Women as domestic appliances?

I am in favour of giving people the benefit of the doubt when bizzare quotations are printed in the media -- I have been subject to that myself.

So suggesting that Hilter "got things done" does not trouble me, at least until I see the context. In fact, of course, Hitler did get things done -- but so did Pol Pot -- it's not the Nazi efficiency that wass a problem; rather it's what they were efficient at.

But the other quotations suggest Ecclestone is beyond the Pale (yes, I am using the phrase intentionally). Women as domestic appliances is obscene even if said in jest.

So Ecclestone is a pig, so what? Well, I am not suggesting he should go to jail; but I do think it is appropriate to say he is inappropriate as a representative of a major world sport and his removal is appropriate -- it sounds like it is long long overdue.


NEW YORK - The World Jewish Congress is calling for Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone to resign after he was quoted as saying that Adolf Hitler "got things done."

In the interview with London's The Times newspaper, Ecclestone also said democracy "hasn't done a lot of good for many countries - including this one."

In a statement Sunday, Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, says Ecclestone is not fit to serve as head of Formula One and calls on teams, drivers and host countries to suspend their co-operation with him.

Ecclestone, who owns F1's commercial rights, has drawn criticism before. He once said women should dress in white "like all other domestic appliances."