O/T Qatar World Cup

[Andy_Faber]

Wasn't there a world cup in Russia not so long ago? And in the land that originated BLM, the good old US of A. Brazil hasn't got a great record either. You can probably picks holes in most hosts, but Qatar has no doubt thrown enough cash at the problem to help it go away

Interesting comment on t'wireless a bit ago about the hypocricy of footballers happy to take the knee but also happy to implicitly support Qatar. Maybe the migrants put to death to build the stadiums weren't black enough?

[Trickytreesreds]

Interesting comment on t'wireless a bit ago about the hypocricy of footballers happy to take the knee but also happy to implicitly support Qatar. Maybe the migrants put to death to build the stadiums weren't black enough?

The migrant workers dying in Qatar, aren't part of the social media point scoring and virtue signalling.
Your profile will never get clicks, moaning about that.

Plus there is money to be made- FROM BOTH CAUSES, (KOFF)

[swaledale]

Interesting comment on t'wireless a bit ago about the hypocricy of footballers happy to take the knee but also happy to implicitly support Qatar. Maybe the migrants put to death to build the stadiums weren't black enough?

That is an interesting point, this would be an ideal opportunity for those high profile players (Rashford perhaps?) to withdraw from playing in the World Cup on the basis that it would be a small sacrifice for their career, but make a big statement.


However these things are all nuanced, in reality the English FA should have withdrawn from the World Cup decades ago, it was known to be run corruptly and basically a cash cow for Blatter and his cronies and hangers on.

There is an argument that says interaction with countries like QATAR will see changes in attitude and approach to human rights etc. The truth is in an inter connected world we will all benefit, interact with regimes that are run in a manner that is not exactly what we would choose and that isolating countries rarely works.

What the Uk can do of course is as it usually has but lately seems destined to abandon, lead the world is observing human rights, so Tricky your acidic comment about football players might hold true, if you personally hadn't in your posts espoused not observing the human rights of the numerous nationalities who have migrated to the UK and who you have demonised in an appalling generalised manner.

Pluck the log out of your own eye before pointing out the splinter in someone elses!