Has anyone significant said no to the World Cup situation?
Just some pop singers I think. What a mess.
Curious, what role do pop singers play in the world cup? Honest question, I've never watched it, so is this for a half-time show?
European teams ditch pro-LGBTQ+ armbands at Qatar World Cup
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Re: European teams ditch pro-LGBTQ+ armbands at Qatar World Cup
#82Maybe I just need anti-depressants, but how does everyone else just carry on with the absurd hypocrisy in the world? Elon says he's going to tweak Twitter moderation from "ban" to "don't spread, but don't delete" for problematic posts. Reaction: American corporations publicly proclaim they're leaving the platform and cutting their advertisement budgets. Qatar builds stadiums using slave labor, sends rape victims to j…
Elon did quite a bit more than that. And I'm afraid there's no pill for being alive during a collapse, but here you are, and the party's just getting going.
>Elon did quite a bit more than that.
He also unbanned american conservatives that had been banned for not agreeing with American progressive ideology, and allowed the majority of workers to take a severance packet. The absolute evil of it make Qatar World championship look like a childs play!
Re: European teams ditch pro-LGBTQ+ armbands at Qatar World Cup
#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just some pop singers I think. What a mess.
Curious, what role do pop singers play in the world cup? Honest question, I've never watched it, so is this for a half-time show?
I have never watched either, but my guess is they are there to legitimize this event as a sort of a pan-cultural spectacle worthy of being taken seriously as a corporate distraction.
Re: European teams ditch pro-LGBTQ+ armbands at Qatar World Cup
#84What other last min rule changes will FIFA bravely make to keep the last few payouts of those bribes going. Between Fox and AmBev they are already going to making significantly less money at 2026 because of concessions over Qatars World cup. https://adage.com/article/media/fifa-admist/309601 Must have been quite a lot to be worth it, and can’t wait to read about the sweetheart deal they give ambev to avoid lawsuits.
I'm not sure which of these is worse: * (Awareness) Europeans who didn't realize that Qatar is a muslim country that doesn't allow LGBT advertising * (Asymmetry) Europeans who knew about Qatar's values, but didn't think Qatar would enforce them with the same vigor as Europeans enforce their values * (Naïveté) Europeans thinking that the reason they could impose their values on these types of international events in t…
No, it could also mean that events will fork between cultural systems. Not everybody puts money ahead of ethics. There names for people who do that, though.