"Palindrome" wrote in message
news:KdYhk.115513$bC5.63688@fe07.news.easynews.com...
> Dr Quite wrote:
>> Rotting industry behemoth loses £60,000.
>>
>> "World motorsport boss Max Mosley has won a legal action against a Sunday
>> newspaper that claimed he took part in a Nazi-style orgy with
>> prostitutes.
>>
>> The High Court ruled the News of the World did breach Mr Mosley's
>> privacy, awarding him £60,000 in damages.
>>
>> The 68-year-old admitted a consensual sadomasochistic . session with
>> five prostitutes at a London flat, but denied that it had a Nazi theme.
>>
>> The paper's story was based on a secret video from one of the women."
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7523034.stm
>
> This strikes me as being another "Gilligan".
>
> In polite society, the difference between being someone that enjoys
> sadomasochistic . session with prostitutes and someone enjoying
> Nazi-themed sadomasochistic . session with prostitutes is going to be a
> fine one. Other, of course, amongst that sad and dying off collection of
> individuals that cannot move on from events long consigned to history
> books.
The News of the World is a truly contemptible newspaper. I should think
Mosley will be considering an appeal to the Court of Appeal to seek punitive
damages, because the award really isn't enough to offset the huge profits
made by the newspapers out of this scandal.
"News of the World editor Colin Myler said the paper was pleased at the lack
of punitive damages, but added that the "our press is less free today after
another judgement based on privacy laws emanating from Europe". He added:
"Many would think that if a prominent man puts himself year after year into
the hands of prostitutes, he is gambling in placing so much trust in them.
There is a risk of exposure or blackmail in such a course of conduct." "
What a contemptible man Mr Myler is. A risk of exposure or blackmail? That
means you shouldn't visit prostitutes lest the News of the World gets to
hear about it and exposes you, or someone blackmails you with possible
exposure to the News of the World. He still doesn't recognise that people
are entitled to privacy.
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