Qatar World Cup: over 900 workers died already, could be as high as 4000 by kick off
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Qatar World Cup: over 900 workers died already, could be as high as 4000 by kick off
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May 24, 2015 at 12:05 pm
Yeah, in a startling dose of humanity, that WC will me moved to the coolest months, which are still bad enough to put me in the ER, but whatevs.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
 RE: Qatar World Cup: over 900 workers died already, could be as high as 4000 by kick off
May 25, 2015 at 7:09 pm
Welcome to the world of professional sports!
It is about money, not about the health and wellbeing of anyone. As long as people pay to view or attend, the people in charge are doing fine. And given the religious devotion that many have toward their favorite sports, we can expect this kind of thing to continue. So, enjoy the game! "A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence." — David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
 RE: Qatar World Cup: over 900 workers died already, could be as high as 4000 by kick off
May 27, 2015 at 8:00 am
(This post was last modified: May 27, 2015 at 8:02 am by Fidel_Castronaut.)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32895048
Well well well. Looks like something is starting to happen over the blatant and obvious corruption in FIFA. I hope Blatter and his cronies are jailed, though currently Blatter is free from any investigation by the Swiss and US authorities. As to the OP, it's sickening. FIFA and the whole worldcup scandal is sickening, but this just adds the cherry to that rather black and haunting cake. Why on earth the bid ever went to Qatar, a country with no football team and no history of every having been involved in football, I'll never know. Oh wait, yeah, money. Shame that none of the workers building these stadiums are seeing anything like the back handers that Qatari and FIFA officials saw. Boycott the world cup in Qatar! Not that I know anyone who would go, but I'd be inclined to not even watch it on TV. Would be great to see that world cup tank under the lack of interest paid by anyone. The footballers won't care, they'll get paid either way, and the WC as an institution and tournament will be just fine because everyone would still see it the following round (where next Blatter, North Korea? If they've got the cash I guess!). RE: Qatar World Cup: over 900 workers died already, could be as high as 4000 by kick off
May 27, 2015 at 9:32 am
I want to see Sepp Blatter as houseguest on the next Big Brother.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
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May 27, 2015 at 10:04 am
Quote:but I'd be inclined to not even watch it on TV Not sure I could do that, I was all, "yay let's go boycott!!" until realising I might actually have to do something  I'm hoping the WC will be such a shambles that no-one watching will forget what a terrible idea holding it there was. The atmosphere should be terrible given that the locals who make up the majority of the crowd have no interest in football and their team will be out in the group stage and the football will be played at walking pace due to the heat
“The larger the group, the more toxic, the more of your beauty as an individual you have to surrender for the sake of group thought. And when you suspend your individual beauty you also give up a lot of your humanity. You will do things in the name of a group that you would never do on your own. Injuring, hurting, killing, drinking are all part of it, because you've lost your identity, because you now owe your allegiance to this thing that's bigger than you are and that controls you.” - George Carlin
RE: Qatar World Cup: over 900 workers died already, could be as high as 4000 by kick off
May 27, 2015 at 10:10 am
(This post was last modified: May 27, 2015 at 10:10 am by c172.)
Geez, this thing was one of the top stories this morning on Good Morning America!
Frankly, I know I'm probably the resident American soccer fan here (my avatar is an MLS expansion side for 2018), but FIFA has always seemed so detached from me. I've never bothered with following what goes on in Lausanne (it is Lausanne, right? RIGHT?). I assumed it was all so dry. Not so much now. I guess the USA was runner up to Qatar for '22.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
RE: Qatar World Cup: over 900 workers died already, could be as high as 4000 by kick off
May 27, 2015 at 11:18 am
(This post was last modified: May 27, 2015 at 11:20 am by Fidel_Castronaut.)
(May 27, 2015 at 10:04 am)Saxmoof Wrote:Quote:but I'd be inclined to not even watch it on TV Don't forget booze will be restricted, as will nudity/revealing flesh and other behavior deemed to be offensive (I wonder if women will be allowed to walk around by themselves in bikinis?) England fans will be fucked by that alone.  RE: Qatar World Cup: over 900 workers died already, could be as high as 4000 by kick off
May 27, 2015 at 11:22 am
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(May 27, 2015 at 11:18 am)Pandæmonium Wrote:(May 27, 2015 at 10:04 am)Saxmoof Wrote: Not sure I could do that, I was all, "yay let's go boycott!!" until realising I might actually have to do something I suspect englander football fans would strike fear into the hearts of ISIS itself, let along some gulf Arab sybarites.  RE: Qatar World Cup: over 900 workers died already, could be as high as 4000 by kick off
May 27, 2015 at 11:25 am
Wasn't really a story (AFAICT) until the filthy lucre hit the fan, the mountain of corpses apparently not being newsworthy.
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