tiger cornered, now for the kill
It seems in the last two days, the story has turned. No new 'mistresses' today. Mother-in-law went to hospital yesterday. It sort of hit everyone like a pail of ice water, methinks. This is no longer a racy tabloid story. It's the story of a family imploding with real people who are really suffering.
Like a wounded animal on the run, the story of tiger's travails has slowed. It seems to be worse news than the 2 or 3 fresh 'mistresses' a day. Now the 'mistresses' are turning on him. "You mean there were other skanks, Tiger? I know we were going behind Elin's back, but I had no idea I wasn't the only other wh0re in your life. Now, I am REALLY mad. And I have the goods on you."
It's like he can't run any more, he is in a corner, he's wounded, and he is hopelessly outnumbered. What do you do now? The oracle of tigerwoods.com can't help you this time, you already played that card. Keeping the world at a distance just leaves a void that gets filled with speculation. You can't let that continue.
This has been an interesting morality play. I conclude that the human psyche craves an icon of perfection (in the West that would most typically be Jesus Christ or the Messiah). We use regular humans as surrogates for the intangible God. We build them up. Way up. Tiger 'was' one of those surrogates. And there is nothing society hates more than seeing its icons fail to live up to the impossible expectations placed upon it. So when the icon reminds us it is human, we turn on it and tear it to shreds.