craigkillie Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 I also find that the best way to deal with social issues is to pretend they don't exist. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 "Well the UK shouldn't host tournaments then because they have food banks" is the worst defence of Qatari slave labour that I've heard yet. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 57 minutes ago, craigkillie said: I also find that the best way to deal with social issues is to pretend they don't exist. Whereas saying “down with that sort of thing” on a fitba forum makes all the difference. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 1 hour ago, jimbaxters said: The slums of Brazil are pretty grim. Russia's record on gay rights is far from admirable. In the UK there are people who have to rely on food banks. Making anyone involved in a football tournament feel guilty about the host countries politics won't do any good. On a scale of bad shit all those examples are miles apart. Also none of them exist because of the desire to host the world cup. Brazil didn't build the shanty towns for the construction of the world cup. Russia didn't become a right wing state to host the world cup and our food banks although shameful have nothing to do with football. Qatar build massive metal boxed camps with no air conditioning to house the workers who built the stadiums they confiscated their passports and withheld their pay, because of the world cup. I don't know enough to say about slavery more generally in Qatar, but slaves building the stadium, regularly dying on site, should not be controversial to condemn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 P&B has some lows but I think trying to defend Qatar is one of the lowest I've seen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 I’m not trying to defend it. Just saying that this is a thread on tickets so making political statements on this makes no sense. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 6 hours ago, jimbaxters said: Whereas saying “down with that sort of thing” on a fitba forum makes all the difference. I'd say it's better to do something to raise awareness of it rather than just standing by and clapping it through. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 44 minutes ago, craigkillie said: I'd say it's better to do something to raise awareness of it rather than just standing by and clapping it through. No one was clapping it pal. Again it’s a thread about Scotland tickets. There are plenty of other places on this forum to “raise awareness”. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lubo_blaha Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 I’d say a thread containing people who may be intending on going to the tournament would absolutely be the correct place to air such concerns. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Middle East Rover Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Yip but more likely I'll use Bahrain as a base.Yerevan in Armenia also a decent option as there are quite a few low cost airlines over in the middle east now which brings into play lots of other countries Oman being another decent and compared with the rest of the middle eastern countries a cheaper option than DubaiJust saw this. I live in Bahrain and there is still tension between the two countries so no direct flights. I wouldn’t be using it as a base mate 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 4 hours ago, Middle East Rover said: Just saw this. I live in Bahrain and there is still tension between the two countries so no direct flights. I wouldn’t be using it as a base mate Cheers thought that had cleared up....Oman it is 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Middle East Rover Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Cheers thought that had cleared up....Oman it is Hoping it’ll have cleared up by then cause it’s a pain to drive [emoji23] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 2 minutes ago, Middle East Rover said: Hoping it’ll have cleared up by then cause it’s a pain to drive Indeed...my plans kep changing...boy I worked with in Doha just retired moved back to Scotland so plan A scuppered...No direct flights from Bahrain so plan b scuppered...Now on plan c which is Oman...by the time it's world cup time I'll be camping in some sweatshop in Doha old town with no electricity or running water at this rate 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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