RE: “The hater finds much satisfaction in seeing some form of misfortune come to another person.”
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Another poster, ‘grand wazoo’ said it well — try reading his/her #33 on this thread —
Do I dislike Woods? — you’re darned right! But my reasons for disliking him since he burst onto the golf scene have had nothing to do with his so-called personal life. It was all about how he conducted himself at tournaments. Arrogant, obnoxious and rude summed it up.
And now all of this — I have no sympathy for the ‘fallen idol.’
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/14/the-absurdity-of-athlete-worship/ [commentary by Armstrong Williams]
His article is well worth reading. Particularly amusing is the commentary from Charles Barkley:
The danger is that we have come to admire celebrities more than real heroes. Charles Barkley famously made this point in 1993 when he declared, “a million guys can dunk a basketball in jail; should they be role models?” Later that year, Barkley filmed a self-written Nike commercial in which he argued that athletes should not be considered role models: “I am not a role model,” Barkley said. “I am not paid to be a role model. I am paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court. Parents should be role models. Just because I dunk a basketball, doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.”