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Another reason to loathe soccer
Posted on 3/7/14 at 8:22 pm
Posted on 3/7/14 at 8:22 pm
According to a recent investigation by The Guardian, since 2012, nearly 900 immigrant workers from India and Nepal have died from circumstances largely related to 2022 World Cup labor. If present conditions persist, up to 4,000 more may die “before a ball is kicked in 2022,” according to the International Trade Union Confederation, which monitors workers’ rights across the globe.
As of last fall, more than half of the dead had succumbed to workplace accidents or heart attacks triggered by the heat of the desert, coupled with squalid living quarters that often drive laborers to sleep on their roofs. One laborer told The Guardian he was physically assaulted by his employer after being forced to work for more than 36 hours on no food.
This in a country so oil rich it’s spending $200 billion on a sports event. That’s $100,00 per capita, versus the $350 per capita lavished on the pricey Sochi Olympic Games, $73 per capita estimated for Brazil’s World Cup, and $54 per capita spent by South Africa when it hosted the tournament (not counting Qatar’s likely hidden costs, in the form of alleged bribes to win the bid in the first place.)
“The overall picture is of one of the richest nations exploiting one of the poorest to get ready for the world's most popular sporting tournament,” The Guardian report concludes.
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As of last fall, more than half of the dead had succumbed to workplace accidents or heart attacks triggered by the heat of the desert, coupled with squalid living quarters that often drive laborers to sleep on their roofs. One laborer told The Guardian he was physically assaulted by his employer after being forced to work for more than 36 hours on no food.
This in a country so oil rich it’s spending $200 billion on a sports event. That’s $100,00 per capita, versus the $350 per capita lavished on the pricey Sochi Olympic Games, $73 per capita estimated for Brazil’s World Cup, and $54 per capita spent by South Africa when it hosted the tournament (not counting Qatar’s likely hidden costs, in the form of alleged bribes to win the bid in the first place.)
“The overall picture is of one of the richest nations exploiting one of the poorest to get ready for the world's most popular sporting tournament,” The Guardian report concludes.
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Posted on 3/8/14 at 12:21 am to LSU1NSEC
So what does this have to do with your hatred for the beautiful game?
Posted on 3/8/14 at 1:27 am to LSU1NSEC
Wow. Your cut and paste has totally exposed the sport of soccer for what it is: completely unrelated to your cut and paste.
Posted on 3/8/14 at 3:51 am to LSU1NSEC
Soccer sucks*, but this thread sucks worse, I'm afraid 
*unless it's the USMNT or the USWNT in the WC or the Olympics, in which case it's completely and totally awesome #USAUSAUSA #WEGONWINITALLINRIO2014
*unless it's the USMNT or the USWNT in the WC or the Olympics, in which case it's completely and totally awesome #USAUSAUSA #WEGONWINITALLINRIO2014
Posted on 3/8/14 at 7:18 am to LSU1NSEC
Watching soccer as I read this...I love soccer.
Soccer
Soccer
Posted on 3/8/14 at 2:14 pm to LSU1NSEC
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Another reason to loathe soccer
Should be:
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Another reason to loathe The Middle East
Qatar (pronounced 'cutter' btw) has a very similar view to Dubai and the rest of the Arabian peninsula when it comes to others: If you ain't Arab, you aint' shite. This world cup is nothing new. I have been to some ports and factories in the middle east and can tell you this is typical treatment of migrant labor. Illegals in America have more rights and privileges than bangladeshis in Saudi Arabia or the UAE. If you are not a citizen (and there is no way to become a citizen if you are not born one, period) then you have no rights. You cannot own property, you cannot leave the country unless your employer allows it, and if you actually deign to speak to a native citizen instead of your manager (who is usually an Indian or Filipino (their manager is usually a brit/scot/aussie)) you will be beaten or worse. Wages range around a few dollars a day.
Living conditions are horrible as well if you are one of these workers. Air conditioning is ever present in the middle east, but not for you. The slums are kept carefully away from the pristine new construction, and are slums in every sense of the word.
Posted on 3/8/14 at 4:38 pm to LSU1NSEC
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According to a recent investigation by The Guardian, since 2012, nearly 900 immigrant workers from India and Nepal have died from circumstances largely related to 2022 World Cup labor. If present conditions persist, up to 4,000 more may die “before a ball is kicked in 2022,” according to the International Trade Union Confederation, which monitors workers’ rights across the globe. As of last fall, more than half of the dead had succumbed to workplace accidents or heart attacks triggered by the heat of the desert, coupled with squalid living quarters that often drive laborers to sleep on their roofs. One laborer told The Guardian he was physically assaulted by his employer after being forced to work for more than 36 hours on no food. This in a country so oil rich it’s spending $200 billion on a sports event. That’s $100,00 per capita, versus the $350 per capita lavished on the pricey Sochi Olympic Games, $73 per capita estimated for Brazil’s World Cup, and $54 per capita spent by South Africa when it hosted the tournament (not counting Qatar’s likely hidden costs, in the form of alleged bribes to win the bid in the first place.) “The overall picture is of one of the richest nations exploiting one of the poorest to get ready for the world's most popular sporting tournament,” The Guardian report concludes
I did not have to read any of this to know that it was shite
Posted on 3/8/14 at 5:26 pm to LSU1NSEC
They're over populated anyways
Posted on 3/8/14 at 5:30 pm to LSU1NSEC
I'm more pissed off at the comma in 100,00. fricking foreigners.
This post was edited on 3/8/14 at 5:32 pm
Posted on 3/8/14 at 6:46 pm to Dalosaqy
the vagina-shaped stadium is appropriate though
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