Why Are New Yorkers Suprised?

The big news around here... hell, 'round the country, is that Eliot Spitzer, the fine, fine former governor of New York, has resigned over a sex scandal in which he cheated on his wife, over the course of several years and to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars, with sex workers.

Yeah, I said sex workers, not hookers, not prostitutes. I don't demean the honorable men and women of the sex industry, who guarantee that even if you don't have a single redeemable trait, with a little cash, you can still get some. I think that important - how many Daumer's have been prevented by the occasional visit to the sex worker by the borderline case?

I don't think I'll get any research funding from my theories, but there it is: sex workers cut down on victim crimes... the only crimes I really think people should worry about / have laws concerning. I mean, really, do we need to spend all of this time and money concentrating on service personnel? Sex or drugs are the appetites, so long as there are appetites, there will be food provided.

I'm not here to defend Spitzer. I'm here to point out that the only true surprise should be that a former prosecutor paid someone to screw them. Most prosecutors get way too used to getting paid for screwing people.

Just my two cents.