Online Confessional: Have you wavered from your morals?
Do you have loose morals? Or do you have strong morals, but kind of strayed from them recently? Now's your chance to tell us what you've done in our online confessional. Don't worry- you will remain anonymous, but please be honest! A sampling of the best responses will appear in future editions of the Daily News.




Comments
I have let my friend down when her father was dying and I didn't do anything to help her. I lost my best friend.
Posted by: lou | August 5, 2007 6:14 AM
Mr.Villarraigosa, we are wating to know about your moral. thanks
Posted by: Eduardo | August 5, 2007 7:48 AM
My sister accused me of having an on going "affair" with a man that has been a family friend for over 40 yrs.. When he and I were seeing each other we were both single. Just because we choose not to tell anyone doesn't make it an an "affair".
Did our morals stray? YEAH, we were young and partied together a lot. How many have strayed from their moral? If you haven't throw me a stone.
If both parties are NOT in a relationship it's NOT an affair. Even if one party is separated from a spouse, it's still not an affair.
I wish my sister wouldn't have told our family friends wife we had an "affair" because I lost a friend (wife) and can no longer call my friend of 40 some years because there is now too much tension. My life long friend told his wife of our dating over 30 yrs ago. However, her jealousy has but too much tension between us.
PEOPLE, Mr. Villarraigosa isn't having an "affair" if he is separated and the other woman is single. That's called DATING!
Posted by: Sue | August 5, 2007 11:29 AM
I'll admit that while I was doing the interviews for the ethics story, I had my share of moral transgressions. I sped on the freeway to get to my interview with Lance Miller, because I was feeling guilty that I was going to be late. To catch up to the two people I interviewed on the street, I jaywalked. When I was driving back to the office, I accidentally ended up in the carpool lane on the 134 while driving solo. I felt terrible and got back in the proper lane.
That's what made this story so interesting to write (and I hope to read, as well): I like to think of myself as an honest guy who tries to do the right thing. And I was out there breaking the rules like everyone else. While I hope they were minor transgressions, I see how easy it is to justify breaking the law or selling out your own ethics for the sake of convenience.
Posted by: Brent Hopkins | August 5, 2007 2:25 PM
It's ridiculous how we are so quick to judge when we ourselves have skeletons in our closets.
All I know is this: Mayor Villaraigosa has been cheating on his wife for years! The only difference this time is it came out publicly with a public girlfriend, hence, a news reporter. I worked for Mr. Villaraigosa years ago when he was in the State Assembly. My old co-workers can vouch for me on this one because he has had numerous affairs with staff while he was in the Legislature. This was common knowledge back at the old state capitol. Corina has known about his affairs in the past and I'm glad that she has finally come to her senses and filed for a divorce.
While we hold elected officials to such high standards when it comes to affairs (namely our former President), let's be honest, there's a lot of other folks out there that commit adultery. While I'm not saying that it's right, I just don't think we ought to waste time judging him.
Posted by: Lisa | August 6, 2007 2:57 PM
I agree that these people you write about have strayed, but I think you would serve the public much more by writing about positive stories. There are so many people doing heroic, inspirational things everyday. But you instead bring people down by talking about how bad everything is.
Posted by: Pam | August 6, 2007 4:16 PM