OK, am I the only one who's several kinds of outraged about this?
Ok, a brief resume of the facts as I know them (I don't claim to be wrong). Max Mosley, who is apparently vaguely important in some kind of sporty way (possibly involving cars - here ends my sporting knowledge or interest).
Anyway, it seems for his kicks and kinks he gathers together with several stern women and they engage in various forms of BDSM - the nature of which are somewhat in dispute especially whether rough German accents were used or not *eye roll*. Now it seems a the News of The World arranged for one of these women to carry a hidden camera and expose his little activities for all the world to see.
May I have a loud Whiskey Tango Foxtrot here?! Seriosuly, exactly how is it even REMOTELY the public's business if he likes to have sex with a woman in a strap on, a Hitler moustache and a large cane singing "Deustchland Uber alles"? His sexual fantasies and activities - so long as everyone involved are adult and consenting - are his own damn business and none of ours. I don't care if there was a "Nazi theme" or not - it was a BDSM scene, you can't use that as an indicator of someone's politics! I don't care if he was whipped so hard he bled - it's his own damned business.
How is this even close to acceptable journalism? How is it even close to journalism at all? It's not like he's a family values politician telling all the world how evil sex is while nipping out to the dominatrix when we're not looking (and then that's newsworthy because he's a hypocrite - NOT because of the sex). Just because the public is interested IN it doesn't mean it's in the public interest to report it
I'm into BDSM, it most certainly is one of my kinks and I'll happily discuss it quite merrily with a range of people, including what m,y Beloved calls my "broken wiring," but I definitely would draw the line at people sneaking hidden cameras into my bedroom, let alone broadcasting it for my work colleagues to see.
Anyway, it seems for his kicks and kinks he gathers together with several stern women and they engage in various forms of BDSM - the nature of which are somewhat in dispute especially whether rough German accents were used or not *eye roll*. Now it seems a the News of The World arranged for one of these women to carry a hidden camera and expose his little activities for all the world to see.
May I have a loud Whiskey Tango Foxtrot here?! Seriosuly, exactly how is it even REMOTELY the public's business if he likes to have sex with a woman in a strap on, a Hitler moustache and a large cane singing "Deustchland Uber alles"? His sexual fantasies and activities - so long as everyone involved are adult and consenting - are his own damn business and none of ours. I don't care if there was a "Nazi theme" or not - it was a BDSM scene, you can't use that as an indicator of someone's politics! I don't care if he was whipped so hard he bled - it's his own damned business.
How is this even close to acceptable journalism? How is it even close to journalism at all? It's not like he's a family values politician telling all the world how evil sex is while nipping out to the dominatrix when we're not looking (and then that's newsworthy because he's a hypocrite - NOT because of the sex). Just because the public is interested IN it doesn't mean it's in the public interest to report it
I'm into BDSM, it most certainly is one of my kinks and I'll happily discuss it quite merrily with a range of people, including what m,y Beloved calls my "broken wiring," but I definitely would draw the line at people sneaking hidden cameras into my bedroom, let alone broadcasting it for my work colleagues to see.