So...uh... I don't remember if I had a decent excuse for missing last Monday, but yesterday I was busy studying for finals. Better late than never?
What to talk about? Sex scandals? That just popped into my head, because recently the (unfortunately named) Senator Anthony Wiener has confessed that he has shared explicit photographs and conversations with multiple women over the past few years who are all decidedly not his wife. It's really rather aggravating how long the list of Congressmen/politicians who have had either illicit, inappropriate or illegal relations has grown to. Without even getting into the politics of it, doesn't this just fail at a moral level?
Sure, our elected officials are supposed to reflect their constituents opinions, but shouldn't they also be able to set an example by keeping it in their pants? Or actually following the law (there are one or two that were engaged in prostitution, another harassing underage women, another coercing an employee into an affair, another covering up his love child using campaign money - WTF)? Maybe that's just too much to ask for.
Anyway, venturing into politics now, if they can't manage to keep it in their pants, and (as most of them are married) keep from engaging in an affair, how exactly is homosexuality threatening the "sanctity of marriage"? It's completely and disgustingly hypocritical, especially as one of the strongest anti-gay marriage (male) senators was caught with a rentboy. To be fair, not all of the offenders on that very long list of people engaged in sex-related scandal are homophobic or speak out against gay marriage, but many of them still purported to believe in 'family values'. It's all very screwy (Pun intended? Maybe.)
Anyway, rant over. I recommend watch the TV show Merlin. It's a fairly good show, and almost always amusing. Plus, it's British.
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