with the crowd here and let me give you examples.
If you decide to become a career criminal you enter "the life". You do this knowing that risk winding up in prison or murdered if you slip up or for no particular reason. That is what you chose. Don't give me this liberal "all career criminals were forced into "the life" because of their economic and social hardships" line. It is true for some but I can personally guarantee you it is not true for all.
If you decide to try to be an entertainment star of some type, you know that if you succeed to will be entering "the life". If you are successful you will need to become some sort of recluse or have cameras aimed at you constantly and will constantly be watched. It is part of the deal and part of entering "the life".
If you decide to become a politician then once again you choose to enter "the life" and one of the biggest rules is no philandering. Some politicians do it and come away unscathed, some it actually helps their numbers but with most it destroys their career. Biology is not an excuse and that is the way it is and they know it when they choose to enter "the life".
Please don't give me the "in Europe" line either because when you do you sound the Texas Ding Dong Express who posts here talking about nuclear power plants in France . Culture, world view and the way things are done are just different on the other side of the pond.
That is the way it is.
Mean that you are swallowing the whole puritan thing? Who has a perfect record these days when your entire life history can be mined?
You might be right about Europe, but I always am in denial that Americans are so uptight about sex considering what we see in the media.
When Clinton went through the impeachment process his numbers rose which means America does not swallow the whole puritan thing (no pun intended).
What I am saying is that the second you decide to be an American politician, everything you have done, do, will do (past, present, future) will be scrutinized. Basically you have painted a bulls eye on your back and that is the way it works in the good old US of A and they know it,
They (politicians) know the rules and if they decide to take chances then they are rolling the dice. If they come up snake eyes then they have to deal with the consequences and we should not be apologizing for them regardless or their party affiliation.
