Politicians and scandals

[Dane Kiet]

Let's put this in perspective people. The question isn't "Do you want to know when a politician is breaking the law or committing an immoral act?" It's "Do you want to know what politicians do in their personal lives?" Do I want to know if a politician is using tax-payer money to pay a prostitute while he is married? Yes. Do I want to know if he uses his own money to pay a prostitute when he is single? No.

[vadereclipse]

well, if it affects the public, they deserve to know. we all live in democracies, afterall.

[Dane Kiet]

Affects, and I made that distinction. Hence the tax-payer money and personal cash difference.

[Isamu]

it's human nature. humans are pesimistic, and so foucus on the negative. papers wouldn't get sold by saying "gordon brown donates money to an orphan in africe". they do get money for "gordon brown hands money to a prostitute in soho". it's a combination of pessimistic nature, and gossip.

well said

[vadereclipse]

lol. thanks.

[Isamu]

thats why i hate my local newspaper. though. all it talks about today is how some guy successfully started a toilet building company. 2 years ago the front page would be 5 troops killed in iraq.