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Blackmail? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Blackmail!
After reading the story two weeks ago about the judge who was suspended after admitting smoking pot at a Rolling Stones concert, Malcolm in the U.K. writes, "I just thought I'd mention that I believe the judge to have every right to a social life -- more power to him! -- and the woman to have shown not only poor manners in reporting him, but poor business sense in not attempting to blackmail him first."
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Well, Malcolm, we do things a little differently here in the good ol' USofA! When one of our public servants makes a legal boo-boo, we ridicule him or her in public. (You do remember Bill "I did NOT have sex with THAT WOMAN" Clinton?) And we do it over and over again, especially if we can use proper medical terminology for what you might call "naughty bits" in print.
After a suitable period of character bashing, the miscreant grovels in apology, makes the rounds of the talk shows, in severe cases goes through rehab, and then is either re-elected or given a multi-million-dollar book contract. Much more entertaining than tawdry private blackmail schemes, wot?
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