THEIR OWN MEDICINE

For the last few months, we have been witnessing the fall of several of our
society's great moralists. First it was Bill Bennett, who suffers from a
gambling addiction.

His justification? Basically, he uses his own money and he can afford to do
so. What happened to all of the virtues that he espoused?

Then Rush Limbaugh has been in the news because of his addiction to pain
medication. As a society, we should not relish in the suffering or
embarrassment of others. But isn't Limbaugh the same guy that has had
something controversial to say about others in his same position? He
basically has broken and has been breaking the law in order to feed his habit.

It is interesting to see how some people have tried to justify his
situation, mainly because of who he is. Some have basically been saying
that Limbaugh's addiction to pain medication is somehow different from
someone else's addiction to crack or cocaine.

Is the difference because one happens to be a popular, nationally known
multimillionaire and the other a local addict? Aren't they both drug addicts?

Maybe we - moralists included - need to make sure the logs are out of our
own eyes before we begin eyeing the twigs in the eyes of others. These
moralists are getting a taste of their own medicine.

Jarrod Ennis Patterson,

Huntsville