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Qatar World Cup - Non Football Related Thread

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  • I hear matches there lack a bit of atmosphere.
    Nice
  • That is exactly what they are reporting though. You just don't like the bad press that Qatar is rightly getting for making decisions like this 2 days before the event takes place. 
    Actually - I just prefer the media to report the full facts rather than reporting inflated versions of it, without any element of balance. Maybe naive of me to expect that though. 
  • They don't sell alcohol at any European championships either only that 0.01 crap . The timing is poor but not at all surprising. 
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  • surely people who want to drink are just going to drink before and after the game. Not sure majority of fans who are going out there are that bothered not being able to drink for the two hours of the Game. 

    More embarrassing for Budweiser if anything. Would love them to just not pay their next instalment. 
  • The more this world cup descends into the shitfest it's turning out to be, the less interest I have. I will probably watch the England games but that's all.
  • But that's exactly what we did - the anti-gay laws in a lot of the Middle East were imposed by the West, mainly us I believe, when we used to run the area.
    Even if that's true, they've had more than half a century to change them if they chose to. 
  • Wot no beer!  I dunno, it's all 'No this!' and 'No that!' Whatever's coming next, 'No ball games!' and I'll put a fiver on them banning betting too 😎
  • I think some of the concern is will they change their policies over other cultural issues at the last minute. Also how will their police treat fans who have been drinking that now have to make their way to the stadiums.

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    This new ruling could result in thousands of fans drinking in designated fan zones away from the stadiums then tens of thousands turning up minutes before kick off. Recipe for disaster imo
    Most of the stadiums only hold 40,000 and there is huge open space around each of them. 

    Once you take out the corporate etc, there won’t be ‘tens of thousands’ going to the ground all at once. In fact what was the England fan allocation for each game? 5-10k?

    Not everyone that goes is a raging bald headed piss head. South Korea doesn’t have a big drinking culture and their stadiums where bigger. No problems whatsoever.
  • Breaking news: Qatar have decided to ban enjoyment.

    All travelling fans must not celebrate goals, no singing and your not allowed to smile. 

    If you celebrate a goal, your gay and you've snuck a budweisor in, then you can say hello to the electric chair! This is going to be a great world cup! 
  • Would Budweiser have been made aware of this move a while ago by the Qatari government and already agreed to some sort of compensation?
  • If you agree to promote your business amongst this debacle, then more fool you
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  • Jints said:
    Even if that's true, they've had more than half a century to change them if they chose to. 
    And how long did it take us to fully reverse the 1533 Buggery Act?  More than half a century.  About 400 years more.
  • At least there won't be any beer for them not to buy
  • Isnt there Plenty of beer, just not in the stadium 
  • MrOneLung said:
    Isnt there Plenty of beer, just not in the stadium 
    Yes, but then the feeble joke works even less well 
  • When the world Cup ends, what will be the purpose of the stadiums?

    Will they at least be used for something? Something that will benefit or help a cause?

    They don't like football and it's culture. 

    Thousands of people died just so that Qatar can host a tournament of 4 weeks worth of football. 
  • Public floggings of drinkers, dissenters and gay people?
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    Dave2l said:
    When the world Cup ends, what will be the purpose of the stadiums?

    Will they at least be used for something? Something that will benefit or help a cause?

    They don't like football and it's culture. 

    Thousands of people died just so that Qatar can host a tournament of 4 weeks worth of football. 
    There is an excellent article on the bbc about their stadiums post WC. Many will be used to house schools, hospitals and shopping centres.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/extra/2p2y7yptfv/into-qatar
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