Hopefully now, over 48 hours after England's mostly impressive win in Switzerland, journalists everywhere can stop making oh-so-hilarious references to Rooney "scoring".
And hopefully there can be an end to the hand-wringing over how terrible it is that a) Rooney cheated on his pregnant wife, and b) the prostitutes involved were - wait for it - MIDDLE CLASS!
Certain media outlets (Daily Mail, for example) seem shocked and appalled that middle class kids can be attention-seeking, can rebel against their parents, and can even go 'off the rails' - as if living in suburbia in a comfortable home on a reasonable income should somehow innoculate the occupants against the more negative aspects of human behaviour that affect the rest of the population.
The actual story here is that a man has cheated on his wife. If Wayne hadn't made it as a footballer, he may have cheated on Colleen with some cheap local tart and they would have had to sort it out between themselves in private. We wouldn't and shouldn't want to intrude on what is essentially a private matter. The fact that he is a famous footballer doesn't make it any of our business.
If you want to talk about prostitution, talk about the tragedy of how many girls feel (or actually are) forced to sell their bodies to make money. That's a bigger and far more pressing problem than two girls whose chosen form of rebellion and whose bad choices have led them into a tabloid scandal.
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