German Jews urge boycott of Formula One over chief's Hitler remarks

[IndianaGreen]

Source: Haaretz

Last update - 20:39 06/07/2009

German Jews urge boycott of Formula One over chief's Hitler remarks

By Reuters

Germany's Central Council of Jews on Monday urged motor racing teams to boycott Formula One after its chief, Bernie Ecclestone, praised Adolf Hitler's ability to "get things done".

Ecclestone, 78, was quoted in the British newspaper the Times on Saturday as saying he preferred totalitarian regimes to democracies and as singling out Hitler for pushing things through effectively.

"No team should work with him any more - a boycott would be more than appropriate," said the Council's vice president, Dieter Graumann.

Graumann said Ecclestone was "either empty headed or unbelievably malicious - probably both" and said he risked driving the whole of Formula One into a wall.

Germany's Grand Prix takes place at the Nuerburgring this weekend.

"Just one week before the start of the Nuerburgring, the teams should make very clear that whoever praises Hitler, shows he is not serious," Graumann said in an interview with Handelsblatt newspaper. The Council confirmed the quotes.

Ecclestone was quoted in The Times as saying: "In a lot of ways, terrible to say this I suppose, but apart from the fact that Hitler got taken away and persuaded to do things that I have no idea whether he wanted to do or not, he was in the way that he could command a lot of people, able to get things done."



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Time for the Hitler-loving Bernie to go, and for his Number Two Max Mosley (who was photographed having his fanny spanked by hookers dressed like SS guards) to go as well.

[Dogmudgeon]

1. Max "Spanky" Mosley -- any relation to Oswald Mosley?

... who was the duce of the British fascists in WW2 ... ?

--d!

[Kurska]

2. Yes direct relation. Max is Oswald's son.

[Dogmudgeon]

8. As the twig -- or birch -- is bent, so groweth the tree

At least Alessandra Mussolini has sworn off violence and genocide.

(I'm not sure about the spankings, though; that seems to be an English vice. Italians tend to prefer romance-related homicide.)

:evilgrin:

--d!

[LeftishBrit]

14. Yes, his son.

[Sebastian Doyle]

3. Well... there is a little bit of truth to that.....

Adolf DID get the Autobahn built, and got Volkswagen up and running.

Doesn't excuse anything else he did, of course. But it does prove that he could have motivated people for good purposes just as easily as he did evil purposes. Unfortunately, he chose evil.

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[Hawkeye-X]

5. Popcorn time.

:popcorn:

oh, and enjoy your very brief stay, spammer.

[Dogmudgeon]

6. Hi, Stacy!

Get lost!

--d!

[Hawkeye-X]

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Come on!

[Lost-in-FL]

9. F1 is dead anyways.

The leadership killed that series. I am waiting for the teams to come up with a new and improved circuit, free of Nazi sympathizers.

[IndianaGreen]

10. Indy Lights series had a great race at Watkins Glen

without none of the F1 drama. To think that F1 used to race at the Glen decades ago.

[RandomThoughts]

11. Anyone that would defend Hitler is beyond ridiculous

It is also ridiculous for anyone to defend the methods of propaganda, control, brutality, and hate that Hitler used.

Many of the methods and things Hitler did, are still being done by many groups around the world, and those methods should be stood against by all good peoples.

People should speak out against propaganda and oppression, the scapegoating of other peoples, or those thoughts that try and convince people that one group is superior to another to break empathy and inflame fear.

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[paulsby]

13. chris rock

made a similar comment some time ago, iirc

[Octafish]

15. Buh-bye, Bernie.

Mosley can go to hell, too.

[Blue_Tires]

16. F1 needs a MAJOR housecleaning

leadership, rules, policies, everything...


(while we're at it, boxing and baseball could use a refreshening as well)