Slog - Comments on Headline of the Day http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21 Also from the NYT: Possible Nazi Theme of Grand Prix Boss’s Orgy Draws Calls to Quit I wasn't able to comment on this story when it broke last week because, uh, you know. And seeing as I'm a little late to the game—and the Internet is a race, after all, and to the death)—I won't go on and on about it. But I would like to say this: Having a Nazi fetish doesn't make you a Nazi anymore than having a high heel fetish makes you shoe. Yes, it's a disturbing fetish, as fetishes go, and it's a particularly discomforting... Copyright 2008 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:23:06 -0800 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:25:47 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe Nazis were super hot. 9/10 = hot.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991347 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991347 News Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:28:10 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty As far as I'm concerned, it beats the hell out of fucking bicycles or picnic tables. At least there were real women involved.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991350 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991350 News Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:32:40 -0800 Comment by laterite Sins of the father, and all that.

]]> laterite http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991357 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991357 News Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:38:51 -0800 Comment by elenchos He points out that it would be different if he had been speeding or driving drunk. But I wonder if he has ever sanctioned a driver for embarrassing the organization or the corporate sponsors? Big time racing exists to sell cars, and the ones paying the bills are only doing it for the PR.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991367 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991367 News Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:43:12 -0800 Comment by Hernandez Thanks for posting about this, Dan. When I first read the story last week, my first thought was, "where does Dan Savage stand on Nazi fetishes?"

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991369 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991369 News Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:44:00 -0800 Comment by McG Shoe = Nazi

Very interesting.

]]> McG http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991401 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991401 News Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:04:14 -0800 Comment by KeeKee Why don' you ever see anybody dressed up as a Nazi on Halloween?

]]> KeeKee http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991410 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991410 News Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:07:21 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Were the prostitutes legal? Five of them, dressed in Auschwitz rags, five hours for a mere GBP2500. Elliot Spitzer is a mug.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991411 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991411 News Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:07:43 -0800 Comment by PopTart OK, fetishes whatever. But I didn't know prostitution was legal in Britain--didn't he pay the women for sex too? And, as Fnarf pointed out @8, he didn't pay them very well either...

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991462 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991462 News Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:35:19 -0800 Comment by i'm better than women I thought you were supposed to pay hookers with punches and kicks...

]]> i'm better than women http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991471 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991471 News Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:41:52 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi This reminds me of Eating Raoul.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991489 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991489 News Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:49:57 -0800 Comment by Julie Requests for him to step down sort of struck me as par for the course. I mean, even if what he did was legal, since when do we say, ok, well, he followed the law, so nothing to see here people. When someone has a weird sexual fetish (Vitter's diaper fetish) or has an affair, we crucify them, even if what they did is perfectly legal.

It shouldn't be so, of course, but it is. He can take a stand against it, or he can accept that his credibility and effectiveness as a representative of the organization has been compromised (unjustly) and step down.

]]> Julie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991530 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991530 News Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:59:44 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Take a stand? What, "yeah, I like to pretend I'm whipping concentration camp victims, got a problem with that?" He's shaming F1, the worlds richest sport (check out those driver salaries).

Which is fine by me. I'm pleased as punch, actually, because it's a hilarious story. The best punishment for him, as with all Nazis, is endless public ridicule.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991596 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991596 News Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:22:04 -0800 Comment by inkweary Who released the film in the first place? It seems pretty apparent that one or more of the prostitutes must have known about the camera because I doubt Mosely released the film. The owner of the dungeon may have had it wired, but then one must wonder to what end? It doesn't appear to have been the first time he acted out that fantasy. It sure sounds like a set up.

]]> inkweary http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991816 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c991816 News Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:43:14 -0800 Comment by Dougsf #7 - In England at Fancy Dress parties, you can't throw a [insert something very, very English here that could also be thrown] without hitting someone dressed as Hitler. The context is a bit different there, though.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c992113 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c992113 News Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:51:56 -0800 Comment by Irena @15 -- spotted dick?

But I'm with @12 and @13 here. Sure, what he did may have been "harmless and completely legal", but he deserves punishment for his criminally bad taste.

]]> Irena http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c992437 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c992437 News Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:17:12 -0800 Comment by race cars The fact he has waged a personal war on anyone in the sport who 'brings it into disrepute', the fact he is a married man, the fact he is the figurehead of 100s of motoring organisations the world over means he simply has to step down.

]]> race cars http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c994885 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/headline_of_the_day_21#c994885 News Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:25:47 -0800