Do we have the right to judge Tiger?
By laura_lmaxi
@laura_lmaxi (678)
United States
February 19, 2010 6:26pm CST
Do you believe Tiger Woods apology? He looked remorseful and humble, but is all this a theater, I think time will tell. But do we have the right to judge him, after all how many guys don't cheat on their wife and have several mistress. What do you think?
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@aerous (13434)
• Philippines
20 Feb 10
We don't have the right to judge anyone most especially that person have done nothing wrong with us.
Why should we judge tiger woods in his case. Are we not doing any mistake in our own. We are not as our Lord Jesus Christ do. That never found any sin from him. Tiger woods is a human being that commit mistake...
@chrystaltears (3392)
• United States
20 Feb 10
Amen Brother! I love to see responses like that. Keep it up!
@spalladino (17891)
• United States
20 Feb 10
I do believe that Tiger is sincerely sorry for the pain he has caused his family and for the damage the revelations about him have done to the Tiger Woods Foundation, which is dedicated to helping children. I also believe that society has the right to be angry about what Tiger did because he's a role model for so many and, for that reason, is held to a higher standard. If he didn't want to be a role model, he never should have signed his first endorsement contract or started the foundation.
@SViswan (12051)
• India
22 Mar 10
I don't think we have a right to judge Tiger Woods or anyone else for that matter...unless we know them personally. It's not really about how many men cheat on their wives as much as....how Tiger Woods really feels about it...and also the equation between him and his wife. Even though he is a public figure who needs to maintain certain standards, he also has a private life which is his alone. He might have made a mistake (or several as this case shows) but that is for him to sort out with his wife. It is for her to forgive him if she will.He has not harmed us or his fans by doing what he did...he harmed HIS family. He needs to sort things out with them...not us. No one has the right to judge him but he himself and maybe his family.
@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
20 Feb 10
I think to a degree we do. Unless the man is stupid ( which he isn't) he went to Stanford University which doesn't admit stupid people no matter how good you are at something. HE knew he was a role model like it or not. i don't want young men learning that that's how you treat women and that's why i have negative judgment toward him.
@laura_lmaxi (678)
• United States
21 Feb 10
Exactly I agree, he is a role model for many people, and I am glad he apologized with those people yesterday. That is totally not the way to treat any woman, from the wife to any of his mistress, and I wouldn't want kids out there will see this as the ideal way of live their life, and live their marriages in the future.
@micheleg34 (141)
• United States
20 Feb 10
I have no idea why we expect sports figures to have high moral standards. Just because Tiger can hit a ball across a golf course with accuracy does not mean he will, or should, be a good person. I do not condone what he did, but I do feel sorry for him right now. When the accountant down the street cheats on his wife, the only person he has to apologize to is his wife. It is up to her to accept his apology or not, and they work it out...in private. Why should Tiger Woods have to apologize to everyone? It's none of OUR business what he did to his wife! He didn't do ANYTHING to anyone but her. In fact, there are a lot of people who have been entertained by all the news and stories about him, so perhaps they should thank him for keeping them occupied. Sorry for the rant, but I really do get tired of us thinking that our sports stars, actors, and other public figures are supposed to have perfect moral standards, and acting like we are personally hurt when they don't.
@laura_lmaxi (678)
• United States
21 Feb 10
Oh I agree with you on certain levels sport figures and actors are like us, they are not perfect and they make mistakes, I don't think that Tiger Woods owns me an apology, I think he owns an apology to all companies who was using his "perfect" image for marketing, which he was making millions for it. Also whether we like it or not, he is a role model for many kids out there than look up to him, again , not me, I don't even like golf. But he may be the hero of many kids, and those people are the ones he owns an apology, because it is not healthy that kids will see his behavior as something normal.
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
21 Feb 10
I haven't judged him . I really don't care whom he sleeps with. I think all of this is partly the press's fault. They saw Tiger as a G-d. I , just saw a man. Now that their G-d is seen as human like all of us , the press is turning on him. None of this is my business So I don't judge.
@janne_panne (75)
• Sweden
20 Feb 10
Ok. Most people replying say we have no right to judge Tiger because it is too personal. Really? I disagree. I disagree strongly. If my brother, friend or anyone close to me had cheated in the manner Tiger has done I would not condone their actions. So obviously I believe Tiger should be judged like I would judge ANYONE. How can cheating ever be ok? Honestly, some of the comments here make me wonder if people think it´s ok to cheat, as long as we we don´t know that person? He is a public figure. He has been getting hundreds of millions in sponsorship. Of course he has an image to uphold and should be cursed for being such a bad role model to the millions of kids who adore him. Is it really ok if those kids think it´s ok to cheat? I disagree. And to that person who wrote that all men cheat; I pity you. Greetings from a cold Sweden.
@se7enthbird (8307)
• Philippines
20 Feb 10
we dont have the right to judge not just Tiger but we dont have the right to judge anyone. what happened to his marriage is too personal for us to judge. there are a lot of reasons why he does that and it is up to him and his wife to fix it. married life is not easy and it all takes two to make things alright. that is the price they have to pay for they are popular. even the things they do is always on news.
@bellis716 (4799)
• United States
21 Feb 10
Just because many people do something doesn't make that wrong right. I believe that Tiger had admitted his wrong and has, apparently, has repented. Let's see what happens next. The problem is that he has sullied his reputation. The many children who looked up to him have lost a mentor.
@chrystaltears (3392)
• United States
20 Feb 10
No. I don't try to keep up with that for that reason. But when you get to the top, you just never hear the end of it. The tale bearer is the one who's doing wrong and everyone getting off on it.
@homeshoppers (6166)
• Philippines
20 Feb 10
theres no need for me to judge tiger as for me all men are cheaters its just so happened that his a very well know personality so his unlucky for that. i guess he must know that being a well know person, he must at least try or do something to be very careful in doing such things also for the fact that he has kids. its their kids shame not them as they are old enough, but the kids, it will not easy for them to understand.
@jake_quatro04 (66)
• Philippines
20 Feb 10
Although Tiger Woods achieved extraordinary milestones in the field he has chosen, it doesn't mean he is an exception among us humans. What he has done to his personal means that he is only a human being, prone to temptations because of his high profile status and he wasn't able to overcome these temptations. So who are we to judge him when we too have sinned. As JESUS CHRIST taught his disciples "Those who have not sinned, cast the first stone".
Sometimes we forgot all the good things a person has done just because of one little mistake and we forgot our mistakes too.