In modern America, we now have established a corollary to the axiom that "No good deed goes unpunished."
That corollary: "No bad deed goes unrewarded."
Examples?
A day or two ago in Iraq, American and British soldiers risked their lives in a daring raid to save several civilian hostages, "Christian Peacemakers" they called themselves. Among this group of "do-gooders" held by insurgents, had been an American. He was murdered in cold blood by his captors, certainly because he was the American in the group. The remaining hostages, all non-Americans (including a couple of Canadians, our dear friends to the North) were freed in the raid. No shots were fired and no one was injured. Did the freed hostages ever express their thanks to the soldiers in public? No. Rather these ass-wipes went on to criticize the US - obviously in the view of these twisted little shits, the kidnappers weren't to blame. No, it was America's fault that they were kidnapped. Hey, Canadians - you're fucking welcome, you ungrateful twaddlers. A perfect example of "No good deed goes unpunished."
On the other hand, a very attractive young blonde teacher confesses to having had sex with a very underage male student in her charge - over an extended period of time. The boy, according to his mother, has his head totally screwed up from the experience and she won't allow him to be further distressed by having to appear in court to testify against the teacher. The prosecutor apparently feels he can't win a case without the boy's testimony. The case will be settled in a plea bargain, I'm sure. Something along the lines of she'll have to stop posing practically nude for biker calendars for six months. Now the teacher, whose husband left her because of her aberrant behavior, is gussied up by her "handlers" and paraded in front of tv news cameras - promoted to celebrity status by her unremorsefulness. Oh, none of this was her fault of course. And what the hell, the tv lenses love her, she's a real doll and has big tits, so why should the boy complain - isn't that every teenage boy's dream - not to mention all us males in general? Nevermind that she broke the law in an egregious display of unteacher-like judgment - and repeatedly, and that the kid's life will be screwed up for reasons too complex to get into here. But get ready for The Big Deal... the book, the movie, the 24-hour-a-day interviews, magazine covers, contracts for make-up ads, a new line of weight-loss frozen dinner programs, and the Playboy nude photos. She will be splendidly rewarded and enrich her slithering "handlers" as well. The teacher is a strutting goldmine, a 24-carat example of a culture-gone-bad. We are left wondering, will the boy get any of the filthy lucre? Or will he just get screwed again by the chunky blonde slut? "No bad deed goes unrewarded."
What a culture.
