Comments on: Is Tiger Woods’s Wife an Equal Partner? http://theyoungindia.com/2009/12/19/is-tiger-woodss-wife-an-equal-partner/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:30:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: baskar http://theyoungindia.com/2009/12/19/is-tiger-woodss-wife-an-equal-partner/comment-page-1/#comment-4127 baskar Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:41:04 +0000 http://theyoungindia.com/2009/12/19/is-tiger-woodss-wife-an-equal-partner/#comment-4127 This is the key sentence: "<b><i>By entering into such a relationship based on trust Woods thus gave the public a right to know about what lies behind that carefully crafted image.</i></b>". As for the question of Kartikey, "<b><i>The people never realised that behind the images was a fat paycheck?</i></b> ". Yes, of course. Why else would the advertisers drop Tiger now? Now that the trust and image are gone, people are not going to buy the shaving lotion that he recommends. Or briefs and vests for that matter. :) This is the key sentence: “By entering into such a relationship based on trust Woods thus gave the public a right to know about what lies behind that carefully crafted image.“. As for the question of Kartikey, “The people never realised that behind the images was a fat paycheck? “. Yes, of course. Why else would the advertisers drop Tiger now? Now that the trust and image are gone, people are not going to buy the shaving lotion that he recommends. Or briefs and vests for that matter. :)

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]]> By: B K CHOWLA http://theyoungindia.com/2009/12/19/is-tiger-woodss-wife-an-equal-partner/comment-page-1/#comment-4114 B K CHOWLA Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:36:19 +0000 http://theyoungindia.com/2009/12/19/is-tiger-woodss-wife-an-equal-partner/#comment-4114 Well,he did cheat on his wife. No amount of money to his wife can ever bring them back together.This should be a lesson for other wife cheaters. .-= B K CHOWLA´s last [story] ..<a href="http://indiaoftomorrow.blogspot.com/2009/12/who-is-accountable.html" rel="nofollow">WHO IS ACCOUNTABLE?</a> =-. Well,he did cheat on his wife.
No amount of money to his wife can ever bring them back together.This should be a lesson for other wife cheaters.
.-= B K CHOWLA´s last [story] ..WHO IS ACCOUNTABLE? =-.

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]]> By: Megha S http://theyoungindia.com/2009/12/19/is-tiger-woodss-wife-an-equal-partner/comment-page-1/#comment-4106 Megha S Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:27:57 +0000 http://theyoungindia.com/2009/12/19/is-tiger-woodss-wife-an-equal-partner/#comment-4106 Why should him reading bedtime stories be of any indication that he's trying to gain people's trust? What would one say if some celebrity endorses alcohol? Tiger shouldn't be blamed for how the media works. It is the media that creates the image. Agreed, Tiger and his publicist do steer an image. But the "nice" Tiger that people see on screens wouldn't be possible without the media.The same media that is now butchering him. On the question of fidelity, my point is, when you agree to the bond of marriage, one agrees to a lot of conditions including, ideally, fidelity. Why agree to a bond if one cannot adhere to it? Why should him reading bedtime stories be of any indication that he’s trying to gain people’s trust? What would one say if some celebrity endorses alcohol?
Tiger shouldn’t be blamed for how the media works. It is the media that creates the image. Agreed, Tiger and his publicist do steer an image. But the “nice” Tiger that people see on screens wouldn’t be possible without the media.The same media that is now butchering him.
On the question of fidelity, my point is, when you agree to the bond of marriage, one agrees to a lot of conditions including, ideally, fidelity. Why agree to a bond if one cannot adhere to it?

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]]> By: Kartikey http://theyoungindia.com/2009/12/19/is-tiger-woodss-wife-an-equal-partner/comment-page-1/#comment-4104 Kartikey Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:45:37 +0000 http://theyoungindia.com/2009/12/19/is-tiger-woodss-wife-an-equal-partner/#comment-4104 <i>I had read that story though I didn't get (at that time) how that was philosophy.</i> The people never realised that behind the images was a fat paycheck? They believed that a person has ceased to be a person on the demands of advertisers? Then they must be sadists who enjoy inflicting pain on successful people. Tiger never promised monogamy to people. If he implied a 'family man' through his ads, did his wife do so as well. Will she be investigated to see if she lived up to the 'image'. Would the children be subjected to questions. Do non-monogamous men not use razors and drive cars. .-= Kartikey´s last [story] ..<a href="http://theyoungindia.com/2009/12/19/is-tiger-woodss-wife-an-equal-partner/" rel="nofollow">Is Tiger Woods’s Wife an Equal Partner?</a> =-. I had read that story though I didn’t get (at that time) how that was philosophy.

The people never realised that behind the images was a fat paycheck? They believed that a person has ceased to be a person on the demands of advertisers? Then they must be sadists who enjoy inflicting pain on successful people.
Tiger never promised monogamy to people. If he implied a ‘family man’ through his ads, did his wife do so as well. Will she be investigated to see if she lived up to the ‘image’. Would the children be subjected to questions.

Do non-monogamous men not use razors and drive cars.
.-= Kartikey´s last [story] ..Is Tiger Woods’s Wife an Equal Partner? =-.

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]]> By: baskar http://theyoungindia.com/2009/12/19/is-tiger-woodss-wife-an-equal-partner/comment-page-1/#comment-4102 baskar Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:14:52 +0000 http://theyoungindia.com/2009/12/19/is-tiger-woodss-wife-an-equal-partner/#comment-4102 Right questions alright. 1. The question about how faithful Tiger Woods was is not answered by asking questions about their intimacy or the wife's virtue. 2. As to why Tiger needs to apologise, here is a valuable post that discusses this issue impartially: <a href="http://blog.talkingphilosophy.com/?p=1496" rel="nofollow">Right to Know?</a>, from which I quote this- "<b>In the case of Tiger Woods his being a golf professional clearly does not grant people the right to know about his private life. However, Tiger Woods went beyond being a gold professional and became a professional endorser of products ranging from razor blades to cars. In one commercial, the public was even invited in to see him reading a bedtime story to his child. As such, he was clearly establishing a relationship with the public that went beyond being a just a guy who swings a club. "In such a role he crafted a reputation and image in the course of establishing a relationship with the public. The idea was, of course, that the public should trust his endorsements because he presented himself as the sort of person who could be trusted. After all, such endorsements presume the establishment of trust. While getting such endorsements depended on him being a great golfer, they also depended on him having a good reputation and a certain sort of image. As such, the image presented is a critical part of the relationship as well. "By entering into such a relationship based on trust Woods thus gave the public a right to know about what lies behind that carefully crafted image. After all, he was using his image and reputation to sell products and the public would thus have a right to know whether the image and reputation were legitimate or not.</b>" There is more in the post, hope whoever reads this comment reads the whole post. Regards, Right questions alright.

1. The question about how faithful Tiger Woods was is not answered by asking questions about their intimacy or the wife’s virtue.

2. As to why Tiger needs to apologise, here is a valuable post that discusses this issue impartially: Right to Know?, from which I quote this-

“In the case of Tiger Woods his being a golf professional clearly does not grant people the right to know about his private life. However, Tiger Woods went beyond being a gold professional and became a professional endorser of products ranging from razor blades to cars. In one commercial, the public was even invited in to see him reading a bedtime story to his child. As such, he was clearly establishing a relationship with the public that went beyond being a just a guy who swings a club.

“In such a role he crafted a reputation and image in the course of establishing a relationship with the public. The idea was, of course, that the public should trust his endorsements because he presented himself as the sort of person who could be trusted. After all, such endorsements presume the establishment of trust. While getting such endorsements depended on him being a great golfer, they also depended on him having a good reputation and a certain sort of image. As such, the image presented is a critical part of the relationship as well.

“By entering into such a relationship based on trust Woods thus gave the public a right to know about what lies behind that carefully crafted image. After all, he was using his image and reputation to sell products and the public would thus have a right to know whether the image and reputation were legitimate or not.”

There is more in the post, hope whoever reads this comment reads the whole post.

Regards,

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]]> By: Bruce http://theyoungindia.com/2009/12/19/is-tiger-woodss-wife-an-equal-partner/comment-page-1/#comment-4101 Bruce Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:51:54 +0000 http://theyoungindia.com/2009/12/19/is-tiger-woodss-wife-an-equal-partner/#comment-4101 Tiger’s tale gets more interesting every day. Check out “Drive Like the Tiger” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2NQ9HA956I Tiger’s tale gets more interesting every day.
Check out “Drive Like the Tiger” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2NQ9HA956I

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