bananabrain
awkward squadnik
so, it seems that the british home secretary (minister of the interior for all you johnny-foreigners) has had to resign following a series of revelations of conflicts-of-interest and loss of support. basically it all started going wrong as a result of his 3-year affair and two children with a [still-]married woman who was also very well-connected in the world of publishing. i dare say you can read all the info in the british papers (i recommend the times) about the downfall of this otherwise pretty impressive politician (whether you like his policies or not) who overcome a disadvantaged background and blindness to rise to nearly the top of the political tree; indeed he was talked of in some quarters as a future prime minister.
my question is this: how important is the adultery? how much should we expect politicians to behave with "personal morality"? i personally detest adultery and disapprove strongly of adulterers, albeit i concede that it doesn't always affect a politician's ability to do his (or her) job. so what are our objections? are they religious? are they pragmatic? is it inevitable that personal sins (if you want to put it like that) should have public consequences? it seems to me at least that his downfall wouldn't have happened without the adultery - but then again, bill clinton seems to have survived. is it down to the how "bad" the adultery was?
what do y'all think?
b'shalom
bananabrian
my question is this: how important is the adultery? how much should we expect politicians to behave with "personal morality"? i personally detest adultery and disapprove strongly of adulterers, albeit i concede that it doesn't always affect a politician's ability to do his (or her) job. so what are our objections? are they religious? are they pragmatic? is it inevitable that personal sins (if you want to put it like that) should have public consequences? it seems to me at least that his downfall wouldn't have happened without the adultery - but then again, bill clinton seems to have survived. is it down to the how "bad" the adultery was?
what do y'all think?
b'shalom
bananabrian