How could they defy the mandate of virtue inspired by such blessings?
Kirsch, 22, and Anderton, 25, are charged with committing multiple identify thefts and burglaries to subsidize an obsessively documented life of travel and luxury.
But the truth is this: if Jocelyn Kirsch were homely and flat-chested, the story would have faded from the headlines immediately.
Instead, we're treated to daily photos of this knockout beauty, showing her curvaceous cleavage and come-hither looks.
Anderton has been entirely eclipsed by his avaricious girlfriend as the story has unfolded.
Yes, that's partly because many people who claim to have been victimized by her in the past have documented her transgressions on Web sites. Anderton's friends have been far less forthcoming.
But the bigger reason is simply that Kirsch is young and gorgeous, a fact documented in a curious number of photos the couple took.
So the delicious irony is this:
One of Jocelyn Kirsch's substantial gifts - her centerfold looks - has backfired on her.
Her boobs and face have given a longevity to this scandal that shows no sign of abating.
I'll bet she may be regretting about now her father's bizarro Christmas gift of breast implants.
Does this seem snarky and uncharitable?
After all, you could argue that someone so hungry for luxury that she'd betray everyone she knew is a sad, needy person with low self-
esteem.
You could argue that someone whose father sends her breast enlargers has gotten deviant messages from her family that warped her moral template.
OK, fine. I still find Kirsch and Anderton loathesome and utterly unsympathetic.
And there's a definite satisfaction when someone who has enjoyed the well-documented benefits of good looks is in a situation in which she's disadvantaged by them.
"Research has demonstrated time and again that there are tremendous social and economic benefits to being attractive," University of Pennsylvania professor Ingrid Olson said last year in reporting the results of a study.
