RIP to the 6,500+ migrants that were used as slaves to build the stadiums and the "hotels" or better yet, trailers for fans to stay in for an absurd price per night. FIFA doesn't give a s**t about the casualties as long as the money hits the bank accounts.
Also, I refuse to believe that the actual cost of the whole WC by Qatar us 10X the 2nd highest previous record. I wonder how much bribe money FIFA got and where else the many billions went.
Kudos the moral outrage for the Qatari practices that just started when hosting the world soccer championships
No moral outrage before because they weren't doing it yet
Always be moral, and OUTRAGED. Just beware the strong moral outrage of the other side.
The moral outrage is more about the hypocrisy of the footballing world, which has become increasingly politicized and part of the WOKE agenda.
For example, the England football team will 'take the knee' before their game against Iran today. So these ponces earning hundreds of thousands a week for kicking a leather ball about, will get on their knees and virtue signal for a black American thug who once pressed a gun against a pregnant woman's stomach, before playing against the national team of a State whose police have killed over 450 civilians in the past few weeks protesting about the murder of a young woman for going out uncovered, in a World Cup hosted by a country where homosexuality is illegal, women have no rights, and Indian and Bangladeshi workers are treated literally as slaves for their rich Arab owners.
Kudos the moral outrage for the Qatari practices that just started when hosting the world soccer championships
No moral outrage before because they weren't doing it yet
Always be moral, and OUTRAGED. Just beware the strong moral outrage of the other side.
The moral outrage is more about the hypocrisy of the footballing world, which has become increasingly politicized and part of the WOKE agenda.
For example, the England football team will 'take the knee' before their game against Iran today. So these ponces earning hundreds of thousands a week for kicking a leather ball about, will get on their knees and virtue signal for a black American thug who once pressed a gun against a pregnant woman's stomach, before playing against the national team of a State whose police have killed over 450 civilians in the past few weeks protesting about the murder of a young woman for going out uncovered, in a World Cup hosted by a country where homosexuality is illegal, women have no rights, and Indian and Bangladeshi workers are treated literally as slaves for their rich Arab owners.
instead of this ridiculous virtue claiming kneeling nonsense, they should form a conga and pretend booger each other...........
For example, the England football team will 'take the knee' before their game against Iran today. So these ponces earning hundreds of thousands a week for kicking a leather ball about, will get on their knees and virtue signal for a black American thug who once pressed a gun against a pregnant woman's stomach, before playing against the national team of a State whose police have killed over 450 civilians in the past few weeks protesting about the murder of a young woman for going out uncovered, in a World Cup hosted by a country where homosexuality is illegal, women have no rights, and Indian and Bangladeshi workers are treated literally as slaves for their rich Arab owners.
This may be the definitive statement of our time, sadly. Bravo.
Kudos the moral outrage for the Qatari practices that just started when hosting the world soccer championships
No moral outrage before because they weren't doing it yet
Always be moral, and OUTRAGED. Just beware the strong moral outrage of the other side.
The moral outrage is more about the hypocrisy of the footballing world, which has become increasingly politicized and part of the WOKE agenda.
For example, the England football team will 'take the knee' before their game against Iran today. So these ponces earning hundreds of thousands a week for kicking a leather ball about, will get on their knees and virtue signal for a black American thug who once pressed a gun against a pregnant woman's stomach, before playing against the national team of a State whose police have killed over 450 civilians in the past few weeks protesting about the murder of a young woman for going out uncovered, in a World Cup hosted by a country where homosexuality is illegal, women have no rights, and Indian and Bangladeshi workers are treated literally as slaves for their rich Arab owners.
1. They are not taking a knee for any American.
2. All 3 Black players on the field scored for England in the first half.
Wow. After 72 minutes. 5 goals by England. All scored by the only 4 Black players on the field, including two who were booed by their racist countrymen last year at the European Championships last year. Let's see how long before they turn on them this tournament. Well done, Saka, Bellingham, Rashford and Sterling.
Moreover, the same people and corporations who push to move an all-star game out of somewhere like North Carolina, Georgia or Florida due to transgender bathroom laws or slightly non-progressive election laws will silently support the world cup in Qatar, where gay and trans people can be literally killed.
I don't know a single person who is supporting Qatar or FIFA right now.
Wow. After 72 minutes. 5 goals by England. All scored by the only 4 Black players on the field, including two who were booed by their racist countrymen last year at the European Championships last year. Let's see how long before they turn on them this tournament. Well done, Saka, Bellingham, Rashford and Sterling.
As I recall, they were booed for missing their penalty kicks, not for their skin hue. But whatever.
Wow. After 72 minutes. 5 goals by England. All scored by the only 4 Black players on the field, including two who were booed by their racist countrymen last year at the European Championships last year. Let's see how long before they turn on them this tournament. Well done, Saka, Bellingham, Rashford and Sterling.
As I recall, they were booed for missing their penalty kicks, not for their skin hue. But whatever.
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Soccer is not that popular in Qatar. Pro games in Qatar get barely a thousand fans and women never attend soccer games. Soccer is one of the most popular sports in Qatar, but it is nothing like the popularity in Europe, or the Americas.
World Cup TV is being careful not to show fans because Qatar has a dress code for female fans and will prosecute anyone who is seen on TV not wearing proper "modest" attire.
Qatar bought the world cup because the Saudis and the Emirates have been in a dick measuring contest. They have all spent the last two decades building giant towers and floating resorts. They try to get sporting events like tennis, golf, grand prix, T&F etc. to pretend like they are just as important as any European or American capitol and not some bizarre mirage in the desert where all their money can cover up the fact that they still have the same social structures and mores that they had when they were just a bunch of nomadic tribes in the 1950s when oil companies discovered that you could jam a broomstick into the sand and oil would come pouring out.
I don't understand all the issues with Qatar? If you chose to hold your competition in this country then you should be respectful of their laws. All of this was known going in. If gay rights, or women's rights, or the right to drink beer were so important, then you should not have accepted bids from places that do not allow those things.
I am looking forward to The World Cup it will be great as always, Wishing the small but Wonderful Country of Qatar Good Luck in Hosting this great event. I am looking forward to see how the Athletes perform in the Hot Conditions, I think of Qatar as being very Hot.
I don't understand all the issues with Qatar? If you chose to hold your competition in this country then you should be respectful of their laws. All of this was known going in. If gay rights, or women's rights, or the right to drink beer were so important, then you should not have accepted bids from places that do not allow those things.
If this is a deliberately ironic post then it's a brilliant one.
One of the "best" narratives of the Qatar bid was that it was the aforementioned Hassan Al Thawadi constantly plugging how the World Cup was going to be used to showcase the "new" Qatar to the world and how it was going to show that the "new" Qatar was a progressive and accepting place to live and culture.
All that did though was reinforce an underlying theme with FIFA in general which is/was how these guys covered up (justified) corruption with this veil of "the improving of....." In 2010 it was "We are bringing to the World Cup to Africa to grow the game and improve the lives of all Africans". In 22 it's the exact same thing.
So to your post, you are fundamentally right - if you choose to hold a world cup somewhere you should follow the laws of that country. I don't think anyone believes Qatar should change their laws/constitution just for a soccer tournament. The question is why you should even need to be in a position to even contemplate that. But then again maybe FIFA is all about anti-homosexuality and gender inequalities - then it's our choice to support them through watching their product (the WC) I guess.
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