Mosley 'knows' who set him up

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Originally Posted by Knock-on

Again, I can't argue with you.

However, the "man on the street" only associates Max and the FIA with "Mr Whippy" and does not understand any positive or negative work he does.

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That is true. For a big part of the public, he will only ever remain as the guy who got his ass slapped in some dungeon.

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

I think the 'subject of humour' bit is probably the most important. Once someone becomes a figure of fun then, rightly or wrongly, it is very hard to recover from it.

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True.

One thing that is perhaps forgotten is the fact that Max was warned he was being targeted two months before his private life was exposed. As the person discovering this said: "It was clear that Max disregarded the advice and failed to realise his vulnerability. The issue for me was his total disregard for genuine advice from individuals that he knew had his best interests at heart."

Disregarding such advice suggests a certain arrogance on Max's part; a belief that he was untouchable. Sadly for him that proved not to be the case. It was only when that particular can of worms was open that Max the private individual merged with Max the FIA President, but there was criticism of his Presidency before that, and there has been since, on issues totally unrelated to his private life.

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Originally Posted by tamburello

How do you sleep at night?

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I lie right on the very edge of the mattress, that way, I find I very soon drop off..........

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Originally Posted by Bagwan

Don't make fun of his epiphany . It's cruel .

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Epiphany, the third Sunday after lent or whatever. Strewth, are you trying to convert us all....? :D

Private it was and private it should have remained.

All too true this:

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

True.

One thing that is perhaps forgotten is the fact that Max was warned he was being targeted two months before his private life was exposed. As the person discovering this said: "It was clear that Max disregarded the advice and failed to realise his vulnerability. The issue for me was his total disregard for genuine advice from individuals that he knew had his best interests at heart."

Disregarding such advice suggests a certain arrogance on Max's part; a belief that he was untouchable. Sadly for him that proved not to be the case. It was only when that particular can of worms was open that Max the private individual merged with Max the FIA President, but there was criticism of his Presidency before that, and there has been since, on issues totally unrelated to his private life.

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BUT even so, it never should have happenned and afterwards, it should have died a death of silence after all the initial fussing.
Said so in a number of posts.

Then he files his case, and sits there in most pompous fashion, not much regard for family, and goes on about some theater for whores and his lifestyle, making it all public and proud. As such it calls his basic character into question, to say the least. And the funny most bizzar thing is that he gets away with it......

You say "certain arrogance on Max's part; a belief that he was untouchable"
well you are very wrong, because you say it in the past tense. If anything this episode has proven his arrogance to be well placed and he is untouchable

and his continued comments from him sprewing forth about who be behind the plot against his throne and dictatorship continues to prove his arrogance is very justified.

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Well, the situation as I understand it is this:

He was due to retire in October but now has said he may well stay on if the proposed changes he wants to push through don't happen.

That will give him 4 more years to finish up the court cases on the continent and nail whoever set him up.

He has already said that he may well use the power of the FIA to sanction the individual responsible for exposing his private life.

Looks like the FIA dictatorship will continue until 2013.

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Originally Posted by tamburello

Thanks for proving my point.

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Was thinking exactly the same Tamb.

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

I don't think there is much dispute over the invasion of privacy aspect of this. It's well known that the NoTW make it their business to "uncover" the private lives of public figures. Max was not the first to suffer from "exposure" in this way and he will not be the last. The issue of "media freedom" is a wide ranging one, and certainly much wider than Max's case alone.

That said, Max would have us believe that his case is somewhat different, perhaps because it suits his agenda to do so.

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I beg to differ, I remember Max stating a while back that he was going to pursue all cases of slander not only for himself, but to show the press they can't get away with this. And that he was setting up a fund for people who have been victim to this tabloid trials like himself for others who are found in that position but unable to fight back because of lack of funds.

I genuienly believe that Max, as a victim, knows the pain this can cause, and wants to help others in similar position. Thats my opinion, but fact that he's set up a trust for this, would back that up more than him using this purely to suit his own agenda.

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Originally Posted by trumperZ06

;) Not sure that Max's position... after all he is a public figure,

Being President of the FIA... makes this an "invasion of privacy" issue !!!

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Because he is a public figure he's not entitled to a private sex life?

I think people here need to wake up, theres absolutely no case with regards to his privacy being invaded, your simply trying to justify him being caught because your morally against his way of life.

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

But catastrophes, such as forcing through KERS and such, are reasons why I want this idiot gone.

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Whilst I acknowledge that KERS, an expensive piece of kit for all teams has been implemented in extremely poor timing.

However you have to look at the circumstances within which it came about.

Regulation changes is a slow process in F1, things take years to implement etc. And the KERS idea was decided before this economic meltdown, when teams were resisting cut costs!

No one could have forseen this credit crunch, and the pace it has come about. If you look at all the 'experts' in this field, none have predicted correctly, so its unfair to lay the blame purely on Max for this.

It is making F1 more relevant, and improving its 'green' image, its just unfortunate that its collided with the credit crunch.