Eliot Spitzer: Tragic Example of Human Weakness
As Eliot Spitzer faces public humiliation in tragic and dramatic fashion, traders across the NYSE and many other Americans applauded.
Have we not evolved from the days we cheered men eaten by lions in the Colosseum? Rather than bask in the failures of others, which would be easy, why not instead pray for the fallen man and his family. Pray he realizes his humanity through this lesson; pray he contemplates his faults and seeks forgiveness from his master. We should take not one ounce of joy from another man's falling. For if you do, be sure God will show you your own meekness in due time.
Unlike most media and cannibalistic professionals in the detestable rat race, we will not condemn Spitzer here. He fell victim to his own demons who persecuted him for the good he sought to do. He strayed from righteousness even in his good-doing and before this public falling. In his efforts to clean up American business, he wavered, and found himself instead seeking personal glory in the persecution of some, as Ken Langone outlined in his CNBC interview.
This tragedy, yes tragedy, and others like the persecution of Britney Spears, highlights our own human weakness. To enjoy in the suffering of others, no matter how at fault they may be, serves no good purpose. It's a waste of your time, but more importantly of your soul. I speak from no high platform or special place, and I have no right to preach just as you do not. But I'm disgusted by the personal attacks of our culture upon individuals, some of which seek high purpose and fall victim to human weakness.
Grow up America! You have no right to judge. Live your own life's journey and face your own moral challenges while upholding righteousness accompanied by humility. Before I turn this blog into a completely different forum, let's get back to business.
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Have we not evolved from the days we cheered men eaten by lions in the Colosseum? Rather than bask in the failures of others, which would be easy, why not instead pray for the fallen man and his family. Pray he realizes his humanity through this lesson; pray he contemplates his faults and seeks forgiveness from his master. We should take not one ounce of joy from another man's falling. For if you do, be sure God will show you your own meekness in due time.
Unlike most media and cannibalistic professionals in the detestable rat race, we will not condemn Spitzer here. He fell victim to his own demons who persecuted him for the good he sought to do. He strayed from righteousness even in his good-doing and before this public falling. In his efforts to clean up American business, he wavered, and found himself instead seeking personal glory in the persecution of some, as Ken Langone outlined in his CNBC interview.
This tragedy, yes tragedy, and others like the persecution of Britney Spears, highlights our own human weakness. To enjoy in the suffering of others, no matter how at fault they may be, serves no good purpose. It's a waste of your time, but more importantly of your soul. I speak from no high platform or special place, and I have no right to preach just as you do not. But I'm disgusted by the personal attacks of our culture upon individuals, some of which seek high purpose and fall victim to human weakness.
Grow up America! You have no right to judge. Live your own life's journey and face your own moral challenges while upholding righteousness accompanied by humility. Before I turn this blog into a completely different forum, let's get back to business.
For Readers at NYSE: NYX, AMEX: SPY, AMEX: DIA, Nasdaq: QQQQ, AMEX: DOG, AMEX: SDS, AMEX: QLD. Thank you.
posted by The Greek | 1:15 PM
4 Comments:
You make a good point with your forebearing post on Spitzer's self-destruction. We are charged to judge people's behaviors and not them personally.
The waste of his potential on a long running apparent pattern of bullying for mostly personal gain is perhaps the only element I would tag as "tragic".
Prayers go out on the behalf of his family, and ditto to praying that he and others like him realize their flaws and make things as right as they can going forward.
Dick Grasso is still on trial. Did you have anything in mind for unwinding the damage Spitzer has done and - even though gone - continues to do?
BRAVO My Greek!!!! Now I know why I look forward to your e-mails every day and read your website. You are a human. You have compassion for your fellow man. Has Spitzer not suffered enough. We should not rejoice in this, but pray for him, and be sad for this situation, especially his wife and children. This is a very sad day for New York. Spitzer should resign, and has. This is his punishment. Along with what he will deal with from his wife and children. What he did was wrong. He now knows this I am positive. Lets put our positive energy behind David Paterson and wish him the best of luck with his new responsibilities---and support him.
Normally I am a very compassionate person. However I can't help but feel justice has been done here. The man pretended to be a moral crusader, he profited and built a powerful and influential reputation based on lies and deceit. He used our own fears and hopes against us. he is the worst kind of traitor. The one who says he is fighting evil but is evil.
As far as prostitution I think it should be legal. So ironically his moral grandstandding became his own downfall. I thought his taking on wall street was ok, but I always found it strange he also was taking on prostitution. Now that this has come to light everyone can see it had some weird psychological twist. Do as I say not as I do? Was he trying to protect his pals by taking out the rest of the market? I don't know. But I hope his wife and family walks out on him. He deserves a life of shame for being a lying thug. No pity at all.
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