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  1. VIZSLA

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    As we climb the grassy knoll.
     
  2. wetpet

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    i think mosely has played this brilliantly. most men would have buckled :). He may outlive this, it certainly is less and less shocking as time goes by. as they say, time heals all wounds. I wonder what it has done to his family though, can you imagine your dad doing that? ick.
     
  3. Senna1994

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    It is kind of unbelieveable that he is still in power, after how many weeks? This guy really is an arrogant jerk, that he cannot see above his own desire to stay in power over the good of the sport.
     
  4. william

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    Max Mosley framed by the British secret services? I like it!!

    Dear old Max must have been traumatised by his own childhood.

    His father, Sir Oswald Mosley, was a notorious pro-NAZI and the leader of the British Union of Fascists before WWII (Black Shirts). Considered highly dangerous, he spent most of the war in prison.
    His aunt, one of the Mitford girls, was Hitler's mistress too!

    How more shocking than that can you get? The British tabloids have made much of the NAZI link in the sado-masochism session enjoyed/endured by Max!

    Strange that the 2 last FIA presidents had/have NAZI connections.

    Jean-Maris Ballestre, the previous incombent, was in the French Waffen SS, and did time in jail as collaborator.

    Never a dull moment, eh?
     
  5. krasnavian

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  6. maxorido

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    Mosley is smart. I think he realizes that people are generally stupid, and have short attention spans. He's trying to ride this out until the next scandal or big thing happens that will take the heat off of him. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if he did come out on top of this....no pun intended. :)
     
  7. Jack-the-lad

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    I seem to recall another prominent figure playing this gambit about 10 years ago.....


    Jack.
     
  8. Nembo1777

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    Well I am sure her services remain negotiable....and now she has to either feed the household by herself or start life again alone...and whips and chains are no doubt expensive equipment:)

    This doesn not really affect Mosley one way or the other but this whole tale has so many twists it beggars belief...!
     
  9. VIZSLA

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    Can she use Max's name in her ads now?
     
  10. krasnavian

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    I would think she's obliged to do so.
     
  11. Sfumato

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    Hanging on is her job.
     
  12. snj5

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    I like her MI-5 connection.

    I guess Max is in the new Bond film, "In her Majesty's Secret Service"
     
  13. Nembo1777

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    Proposed ad copy:


    "Specially appointed as Private provider of bespoke pain to the world's greatest pervert"

    Top 3 hits of 2008:

    N. 3: Harrison Ford in: "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."

    N. 2: Daniel Craig as James Bond in "Quantum of solace."

    N. 1 (roll the drums.....) "Max the ego maniac and the conspiracy of the Chelsea torture chamber"
     
  14. Anthony_Ferrari

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    Here is a letter that Max has sent to all FIA members: http://www.fia.com/resources/documents/77511625__mm_letter_gb.pdf

    Now that MI5 are involved this story just seems to get more bizzare by the week. Max basically seems to be saying that if he goes the evil-doers win and he probably has a point, but how can he stay when no world leaders or team principles are willing to be seen near him? His position is completely untenable whether he is the 'victim' of an elaborate sting or not. He needs to go and I would hope that he realises this but is just trying to find a way out that won't leave the door open for the 'enemy' to take over or abolish the FIA.
     
  15. tonyh

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    From The TimesMay 19, 2008

    Max Mosley turns chaos into a crisisEdward Gorman
    The main reason why Max Mosley should have resigned as president of the FIA as soon as he was exposed as a sado-masochist and fetishist was that, by remaining in office, he would damage motor sport by its association with his own tarnished image.

    Now seven weeks since the revelations of Mosley's prediliction for whipping prostitutes in orgies involving prison-camp role play, Formula One is knee-deep in Mosley's fight to clear his name and his fight to survive in office, despite a deafening chorus from those who believe that he should step down.

    This week is a special one in the Formula One calendar, when motor racing's most prestigious world championship turns up at Monte Carlo for a race weekend replete with the glamour and romance that Formula One can still turn on like nothing else. The build-up should be all about Monaco, about the struggles Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen face on the most difficult race track in the world, but all that will take second place to Mosley.

    Without any regard for the sport he claims to serve, the self-publicist in Mosley has chosen this most eye-catching of stages to make his return to the paddock for the first time since the scandal broke. He will appear despite official reaction to him in Bahrain, Spain, Israel and Turkey indicating that he is persona non grata and despite the fact that Prince Albert II has made it clear that he does not wish to be seen with the FIA president.


    Mosley, we have learnt, neither feels embarrassment nor is capable of acknowledging errors of judgment - his biggest, by far, is his decision not to have resigned - and thus he ploughs on and on. Meanwhile, the damage to Formula One and the off-putting imagery in a sport more image-conscious than any other, and of appeal across all cultures and age ranges, continues.

    This weekend, Mosley will have been celebrating a small advance, namely the revelation that one of the five prostitutes who allegedly whipped him in a Chelsea basement is married to an MI5 officer, who was allegedly forced to resign. Although he does not believe that MI5 was involved in a surveillance operation against him - the idea that the British Government wanted Mosley brought down is too ridiculous even for him - he views this as consistent with his belief that he is the victim of a dark conspiracy to destroy his reputation.

    That is as maybe, but this is another detail relating to the circumstances surrounding how he was caught out. It does not alter, either, the fact that he has been caught out or that he is widely considered unfit for the office he clings to.

    Even before the MI5 element was revealed, Mosley was trying to lay a smokescreen to ensure that he will be at the centre of debate in Monaco and that the debate will not be about his fitness for office. In a letter to the FIA member clubs, which was carefully leaked by his spin doctor to the press on Friday night, the FIA president paints a picture of the organisation suddenly being under dire threat and that he, and only he, is capable of saving it from destruction.

    Thus, he argues, not only should he not resign but there should be no rushed election to choose a successor because of the danger that a hastily chosen candidate could be an agent of those who want to destroy the FIA.

    This, of course, is nonsense that Mosley has cooked up as yet another attempt to muddy the waters and distract from the core issue.

    Indeed, the deep irony of the letter is that by far the biggest threat to the FIA is not from Mosley's imagined (or real) enemies, but Mosley himself, who - by failing to remove himself from the stage - has precipitated the biggest crisis in the organisation's history.
     
  16. kraftwerk

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    To be quite frank I'am sick of this ****.....:(
     
  17. Anthony_Ferrari

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    That's exactly what Max is banking on!
     
  18. Nembo1777

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    +1000! Think about it: MM set this date of June 3, many, many weeks after all this became news and then kept a low profile during that time precisely so we, you would forget all about it: hang on a little longer: the end game is near: don't let him successfully manipulate you.
     
  19. Senna1994

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    +100 Steve, this is a joke.
     
  20. kraftwerk

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    You got me wrong.. I dont mean let him off the hook far from it..I'am sick of hearing about him clinging on ,like Tony said, it's a joke.
     
  21. ferraridude615

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    What is the best case scenario right now for Mosley? It (unfortunately) is possible that MM may somehow keep his job.
     
  22. william

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    There was a time, not so long ago, when officials and politicians found with one hand in the candy jar used to do the decent thing and resign immediatly, not to bring more attention to their 'mistakes'.

    This is all changed now, and the same individuals prefer taking a chance riding the storm, expecting the scandal to die down, and having no intention of relinquishing their privileges.

    Different times, different moral standards, one presumes.
     
  23. redhanded

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    dictators,they're all the same!!
     
  24. rmani

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    Good post it's a bit of a conundrum only because everyone wants max to leave, but if he does these other guys (who are worse IMO) will have won. I still believe it's his private life and should have no relevance on his ability to do his job, BUT it's also hard to do your job when no one wants to be seen or associated with you. Tough situation indeed...
     
  25. Senna1994

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    Couldn't agree more William.
     

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