MM, true. I think that maybe the French might be more likely to turn their head at “affairs” or sexual pecadillos, but this is obviously something of a different nature.
Jester, try to see King Lear at BAM if you can. It was electrifying. I think you would love it.
To be fair to Schwarzenegger, most of his transgressions were minor and/or long before he got involved in politics. I would put him in the same league as Clinton, not Berlusconi or Strauss-Kahn.
Scott, supposedly there were other incidents, but it was more than just flirting, even your garden variety harrassment. Apparantly the guy is violent. There was one case I mentioned of a prominent couple’s kid who was attacked by him and the mother didn’t want to cause a big public stir with this “friend of the family”. Oh, well, the NYPD real special victim’s Unit has him now and he just ruined his life. That is what is so amazing. That he should have such a position of world prominence and be a real contender for the Presidency of France and play that kind of Russian Roulette with his life.
Donatella and bfarwell are right. Strauss-Kahn is a pig. He deserves whatever happens to him, legally, politically and personally, and probably worse.
But tying his behavior to his politics or to France, is absurd. Considering the sexual, and while we’re at it, financial, “misunderstandings” of people in politics from every faction, party, belief system and philosophy, and from every country on earth, practically, no one should be pointing fingers, because they all will come around and point at them, sooner or later.
It is very sad that so many past transgressions were ignored and/or covered up. I wonder how many other incidents happened that never saw that light of day.
I think that his behavior would not have been accepted in the U.S. political arena over the last couple of decades. I think it does say something about the French political and social system that he continued to have positions of power.
It also says something about the ability global diplomatic system to ignore transgressions committed by other diplomats.
This S-K thing will make a good “ripped from the headlines” L&O: SVU episode.
MM, true. I think that maybe the French might be more likely to turn their head at “affairs” or sexual pecadillos, but this is obviously something of a different nature.
Jester, try to see King Lear at BAM if you can. It was electrifying. I think you would love it.
To be fair to Schwarzenegger, most of his transgressions were minor and/or long before he got involved in politics. I would put him in the same league as Clinton, not Berlusconi or Strauss-Kahn.
“I went to see King Lear with Sir Derek Jacobi”
dona, how long have you and Derek Jacobi been dating???
Scott, supposedly there were other incidents, but it was more than just flirting, even your garden variety harrassment. Apparantly the guy is violent. There was one case I mentioned of a prominent couple’s kid who was attacked by him and the mother didn’t want to cause a big public stir with this “friend of the family”. Oh, well, the NYPD real special victim’s Unit has him now and he just ruined his life. That is what is so amazing. That he should have such a position of world prominence and be a real contender for the Presidency of France and play that kind of Russian Roulette with his life.
Like I said a head case.
Donatella and bfarwell are right. Strauss-Kahn is a pig. He deserves whatever happens to him, legally, politically and personally, and probably worse.
But tying his behavior to his politics or to France, is absurd. Considering the sexual, and while we’re at it, financial, “misunderstandings” of people in politics from every faction, party, belief system and philosophy, and from every country on earth, practically, no one should be pointing fingers, because they all will come around and point at them, sooner or later.
King Lear is the best Shakespeare play. Maybe Henry IV, Psrt I.
“Don’t all rich french people belong to weird sex clubs like the one in eyes wide shut?”
Yes, but they look more like Tom Arnold and Nicole Polizzi than Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.
It is very sad that so many past transgressions were ignored and/or covered up. I wonder how many other incidents happened that never saw that light of day.
I think that his behavior would not have been accepted in the U.S. political arena over the last couple of decades. I think it does say something about the French political and social system that he continued to have positions of power.
It also says something about the ability global diplomatic system to ignore transgressions committed by other diplomats.