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Spitzer vs. Gerbils vs. Twinkies
Rosa and friends, I'm not a shrink, but I love to play Monday-morning therapist as much as the next guy. I think what you are forgetting or overlooking is that there is an element of dysfunction or rebellion or self-destruction or blind hubris or whatever in what Spitzer did. He didn't hire whores because he can't get laid for free. He hired whores because he gets off on hiring whores. If you get off on shoving gerbils up your ass and someone says, "Hey, wouldn't it be more rational if you shoved Twinkies up your ass instead, since they don't have teeth or claws?" You wouldn't say, "Hey, you're right, that makes a lot more sense. Thanks!" You'd say, "Twinkies? That's gross and not very exciting. I prefer my gerbils. Thanks."
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