to buy it, then he should be able to have sex 20 times a day if he wants.

He's just a regular guy, with lots of money.... and what's the point of having money if you can't use it to have fun and get laid? You might as well be poor...

[Zynx]

69. It is when celebrities hold themselves out as role models.

[DefenseLawyer]

30. Bitter, party of one, your table's ready. n/t

[Hannah Bell]

31. interesting how democrats deflect legitimate criticism of the pass the rich & connected get

by casting aspersions on the character & motivations of the person making the critique.

[DefenseLawyer]

32. A pass?

The last time I checked, adultery isn't a crime in this country. Interesting how some Democrats who attack the Dobson crowd for telling THEM how to live have no problem interjecting themselves into someone else's personal life. As for this lament that Woods "got a pass", you tell me the last time you saw anyone, rich or not, who lost his or her job for having an affair outside the workplace. I think any of you that believe Tiger Woods personally owes you an apology or even an explanation of how he lives his life are out of your minds. How about minding your own business? Am I casting aspersions? Why yes, I am.

[Hannah Bell]

36. the op is "why us poor schmucks would never be accorded the deference given to Playa Woods."

i don't think tiger owes me anything. i'm not the one who put him in the spotlight, put it in the spotlight a second time for his sexual adventures, or is now putting him in a third time as the process of rehabilitation (including his "apologies," which i didn't ask for, but *he* chose to make for continued access to $$$$) continues.

but ps: i believe solicitation & payment of prostitutes = illegal in most jurisdictions.

no faux outrage, please. i have nothing to do with tiger's position as golf idol & corporate pimp, nor with the fact that tiger gets to play by different rules than ordinary people.

[DefenseLawyer]

38. Maybe you can brand an A on his forehead.

Would that vent some of your personal anger against a person that you have never met? What are these different rules? Again I ask, who do you know that has lost his or her job for having an affair outside the workplace? Obviously as a member in good standing of the morality police, that is what you seem to be advocating. I would think the big A would be enough.

[Hannah Bell]

39. the fact is, woods is alleged to have used prostitutes, something which is illegal

& which most of us would be penalized for with criminal sanctions & possible loss of employment.

you want to make it about me being the morality police, whatever.

[DefenseLawyer]

41. Citizens arrest! Citizens arrest!

You should make it your life's work to track him down and bring him to justice. This crime against humanity will not stand. Godspeed, keeper of all that is moral and holy.

[Hannah Bell]

42. lol. do rich people have to obey the law, or not? that's the question you're devoted to avoiding

by making it about me being a prude.

[DefenseLawyer]

45. Has he been charged with a crime?

At best in the middle of a media feeding frenzy, a self described "Madame" told the New York Fucking POST that he had hired "call girls". Number one, i hate to break it to you, but not everything you read in the Post is true. Number two, if true, do you really believe that everyone else who has hired an escort in this country has been prosecuted except Tiger Woods (and perhaps Charlie Sheen)? You are not only way too bitter about the life of someone you don't know, you are mistaken.

[Hannah Bell]

56. why is that, do you think?

ps: you're the only one who brought my "bitterness" to the table, bubba. i've brought facts, not amateur psychologizing.

[Johonny]

62. So you have seen legitimate evidence of an actual crime

I mean evidence that would actually get a DA a conviction? There is no DA in the world that touches cases that have no tangible evidence. In the world of prostitution it is easier to nail the provider than the provided after the fact, unless he Jerry Springered it and wrote a check. LOL Jerry. I get your passion for the privileged rich. But really prostitution is something that crosses all socio-economic classes and prosecution of the provider over the provided is common also across the spectrum. Tiger Woods is hardly a case book example of the privileged escaping prosecution. Passing this case certainly dumbs down the argument against real and important miscarriages of justice in society. I get your anger but really this issue isn't worth your anger.

[Hannah Bell]

73. first, i'm not "angry". second:

CALIFORNIA PROSTITUTION


Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
California Criminal Lawyer

Solicitation and the Law

In California and most of the United States, the crimes of Prostitution, Solicitation, Pandering, and Loitering are against the law. Solicitation, Prostitution, Pandering, and Loitering are serious offenses that carry life-changing consequences. Prostitution law makes it a crime to offer, agree to or engage in sexual activity for money. In California, the “John”, as well as the prostitute, is aggressively prosecuted. First time offenses are usually charged as misdemeanors while subsequent offenses can be charged as felonies.

Thanks to sting operations, many prostitution arrests are made in large cities, such as Los Angeles and San Francisco. At any given moment, innocent citizens with no criminal history often find themselves accused and arrested for Solicitation for Prostitution by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Massage parlors and escort services are under high scrutiny because of the long companionship encounters and temptation to ‘cross the line’.

Your life can radically change with a prostitution, solicitation, pandering, or loitering offense. The penalties and consequences for these types of sexual offenses can be serious and include the following:

Jail
Probation
Fines & Fees
Court-Enforced Counseling
AIDS Testing
Community Service
Cal Trans (physical labor)
Public humiliation
Loss of employment (for those with licenses or security clearances)
Other Penalty Considerations

Los Angeles - The War Against Prostitution

California, (especially LA County) has been cracking down on prostitution, solicitation, pandering, and loitering. Some of the measures taken include:

Performing Sting Operations - Setting up roadside sting operations involving scantily clad, beautiful women who are undercover police officers, for the purpose of luring drivers to stop and talk to the decoys and get them to agree to sex for a price.

http://prostitution-defense-attorney.com/


In recent years Los Angeles County has stepped up enforcement of solicitation of prostitution by using sting operations involving the use of a police decoy, these operations target "johns" instead of the actual prostitute. The theory behind this type of enforcement tool is that if the police remove the customer then the prostitutes themselves will go away.

The major problem with conducting these undercover prostitution stings is that they invariably ensnare innocent citizens and passersby that get caught up in the frenzy of arresting suspected solicitors of illicit sexual acts. It is not at all uncommon for aggressive police decoys to illegally entrap innocent unsuspecting men who may stop at the request of the undercover agent.

An arrest for solicitation of prostitution usually results in the impound of the vehicle being driven at the time of arrest. Long Beach Police in particular will pursue the forfeiture of the suspect's car, even before the individual is convicted of the suspected crime. The Los Angeles city prosecutor has a policy of no plea bargaining and will vigorously prosecute acts of Penal Code section 647(b).

http://www.bestlegaldefense.com/Prostitution.aspx


San Francisco's "John School" Reduces Recidivism Among Men Arrested for Soliciting a Prostitute

April 22, 2008Abt Associates recently conducted a two-year evaluation of San Francisco's First Offender Prostitution Program (FOPP), designed to reduce the demand for commercial sex and human trafficking in San Francisco by educating "johns" arrested for soliciting prostitutes about the negative consequences of prostitution.

In the FOPP, eligible arrestees are given the choice of paying a fee and attending a one-day class (known generically as the "john school"), or being prosecuted. During its more than 12 years of operation, 5,735 men have attended the FOPP's john school. The fees support all of the costs of conducting the john school classes, as well as subsidizing police vice operations, the screening and processing of arrestees, and recovery programs for women and girls involved in commercial sex.

http://www.abtassociates.com/page.cfm?PageID=40658

i read that as more than 477 people per year arrested for soliciting in san francisco alone.

[Toasterlad]

52. I Suspect You'd Be Just As Outraged If None Of Those Women Were Prostitutes.

I don't believe it's the legal aspect that is bothering you.

[Hannah Bell]

53. i suspect you believe whatever suits your own preconceptions & biases.

see how easy?

[Toasterlad]

55. Yeah, But I Have a Basis For MY Suppositions, Whereas You Do Not.

Simple indeed.

[Hannah Bell]

58. lol. no more basis than my speculations on your motives, toast.

which i've managed to keep to myself, recognizing that they'd consist of personal attack on a poster, which is against du rules.

[Toasterlad]

61. You Didn't Seem Worried About the Law Until Someone Said That Tiger DId Nothing Illegal

Then suddenly, it was all about the prostitutes. Could it be you couldn't support your silly case of special treatment for Tiger Woods without dragging the supposed hookers into it?

By the way, do you know how many men go to jail in this country for soliciting prostitutes? Damn few. I guess Tiger's getting that special treatment that only all but a small handful of men in this country get.

But you keep up that outrage. That's a real useful thing to do. :thumbsup:

[Obamanaut]

43. "...woods is alleged to have used..." 'Alleged' is the key word here,

in that we read here on DU quite regularly about the presumption of innocence until...

Also quite telling is how the 'w' is lower case.

There is a lot of wealth and/or fame envy in this thread.

[Hannah Bell]

50. when's the trial? oh, i see, there won't be one, because rich people don't have to live by the same

rules.

yes, it's all about my "envy" & "prudery". of course it is.

never about how the wealthy have a different rulebook. & by "wealthy," i mean not only woods, but his corporate backers & sponsors.

[DevonRex]

40. I object to a black man being called the name of a cartoon animal and playa here on DU.

Had you made your point without the names I wouldn't have been offended.

[frylock]

60. would you object if it were a white man?

what is the implication of calling tiger tigger?

[Hannah Bell]

72. lol. now i'm a *racist* prude. i have no idea what the implication is of calling tiger tigger,

why don't you ask the poster who called him that?

[spanone]

47. when you figure out how to do something better than any other human on earth....

you'll get the same perks

[CBR]

49. -11, 4th place

It seems like many here have no problem giving Elliot Spitzer a pass.

[dorkulon]

51. Actually, the rest of us wouldn't have to deal with a billion people in our business.

The rest of us would simply have a very pissed off wife to deal with.

[tammywammy]

54. I think it's mostly because people realize the whole ordeal is between him and his wife

and no one else.

I really couldn't care less who Tiger Woods fucks. :shrug:

[Bluebear]

63. Hope your flying is better than your spelling. nt

[Generic Other]

67. I thought it was 100 Acre Wood where Tigger screwed the Pooch

How come everyone gets bent out of shape over Tigger? I notice none of y'all said a damn word when poor Pooh got stuck in a honey pot.