I find the outrage over Jesse James’ infidelities to be slightly hilarious. The outrage over Tiger Woods was a bit more understandable—an icon in a sport built on tradition and manners, a game for the elite gentleman. At what point did our society start assuming that a guy who builds expensive motorcycles, has his own reality TV show, and is covered in tattoos would be the most upstanding citizen. Are you really that surprised that he was having extra curricular activities with a woman with a face tattoo? Really? In my grandmother’s day these people were circus freaks, a traveling band of performers traveling the globe on trains, like gypsies just looking for their next boardwalk performance. But now? The fire eater gets the prom queen in Sandra Bullock. The man has an arm band tattoo of a motorcycle chain.
The Original Jesse James was a was an American outlaw, gang leader, bank and train robber, and murderer from the state of Missouri. And you are surprised that the modern day Jesse James is a bad boy?
