vickster
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In your view.
Why can't they talk about both...it's not like very much football has actually happened as yet!
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In your view.
Why can't they talk about both...it's not like very much football has actually happened as yet!
maybe the media should have spoke up about it 12yrs ago when it was decided the world cup would be in qatar...bit late now really
vickster
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There have been objections and issues pretty much from the start e.g. an article here
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022...from-winning-the-world-cup-bid-in-2010-to-now
Dubai and Abu Dhabi (UAE) are different countries to Qatar to the points above. Qatar and UAE don't much like each other
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022...from-winning-the-world-cup-bid-in-2010-to-now
Dubai and Abu Dhabi (UAE) are different countries to Qatar to the points above. Qatar and UAE don't much like each other
Smokin Joe
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Recent World Cups have been held in South Africa (Rape capital of the world) and Russia, neither of whom have enlightened attitudes to gay and trans rights. I don't recall any fuss about those tournaments.
If international competitions were held only in countries with political and cultural views similar to our own four fifths of the planet would probably be excluded (Including Spain, where the age of consent is thirteen, enough to get you five years and branded a paedo here).
so they have no human rights issues in those countries then???
And thats from Al jazeera, any media documents from the BBC, ITV, Sky etc etc etc wh are all happy sending teams to all these events around the world and pay them handsomely
Bonefish Blues
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It did. It stank from the very beginning. You may not recall but it was awarded with the plan to play in the height of summer. It was only later changed to this time of year.
There is at least the collateral benefit that the treatment of Expat workers has been thoroughly exposed in Qatar and other ME countries. It was previously largely uncovered and hidden - indeed I only became aware when I visited friends who were Expats in Dubai.
pawl
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Shouldn’t have gone there in the first place given there equal rights history .
What action will be taken if England take the knee? Yellow card all the players Arrest the players for breaking some sort of rule.
Better warn the players not to hug and kiss the player who scores a goal or takes their shirt of .
What action will be taken if England take the knee? Yellow card all the players Arrest the players for breaking some sort of rule.
Better warn the players not to hug and kiss the player who scores a goal or takes their shirt of .
Brandane
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Can we get back to the football now?
C'mon IRAN!
C'mon IRAN!
whats moving the tourney due to the weather got to do with human rights, gay rights, migrant worker rights etc etc ???
Sheesh we are scraping the barrel for media sound biters here arent we......maybe it would have been better if all countries FA's put a statement saying , we aint playing in Qatar at all......
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Bonefish Blues
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I was attempting to illustrate that there have been major concerns expressed about this tournament from the get-go - and before.
Now, for absolute clarity, I think I also made note that the process has been a useful one in that it has brought the issue of human rights in Qatar, and to a lesser extent the wider ME to World attention. I also used my own personal experience to illustrate the it had, to a fair extent, gone under the radar hitherto.
Do you think that's a media sound bite (and I do note the slight irony in your writing like the Super Smashing Sun Copywriter - unless sheesh is a comment on the food? (or ????? as you would typically emphasise 😊)
Rusty Nails
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I think they did speak up about the unsuitability of Qatar, but FIFA didn't listen. And Qatar hadn't at that stage started killing migrant workers as part of their stadia construction.
so prior to winning the staging of the world cup, they never had any human rights issues???
Bonefish Blues
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TBF they were busily killing and generally exploiting them, it just didn't get wide coverage as it has in recent years.
Bonefish Blues
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Look up, and at my earlier response.
whats sheesh got to do with a sun copywriter....im 46yrs old been using the word for many decades
