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“I did have intimate relationships for a period that lasted throughout most of last year with women other than my partner.”    - Adam Giambrone, 32, Toronto Transit Commission Chair 

These were the words of confession of a seemingly emotional and apologetic former mayoral candidate after the widespread public news emergence of his multiple affairs. Although Giambrone denied the allegations at first, the countless text messages and phone conversations that his famous former paramour, Kirsten Lucas, a 20 year old university student, could provide, were things which could not be overlooked.  Seeing that his primary pretences were being proven false in front of his very eyes, Giambrone confessed many days later. His live-in partner of many years, Sarah McQuarrie, had no comment. 

The manner in which one deals with the issues which arise in their personal life, be it a politician or not, speaks measures about their personality. Cheating and deceitful ways, whether in a position of power in the bedroom, or the courtroom, are easily transferred from one aspect of the person’s life to another. A high profile authority figure’s tampered reputation, especially that of a politician, undoubtedly raises concerns and questions about the future of the governed region as a whole. “If he could have hid this, then what else could he be hiding?”. 

The question here isn’t about the fact that one of his mistresses was twelve years his junior, or about the fact that numerous City Hall secrets were disclosed to her… The question here is about whether it’s any of our business. 

If we as human beings, began to care less about the faults and aberrations of others, and began to focus on our own thinking and behaviour, we’d actively become conscious of how much it is, that we have yet to learn. Acknowledging where we have blundered, and pinpointing where we have tripped, will allow for us to pave the path upon which we travel on, in a smoother direction. Picking out another’s miscalculations, misapplications, and missteps, in a condescending manner, concerning the cohesiveness of their conduct with that of their religion is an act of blasphemy. So the child has stolen, the woman has lied, and the man has cheated… How can we assume ourselves the right, or the God-like quality, to judge another’s actions and the intentions behind those actions? The answer: we can’t. 

So Adam Giambrone, age 32, Chair of the Toronto Transit Commission, had multiple affairs with women other than his partner throughout the course of last year. So it is so. What have you done?

 

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Comments

Mulla

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 2:36:22 pm

What has the author done in the past year?

 



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