To the editor:
In 2009, Tiger Woods made news for having numerous affairs, which I may add, were with consenting adults. He was ostracized, shamed and lost sponsors, for something that was not a crime.
In 2017, Phil Mickelson was involved in Insider Trading, illegally profiting around $900,000. He did this to pay off a gambling debt. The person he was involved with in the insider trading was a known gambler. The PGA has rules against their golfers associating with gamblers, yet Phil was not sanctioned.
As to the Insider Trading, Phil was let off on a dubious technicality. This was for something that is a crime. Many folks are in prison today for stealing way less than this amount, I may add. Yet, Phil lost no sponsors, and was not shamed or ostracized.
We live in a funny country where, when you do not break the law but it involves sex, we will hang you in the town square and drag out witnesses at your "public trial." But when you do break the law, we give you a pass.
“And justice for all … so help me God!”
Jay Goad
Franklin
