John Hopoate, the ruined rugby league star, actually looked ashamed on 60 Minutes this week, as he begged forgiveness for sticking his fingers up other players' bottoms. The look on his face was worth savouring because it is so rare.
Shame is an emotion whose time has gone.
No-one is ashamed of anything any more. And if they are, they soon find it's unnecessary, because no-one really disapproves of anything these days. Fellating a president and causing his impeachment certainly hasn't turned Monica Lewinsky into a pariah. Far from it. The only lasting consequence of Zippergate was that graphic sexual details became commonplace in previously polite newspapers.