Qatar World Cup 2022 (3 Viewers)
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alexccfc99
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I go and watch pretty much all of England’s home games and get to as many aways as I can but do you know what, I could be sitting on a winning Lottery ticket tonight and I would still have no motivation to go
alexccfc99
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To be honest, I don’t think there was an answer that Southgate could have given to that that wouldn’t have seen him get any stick
chiefdave
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Did anyone see the documentary on ITV, State of Fear? Not good at all. And then there is this in the news today.
www.mirror.co.uk
Qatar World Cup ambassador calls homosexuality "damage in the mind"
Organisers for the Qatar World Cup have continually claimed LGBTQ+ fans will be respected in the country, but an ambassador as given a different impression on the eve of the tournament
www.mirror.co.uk
Sky Blue Pete
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Just madDid anyone see the documentary on ITV, State of Fear? Not good at all. And then there is this in the news today.
Qatar World Cup ambassador calls homosexuality "damage in the mind"
Organisers for the Qatar World Cup have continually claimed LGBTQ+ fans will be respected in the country, but an ambassador as given a different impression on the eve of the tournament
robbiekeane
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Liquid Gold
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If they're banning homosexuals from this world cup I think it's only fair the next one bans homophobes
Otis
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Cool. Hole and whole and creak and creek always confuse me anyway.
It’sabatch87
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Typical we’re on a great run and the World Cup stops it!!
Earlsdon_Skyblue1
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What a c**t.
www.bbc.co.uk
Awarding Qatar the World Cup a mistake - Blatter
The Gulf state has been criticised for its stance on same-sex relationships, human rights record and treatment of migrant workers.
www.bbc.co.uk
Brighton Sky Blue
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What a c**t.
Awarding Qatar the World Cup a mistake - Blatter
The Gulf state has been criticised for its stance on same-sex relationships, human rights record and treatment of migrant workers.
Australia missed out in favour of Qatar-says everything
Paul Anthony
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What a c**t.
Awarding Qatar the World Cup a mistake - Blatter
The Gulf state has been criticised for its stance on same-sex relationships, human rights record and treatment of migrant workers.
Was all OK while he was pocketing a wedge though....
Mild-Mannered Janitor
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No way the government or FIFA will let that happen, everything will be stage managed and quashed, the media won’t report anything and everyone will move on again after. They have had 12 years to quash this tournament and money still speaks louder than the realism of football or humanity.
NorthernWisdom
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If teams can go motor racing in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia etc, if boxing can happen in those countries... then they'll find a way for football to happen without incident.
(No idea if there have been other occasions, but last country to lose a world cup at short notice would have been Colombia in 1986, and they gave nearly four years notice!)
Brighton Sky Blue
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Those events are in those places for much less time than the World Cup, but I agree they found a way to whitewash the bribery that landed the tournament in the first place so they'll do it again for any wrongdoings
chiefdave
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Plus I'd imagine not as many people traveling to them. People turning up for a weekend at the F1 is going to be a lot different to large numbers of football fans turning up for a month
Brighton Sky Blue
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They're going to knock the stadiums down afterwards too.
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I wouldn't expect our Government or FIFA to do anything of course. But maybe some teams with more enlightened Government support might walk out if things go badly in Qatar.
Liquid Gold
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I doubt it. The situation over there is pretty clear.
If teams started to walk out after a loss or two then their stance is going to look pretty hypocritical.
Earlsdon_Skyblue1
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Bellingham has been absolutely dreadful for Dortmund tonight. The whole team looked poor, but him in particular was shocking. Not the kind of performance you want to put in two days before the selection is made.
Great_Expectations
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Would absolutely love it if this happened. I enjoy watching England at tournaments and despite Southgates likely negative tactics, we have a good chance of progressing.
However, would be happy to sacrifice all that if a world stance was taken at such a high profile event to show how backwards and horrible a country it is, while also completely embarrassing the shambles that is FIFA.
JAM See
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Something for those of you with kids perhaps?
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Grendel
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Guess you are refusing to watch any of the tournament then?
JAM See
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Fuck the Wasps
Fuck Sisu
Fuck Qatar
But I'll be watching too.
That's the problem/beauty of football.
It'll take an awful lot to keep us away from the telly. And I doubt we're anywhere near that yet.
Otis
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Am I missing something here? I do think it is awful that Qatar think of homosexuality in such a backward and completely outdated fashion, but what is the difference between going over for the World Cup and going over for a holiday, which I am sure many Brits do?
Just checked and approximately 10,000 visas are issued every year to Brits to visit Qatar
Egypt, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia. Homosexuality is illegal there too. How many Brits visit those countries year after year? Many, many thousands is my guess. See what I am getting at?
I know the World Cup shouldn't have gone to Qatar, but isn't there a degree of hypocrisy here in all this?
Why are we happy to go on holiday to these places (and I bet we do respect their laws when we do), but going to Qatar for the World Cup kicks up a stink?
I know it's the world stage and all that, but still...
Just checked and approximately 10,000 visas are issued every year to Brits to visit Qatar
Egypt, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia. Homosexuality is illegal there too. How many Brits visit those countries year after year? Many, many thousands is my guess. See what I am getting at?
I know the World Cup shouldn't have gone to Qatar, but isn't there a degree of hypocrisy here in all this?
Why are we happy to go on holiday to these places (and I bet we do respect their laws when we do), but going to Qatar for the World Cup kicks up a stink?
I know it's the world stage and all that, but still...
NorthernWisdom
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Some of those countries are a big draw for workers too, because of tax breaks and benefits. They have an underground drinking / partying culture which is tolerated by the authorities, as long as it's kept underground so doesn't bring public shame.
It's all very hypocritical really.
stay_up_skyblues
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Am I missing something here? I do think it is awful that Qatar think of homosexuality in such a backward and completely outdated fashion, but what is the difference between going over for the World Cup and going over for a holiday, which I am sure many Brits do?
Just checked and approximately 10,000 visas are issued every year to Brits to visit Qatar
Egypt, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia. Homosexuality is illegal there too. How many Brits visit those countries year after year? Many, many thousands is my guess. See what I am getting at?
I know the World Cup shouldn't have gone to Qatar, but isn't there a degree of hypocrisy here in all this?
Why are we happy to go on holiday to these places (and I bet we do respect their laws when we do), but going to Qatar for the World Cup kicks up a stink?
I know it's the world stage and all that, but still...
And a fair chunk of the Carribean, or at least it was not too long ago I’m sure.
Otis
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Homosexuality: The countries where it is illegal to be gay
The US vice president's vocal support for LGBTQ rights has drawn criticism on her tour of African countries.
www.bbc.com
Skybluefaz
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Roughly 0.016% of the country obtains a visa to visit Qatar each year. I'd bet most have family ties or business interests over there. I don't think based on those numbers you can conclude that "We" are happy to go on holiday there.Am I missing something here? I do think it is awful that Qatar think of homosexuality in such a backward and completely outdated fashion, but what is the difference between going over for the World Cup and going over for a holiday, which I am sure many Brits do?
Just checked and approximately 10,000 visas are issued every year to Brits to visit Qatar
Egypt, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia. Homosexuality is illegal there too. How many Brits visit those countries year after year? Many, many thousands is my guess. See what I am getting at?
I know the World Cup shouldn't have gone to Qatar, but isn't there a degree of hypocrisy here in all this?
Why are we happy to go on holiday to these places (and I bet we do respect their laws when we do), but going to Qatar for the World Cup kicks up a stink?
I know it's the world stage and all that, but still...
Grendel
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Egypt?
Skybluefaz
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