Some of us grew up listening to Johnny Cash: "I turned 21 in prison, doing life without parole ..."
I have told my kids to be wise and learn from other people's life experiences/mistakes so you can avoid their heartache and troubles. I hope they take heed. But some people just don't know things. They weren't taught. They didn't have good role models. They are blinded by their own foolishness and desires. They can't learn until they experience the pain themselves. And I do feel bad for young people, who through immaturity and bad decisions, end up screwing up their whole lives.
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"In May 2014, Lewinsky wrote an essay for Vanity Fair magazine titled "Shame and Survival" where she discussed her life and the scandal.[54][53] She continued to maintain that the relationship was mutual and wrote that while Clinton took advantage of her, it was a consensual relationship.[55] She added: "I, myself, deeply regret what happened between me and President Clinton. Let me say it again: I. Myself. Deeply. Regret. What. Happened."["
And therein lies part of the problem. It's not "what happened", Monica. It's what you did. You have to own it, and call it right, if you're going to learn from it.
I have told my kids to be wise and learn from other people's life experiences/mistakes so you can avoid their heartache and troubles. I hope they take heed.
I hope so, too. Learning from other peoples' mistakes is sure less painful than learning from one's own.
But some people just don't know things. They weren't taught. They didn't have good role models.
And we still put them in prison, and sentence them to life without parole. I propose for your consideration one Lee Boyd Malvo. He actually DID turn 21 in prison doing life without parole. He's lucky the Commonwealth of Virginia didn't stick a needle in his arm like they did with his buddy John Allen Mohammed. Both of them richly deserved it.
To her credit, Miss Lewinsky didn't commit murder, and she didn't get a murderer's reward. She did what she did, paid the price, but she doesn't seem to have learned anything from it. Pity. Hope other young ladies DO learn from it.