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I read this big piece on Martha Stewart recently which somewhat chapped me. I have been a fan of Martha, especially through her trial, and thought it was a witch hunt. She lied to prosecutors they said. DUH! So! They asked her, Did you get rid of your stocks because you had information that is not available to the general public? What do they expect someone to say? Yes, I used insider information to sell my stocks? So, she lied! Go to jail, do not pass go, do not collect 200 dollars.
Martha and just about every other well to do person in America gets some sort of insider information. Not us hapless poor folks, but the rules are different for the rich. Give me a break!
Some say that if she had fessed up, she would have paid a fine and avoided a trial. I doubt it. Prosecutors are political, justice often appears to be the last thing they want. I watch a lot of Law and Order afterall.
However, what has ticked me off and made me less a fan of Martha since she went to jail is the fact that she doesn't seem to have benefited from the experience. No humility or empathy toward women in prison. I don't see that she is setting up any scholarships, or offering any rehabilitative services for her former housemates, or helping with jobs for the former inmates when they get out. I have not read anywhere that she even said anything about other women in prison and what she could do to help them. It has been, "Me, me, me."
Contrast to Watergate's Charles Colson: Whether you agree with his politics or not, he came out of prison with a passion for helping those in jail; and, he's turned it into a great ministry.
The title of Charles Colson's biography says it all: A Life Redeemed. Too bad Martha could not learn from former prisoners like Charles Colson. Martha is definitely off my Christmas card list. KT
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