If you say so Max!
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Tony 1234

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3,465 posts

256 months

Tuesday 31st March 2009
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His wife just smiled when she found out about his activities, hmm, I bet she did!


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/a...

Munter

31,331 posts

270 months

Tuesday 31st March 2009
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Tony 1234 said:
His wife just smiled when she found out about his activities, hmm, I bet she did!


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/a...
Max's wife thoughts said:
smile Got you, you bd.

german tony

2,000 posts

237 months

Tuesday 31st March 2009
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A fiver says he'd spent the early years of their marriage taking out his frustrations on her arse.

Altrezia

8,741 posts

240 months

Tuesday 31st March 2009
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german tony said:
A fiver says he'd spent the early years of their marriage taking out his frustrations on her arse.
hehe

Derek Smith

49,769 posts

277 months

Tuesday 31st March 2009
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It is an outrageous article. There's no questioning of his betrayal of his wife's trust over a period of 45 years or so, no asking about whether he felt buying women for the purposes of using them for sex was right, not was the question of whether somebody in a position of considerable power should put himself in a position where he could be blackmailed.

Further, the spin of the vote of confidence is repeated. It was not a vote of confidence. A VOC is not a straight majority other wise it would be called a vote. A VOC requires two things, both of which were absent in this FiAsco:

1/ An overwhelming majority, virtually 100%, in favour, and
2/ An incumbent willing to behave honourably and go when the vote falls short.

Thatcher, and I'm miles away from being a supporter of her, got a majority in her final vote but even she knew that it was time to go. Mossy just stayed on reardless. But that's not mentioned nor challegened in the dreadful piece of rubbish that passes for journalism.

The conceit of the man knows no bounds. He has sat in authority during a time of the greatest debacles in F1 history. He is a liability. There are no races in North America. We have a whole calendar of identical circuits, the traditional venues are being dropped and yet Mossy goes on. In recent years the cost of competing has rocketed, mainly due to rule changes that he has brought in. And the sale of the TV rights . . . well, don't get me started on that.

A dreadful piece of journalism.

Joe911

2,763 posts

264 months

Tuesday 31st March 2009
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Mad Max - his fathers son said:
“I would really like to make a difference to other people whose rights are breached, not just in terms of privacy but across the entire spectrum of personal liberty. Tolerance for those who choose to live a bit differently from the majority is the cornerstone of a civilised society.”
Oh the irony!

FNG

4,747 posts

253 months

Tuesday 31st March 2009
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If what he'd been doing was widely accepted as morally sound, even for a public figurehead, he wouldn't have had to keep it secret for 45 years.

stifler

37,069 posts

217 months

Tuesday 31st March 2009
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Wifey was probably smiling because she has been shagging the gardener for the last twenty years.

I can't believe the bloke is trying to toughen up privacy laws because he "lost his dignity". whilst at the same time getting more mileage out of the very same sex-scandal.

The bloke is a length of epic proportions.

-Z-

8,309 posts

235 months

Tuesday 31st March 2009
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What really sticks out is this line when he's talking about the need to maintain the secrecy of his perversions:

"I went to enormous extra lengths to be absolutely certain it would remain secret, even to the extent of minimising my television interviews in this country so that my face would not be known to the women involved......."

So he admits that the fact he is a perv affected his work in an official capacity as FIA head. Why hasn't more been made of this?

stifler

37,069 posts

217 months

Tuesday 31st March 2009
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-Z- said:
What really sticks out is this line when he's talking about the need to maintain the secrecy of his perversions:

"I went to enormous extra lengths to be absolutely certain it would remain secret, even to the extent of minimising my television interviews in this country so that my face would not be known to the women involved......."

So he admits that the fact he is a perv affected his work in an official capacity as FIA head. Why hasn't more been made of this?
Good point. Up until now he has argued that it does/ did not affect his position as the Head of the FIA. Surely on this quote alone he could be sacked for being compromised in his position.


The bloke is a length of epic proportions.

Have I said that already? Oh well, chin up.

RichB

56,266 posts

313 months

Tuesday 31st March 2009
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stifler said:
Wifey was probably smiling because she has been shagging the gardener for the last twenty years..
Not just 20 years rolleyes I worked out, he's was paying for prostitutes within 2 years of marrying her. The guys a total mental case if you ask me...

stifler

37,069 posts

217 months

Tuesday 31st March 2009
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RichB said:
stifler said:
Wifey was probably smiling because she has been shagging the gardener for the last twenty years..
Not just 20 years rolleyes I worked out, he's was paying for prostitutes within 2 years of marrying her. The guys a total mental case if you ask me...
Well she's either a crap shag, or not into the kinky stuff, or she's got a face like a bag of spanners, or SMax just likes getting away with things that he shouldn't be doing.

I know which of those options I would be going for because he seems to bring the same ethics into his job as he uses in his private life.

andyps

7,819 posts

311 months

Tuesday 31st March 2009
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It may have been 80% in support of him on the BBC after they ran a story on him, but it is not a completely free forum - posts are censored as they are on The Times. What is the reckoning that it will be even higher as he was good enough to grant them an interview.

Derek Smith

49,769 posts

277 months

Wednesday 1st April 2009
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andyps said:
It may have been 80% in support of him on the BBC after they ran a story on him, . . .
Probably the same ones who though John Sergeant was a good dancer.

mikee boy

967 posts

280 months

Wednesday 1st April 2009
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Max is one of theose love/hate characters.

BUT, I can't believe that an international sport has a figure like this with fascist overtones, a history of employing prostitutes and an acknowledgement that his antics would have affected his job. He shouldn't be in Formula 1, he should be a politician.

I wonder what lurks in that dark cupboard and who's being paid what to keep it there.

andyps

7,819 posts

311 months

Wednesday 1st April 2009
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Derek Smith said:
andyps said:
It may have been 80% in support of him on the BBC after they ran a story on him, . . .
Probably the same ones who though John Sergeant was a good dancer.
But at least he made good TV, allegedly.

My comment has not been posted yet.

Munter

31,331 posts

270 months

Wednesday 1st April 2009
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mikee boy said:
He shouldn't be in Formula 1, he should be a politician.
No. To be a politician you need to work out how to spend £20,000 a year for 4 years buying a PC a Desk and a filing cabinet...

He's just been shagging behing his Mrs back for 40+ years. Thats small fry.

stifler

37,069 posts

217 months

Wednesday 1st April 2009
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mikee boy said:
Max is one of theose love/hate characters.
I for one am struggling to find any love for him.

The bloke is a....

DJC

23,563 posts

265 months

Wednesday 1st April 2009
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Unfortunately though he is right...it was private.

Now personally Ive said elsewhere I didnt care about liberal society/privacy side of things, I would be happy to use this just to get rid of him, but alas that didnt happen.

With regards to the case, what was revealing about that articule was the behavior of the editor and his attempted blackmail, that sealed the victory for Max. With regards to F1, my contention with the articule was the notion that his 16yrs in charge of running F1 were successful. His initial years I think he did a good job, but the last 5 or so he has gone the same way as Balestre, i.e. a power hungry fruit loop.


Altrezia

8,741 posts

240 months

Wednesday 1st April 2009
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They didn't publish my comment frown