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abrandis t1_ix8tw2t wrote

Reply to comment by eXistencial_v0iD in England, Germany and other European nations will not wear OneLove armband. by carlosabia

Exactly, FiFa has Qatar by the balls, they should let the players protest , what is the emirate going to do , arrest well known soccer players...

If FiFa wants to use soccer as a way to champion the good values of humanity it needs to grow a backbone and say and do the right thing... Qatar could of course threaten to cancel the whole thing but they won't...

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WPeachtreeSt t1_ix97txv wrote

>If FiFa wants to use soccer as a way to champion the good values of humanity

Lmao. No. They really don't give a shit about that. FIFA is wildly corrupt.

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MaimedJester t1_ix9c2yz wrote

Like we knew Russia was bad, and in Brazil there were other huge problems, but Qatar might be the worst location on earth to host international attention outside like the DMZ between North and South Korea or the Gaza Strip.

I don't think Qatar could possibly be ready for when their cops beat a Chinese and Canadian man to death for holding hands in the street going to a match...

There's going to be a murder by Qatar cops about something most of the the world considers a minor offense like drunk in public. Yeah I'd be fine with Drunk in public guy getting escorted into a paddy wagon and paying a fine when he wakes up next morning.

Qatar will probably beat that man to death on the street and someone's gonna catch video of it and cause international incident with random German citizen being killed by Qatar cops over nothing.

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EyeHaveNoBanana t1_ixalk11 wrote

Men hold hands all the time in public in Qatar. Literally all the time. Holding hands is allowed more for same sex than opposite sex people.

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White___Velvet t1_ixac3i2 wrote

> If FiFa wants to use soccer as a way to champion the good values of humanity

I... uh... I've got some bad news fam.

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