Mosley 4

Interestingly, I didn't mention the News of the World. Does this indicate a blind spot, i.e. that I have accepted the facts as presented? (Or is it because I'd rather discuss the concepts?)

Well I think the media likes to paint itself as impartial (just reporting "the facts") and therefore invisible/not worth commenting on.

What is it that's so sexy about pixellation? (That's a genuine question. I think it's hot.)

I think it's the same as wearing a mask (which can also be hot, depending on the mask I guess). I reckon the human brain likes to fill in the gaps and assumes that someone in a sexualised scenario (pixelated face + fishnets + story about spanking) will be sexy. For me it's about context - I don't think pixellated faces in tv documentaries about corporate fraud are sexy.

Another approach would have been to try to uncover evidence of Mosley's involvement in fascist organisations or associations with people on the far right. Or examples of racism in his day to day interactions.
That'd be intriguing, if he was racist day-to-day. I wonder if this question was asked in the trial? Not having looked at the pixellated ladies, I don't know if any of them were Jewish, black, gypsies or any other group oppressed by the Nazis. I believe the Nazis also sent homosexuals and the disabled to their camps.

Doubtful whether you'd get a straight answer to the question in this day and age. Obviously he was brought up in a racist family and there doesn't seem to be any "road to damascus" conversion to non-racism that I have seen. It is interesting like you say...

There could be a relationship between a person's daily life and the sexual scenarios that they construct. Some sequences of events that I guess may be typical:

A man is rejected by a blonde woman. The next evening he hires a blonde prostitute.
A second man sees the blonde woman, finds her attractive, but says nothing to her. The next evening he hires the same blonde prostitute as the first man.
A third man seduces the blonde woman, having met her in a bar. The next evening he hires the blonde prostitute to urinate on him.
Which if these men do you admire, despise or pity and why?

I'm not sure I admire or despise men who hire prostitutes, for whatever reason. I might pity them I guess. The third one seems to be having the most fun, maybe? :-)

Obliquely, perhaps Mosley is guilty of no more than having earned enough money to turn his fantasies into reality.

I think that is part of the interest in it all, certainly - that sort of decadence fits in quite well with all the formula one stuff. It's a bit James Bond playboy?

It is a bit much to expect Mosley to be anything other than a fuck up. He is the son of one of the most famous UK fascists and was active in his father's Union Movement from an early age.
Are you saying:
A) That racism is inherited (itself an argument for eugenics), or
B) That facists don't love their children?

No to both! What I mean is that he grew up in a fascist environment and was active in fascist politics from an early age. And not just that, his parents were imprisoned for a few years for their nazi sympathies shortly after he was born. He was refused entry to several schools. He was sent to boarding school. He was involved with street fighting protecting his dad. He spent his early years hanging out with some of europes scummiest fascist scumbags. He met his wife at a fascist meeting.

I mean, call me a liberal, but that isn't the sort of start in life I would like for anyone.


One thing which seems to be completely absent from the recent coverage is information on his current political views.
How a person votes is, of course, confidential. Thank god we live in a free country.

Ha ha. He has spent a large chunk of his life as a political activist though, for the Union Movement and for the Conservatives. He's also made a number of statements about formula 1 having to "go green".

But if enjoyed s&m wouldn't you have told your partner at some point? Then again, Mosley may have been saying what he said that to keep his wife out of it. For all we know, she may have been just as bad.

It's possible that his wife doesn't enjoy s&m or that they are not able to discuss such things, it would seem that many people are not. She may have been off doing all sorts of things but there is no evidence for this so it seems reasonable to assume that he (like many men) was putting about and she wasn't.

How would you feel about a scenario with a disturbed schizophrenic?

I think there might be issues of consent there, so probably a no-no.

I think most people would not tell their partners that they were engaged in sexual activity with prostitutes, or indeed with anyone else.
What if their partner happened to say that they considered it quite alright to visit a prostitute? Would they then reveal it?

It would depend - I'm sure part of the thrill is the illicit nature of the act and the secrecy?

So I think my conclusion is that Mosley is clearly objectionable, but not nearly as objectionable as the News of the World.
I'm not buying product from either of them, so far as I know. (Well, I pay a TV license fee and a cable TV subscription so I'm probably contributing some money to F1 as a sport.)
Have the Screws lost circulation as a result of losing the case? Outraged of Aldershot writes "Dear Sir, Imagine my disappointment at discovering that a recent piece of investigative journalism was in fact an invasion of privacy. Although all other articles in your esteemed organ are investigative, and not invasive, I now feel too ashamed to purchase future numbers of the News and shall instead be giving my custom to the People."

I think the screw's reputation has diminishd in the minds of people who do not read it. But it's also probably attracted more readers who enjoy reading about this stuff.