Truly Role Models?

While on the New York Times website, I saw a case of another stupid decision. This article was about how Japan’s finance minister was resigning after reportedly showing up at a news conference drunk. This case is just one of many where a respectable man has gotten in trouble for making stupid decisions. We saw Michael Phelps get caught smoking a bong, Chris Brown facing charges for abusing his girlfriend, and now this. Sometimes I wonder what is going threw these people’s heads when they make such stupid decisions. They have more than anyone could wish for, yet they go out and risk all of it doing stupid stuff like this. Sometimes I really wonder whether the people we view as “role models” really deserve it.