Remember Michael Phelps, the amazing six-gold-medal-winning nineteen-year-old swimmer in the Olympics? Yeah, he's been charged with driving under the influence in Maryland. He did apologize and all that, but that means nothing.
It's sad that an American hero has been revealed to be unworthy of role-modeling, but on the other hand, it's not much of a surprise. Phelps never seemed to want to be a role-model. During the Olympics we heard reports about his car that was ridiculously vamped up with all sorts of musical and electronical accesories. We heard that he gets pumped up by listening to Eminem, who's not much of a role model himself.
I don't mean to demean Phelps. I almost feel sorry for him. How many other nineteen year olds get charged for drunk driving but never have it plastered all over the news? He does, simply because he happened to win six gold medals a few months back. Now this incident will be forever an asterisk on his career. A simple but stark result of not considering the consequences.
He would do good to get Relient K's new CD and listen to "I So Hate Consequences." (And I will be reviewing that CD in the near future.)
Edmond the Hun
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