What Is Dignity?

You have to laugh. Max Mosley has some front. Having organised an orgy in which his dignity was put at risk and possibly lost, he now claims that publishing the story about the orgy is the thing that lost him his dignity.

You have to really think about this and put yourself into the man's mind. He can look into the faces of all the people he loves, works with and represents with full dignity despite knowing he indulges in such activities, yet has lost his dignity now that they know.

I would argue, if there was ever a risk of any of them knowing then you should not have been having such orgies - if you were ever bothered about them knowing.

People in high places and in the media are a funny lot. They love the power and the fame but hate it when there are 'invasions of their privacy'. I do think that certain things should be private but when such a powerful, highly paid man represents the sport loved by millions then, like Politicians who represent us, they should be of good moral character - enough to know that whatever skeletons they hide in their cupboards are not going to make us think less of them.

Contradictions

Mosley was not at all ashamed to attend the orgies and get to do his 'thing' - that was never an issue. But he has a problem knowing 'that they know'. It's absurd and the legal system, having already supported him once, should not be allowed to support this load of codswallop again.

You play with fire, you get burnt, it's that simple. Just like stealing a car, you may not want to get caught but you should accept the consequences if you do.

But wealth goes a long way. It can buy you a new conscience that is suddenly very hurt that the world can share your dirty little secret whereas for the rest of us in this world it is something we have to be prepared to risk should we want to indulge. That he should have such a screen up to his own family is the mark of the man. Just like having an affair, after all this is not dissimilar, you risk your partner, family and friends finding out and associated shame.

But Mosley feels he should not be subjected to such shame - how bizarre.

In such circumstances, it is pretty important to have weighed up the risks beforehand. Are you prepared to let anyone know should, by some happenstance, they find out? Could you live with that shame and loss of dignity?

If you can't, you should not have done it. It could have been the postman finding out or a spouse, it just happened to be a newspaper. Mosley is just an idiot for believing his secret was impregnable - he should pay the price, like anyone else, for his own lack of judgement, arrogance and lack of morals.