Comments on: Blaming the wrong people http://frasersmind.freedomblogging.com/2008/03/12/blaming-the-wrong-people/ Life. People. Writing. Books. Internet. Politics (sometimes). Big Questions, Little Questions, Food. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:42:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: fsherman http://frasersmind.freedomblogging.com/2008/03/12/blaming-the-wrong-people/#comment-165 fsherman Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:50:06 +0000 http://frasersmind.freedomblogging.com/2008/03/12/blaming-the-wrong-people/#comment-165 Shclessinger: "The cheating was his decision to repair what's damaged and to feed himself where he's starving. ...yes, I hold women accountable for tossing out perfectly good men by not treating them with the love and kindness and respect and attention they need." I'd say that's excusing men for cheating. It's also a balderdash. Wonderful, loving wives get cheated on, just as wonderful, loving husbands do. Shclessinger: “The cheating was his decision to repair what’s damaged and to feed himself where he’s starving. …yes, I hold women accountable for tossing out perfectly good men by not treating them with the love and kindness and respect and attention they need.”
I’d say that’s excusing men for cheating.
It’s also a balderdash. Wonderful, loving wives get cheated on, just as wonderful, loving husbands do.

]]> By: Ken http://frasersmind.freedomblogging.com/2008/03/12/blaming-the-wrong-people/#comment-164 Ken Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:20:20 +0000 http://frasersmind.freedomblogging.com/2008/03/12/blaming-the-wrong-people/#comment-164 She was not excusing Spitzer. She was talking about "in general" - Dr. Laura says that ***IF*** you choose a good man ***AND*** you treat him right, he will not stray. Nowhere does she excuse men for their decisions to commit adultery. However, she recognizes that if a wife isn't living by her marital vows (which are more than just "forsaking all others"), THEN a man is more likely not to live by his, either. Spitzer is probably a malignant narcissist, not a good man. She was not excusing Spitzer. She was talking about “in general” - Dr. Laura says that ***IF*** you choose a good man ***AND*** you treat him right, he will not stray. Nowhere does she excuse men for their decisions to commit adultery. However, she recognizes that if a wife isn’t living by her marital vows (which are more than just “forsaking all others”), THEN a man is more likely not to live by his, either.

Spitzer is probably a malignant narcissist, not a good man.

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