I don't know if Andrew Cuomo is guilty of what he is accused. He's not my elected official either. However, I was struck by one sentence in his resignation announcement. He said he never thought he had crossed the line w/ anyone but "I didn't realize the extent to which the lines had been redrawn." It's known as the
Dinosaur Defence a/k/a
I'm-too-old-to-change or
It-used-to-be-OK-to-do-that. MeTV sitcoms originally aired in the 50's show secretaries being chased around the office desk. At my first job my boss delighted in calling me to his desk and begin telling a dirty joke. Bill Cosby slipped drugs into women's drinks 'to help them relax'. The lines have always been in the same place - you just can't get away w/ trampling all over them any more.
2 comments:
Well said! You and I have discussed (and laughed) over some of the goofy men we have worked with in our careers.
cjb
Along these same lines, I love the movie, '9 to 5' from 1980. Deals with the same issues but they quickly 'educate' the boss!
Rebecca
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