Persons in Public life are expected to be moral exemplars of morality and
ethics as they have pledged to uphold and defend that realm. There is no
dividing line between their personal and public life. Private lives of
public figures are wide open to public scrutiny. What they do in their
private life matters and does impact their public responsibilities*. *Can
they be ethical in public if they are unethical in private? Their private
life reveals more about morals than their sound bites.
That British MP Keith Vaz has now been caught in a very scandalizing sex
scandal only exposes the sagging moral values of those in public life. Less
said the better on the numerous Aam Aadmi Party Ministers and MLAs in Delhi
caught in similar disgraceful acts. Manohar Parrikar and Atmaram Nadkarni
were also once spotted at the red light area at Pattaya in Bangkok. Manohar
Parrikar had publicly defended his visit by claiming that it was not to
have sex but that he merely enjoyed two Thai massages. “Do I have to go so
far for sex” is what Manohar Parrikar had quipped.
The French Nobel Prize winning Author and Philosopher Albert Camus had
rightly said “A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world”.
We cannot afford to have wolves in sheep’s clothings!
Aires Rodrigues
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