Originally Posted by markabilly
His attitude and reponse to criticism?? No weak apologetic synoyms for "judgment and character", the esential elements for the job of president. Max is not some mechanic, some janitor or even some engineer (or some fan in Spain all painted up). In such a job, one can not separate the private character from the public character where the private character and judgment is morally bankrupt, except through hypocrisy of the worst sort.
So to sum it up, based on Max's own testimony, he is (1) a sadist, (2) liar to the ones he loved, (3) cheater (4) sexist degrader of women and (5) hypocrite, who as such engages in "parties" where the role play humilates the female victims, based on being Aryans and black people (or the color of their hair rather than their skin-a joke no doubt thought up by lawyers and fundementally just as racist-) by whippings until blood is drawn, lice inspections, being stripped naked, thermometers stuck up their butts and genitals shaved (the same conduct last engaged in on a massive scale by a Western European country was Nazi Germany) And if the testimony of max's whores is to be believed, you know, the one that max "loved" most and ran the show, who the court found to be "credible", then add (6) pimp to the list. Then add in the very physical nature of the role play (again role play of this nature is done because it is too risky to be doing it for real, unless one is a prison commandent in a Nazi, Stalinist or some other dictatorship country)
There ain't enough Kool aid to hide all that, so let us all be hypocrites and pretend that it was all in private. After all, the killings and liquidations in Nazi germany or Stalinist russia were done in extreme privacy and fully sanctioned by those governements as being very very lawful. Nothing illegal there, indeed the judge did note that Max's conduct was illegal, just not enough prosecution of the activity unless the neighbors complain, so the old judge needs to go ahead and "vindicate" Stalin and Hitler and all their henchmen as those actions were NOT illegal at all under the laws of their countries at the time of commission