Potted Shrimp wrote:Will you please respond to my previous post! This has got absolutely nothing to do with me.
In your previous post, you appear to be mixing up '
history' with '
hypocrisy'. A simple mistake for you to make, what with them sounding similar. The World Cup hasn't happened yet, previous British atrocities have been and gone and nothing can be done about them. If Qatar had previously treated homosexuals and women appallingly, but changed, then I'd be okay with that, but they haven't.
Did you know, in Qatar, if a woman's husband dies, her children become the property of a male relative. If there is no male relative to care for them, they are the responsibility of the state? Can you imagine, your husband dies and your children are taken away, because you are a woman? You say "
this has got absolutely nothing to do with me". Wrong, this has everything to do with you. There are three possible positions to take.
1. You support human rights and boycott the World Cup in Qatar: Not hypocritical.
2. You don't support human rights and support the World Cup in Qatar: Not hypocritical.
3. You pretend to support human rights and support the World Cup in Qatar: Hypocritical.
If you are prepared to overlook what is happening in a Muslim fundamentalist country, because watching football on TV is more important, then
that's your choice. If you agree with imprisoning men for being gay, and women for being raped, then support this World Cup, but do it somewhere else.
If you feel offended that your '
freedom of speech' is stifled by not posting about it on here, yet aren't offended that widows are not trusted to look after their own children in Qatar, then perhaps you should reconsider your priorities?
If enough people boycotted this sham, the sponsors would ensure that FIFA never repeats this. If enough people turn a blind eye, then the corruption continues. Your choice. But not here.