Court Finds In Favour Of Mosley

[lupestripe]

For once common sense has prevailed. This court case posed a significant threat to civil liberties and the fact that the court has ruled in favour of Max Mosley protects those liberties for those who dare to live an unconventional lifestyle.

What people do in the privacy of their own houses should be their own business and this verdict has protected us from an increasingly intrusive and nefarious media, one that so often fails to exercise restraint and responsibility.

Mosley wins court case over orgy

Mr Justice Eady said Mosley could expect privacy for consensual "sexual activities (albeit unconventional)" and "...there was no public interest or other justification for the clandestine recording, for the publication of the resulting information and still photographs, or for the placing of the video extracts on the News of the World website - all of this on a massive scale."

Irrespective of Eady not calling this a "landmark" case, it still sets a precedence and proves that civil liberties are still valued by some in this country.

Comments

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I'm trying to work out where the public interest part of this story lies. I can understand the moral issues against prostitution and also the fact that he cheated on his wife of 45 years. Yet these have become secondary issues to the act itself. The fact that it was alleged it was a Nazi style orgy was what prompted publication of this yet it seems to have moved on to cover the whole bdsm scene.

The problem is the S&M side of things which, it is stated by the paper that "Taking part in depraved and brutal S&M orgies on a regular basis does not in our opinion constitute the fit and proper behaviour to be expected of someone in his hugely influential position" says the paper.

This implies that anyone who indulges in S&M is not fit to hold a position of influence. Why is that? I don't understand the link? How can you be untrustworthy if you are into S&M? Indeed, surely S&M implies having more trust in someone rather than less as, particularly if you are a submissive, you are putting your own life/well-being in the hands of someone else. What people do in their own private lives should remain just that and it should have no bearing whatsoever on the reputation of that person outside that sphere.