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Originally Posted by IvanMC
Oh, it doesn't even mean some short-term cash flow problem, right? Life seems not to be a matter of paramount importance here; what matters here is the business, isn't it? Tell you what, we should take no notice of the world cup next year and leave everything unattended. The Hillsborough disaster wasn't serious enough for some, neither was the Heysel Stadium disaster (this match was only put off; then lots of people watched it and forgot about the deaths).
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Think they let the game play for fear of further violence, if they'd have called it off after thousands of English had been drinking all day in Europe, it would have seriously kicked off. Speaking of stadium disasters though, you ever heard of the Bradford Stadium Fire?
Bradford City Football Club Stadion Feuer/Fire! May 11th 1985 - YouTube
One of the most unreal videos you will ever see.
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Then there was the Puerta 12 in Messi's country; nothing seems to have changed since then. At times I find footie abominable and execrable, and feel like cutting it off my life for good. Aye, the article has made me go berserk. I apologise for my bad mood.
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lol I know the feeling. If this has pissed you off don't look into Qatar, you might explode.
Spoiler for Links:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/02/qatar-workers-deaths-fifa-world-cup-2022
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International pressure on Qatar to prevent exploitation of migrant workers in the buildup to the 2022 football World Cup escalated on Wednesday as victims' groups and the United Nations urged the game's governing body to act to halt a death toll that is already in the hundreds.
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...rld-cup-slaves
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According to documents obtained from the Nepalese embassy in Doha, at least 44 workers died between 4 June and 8 August. More than half died of heart attacks, heart failure or workplace accidents.
The investigation also reveals:
• Evidence of forced labour on a huge World Cup infrastructure project.
• Some Nepalese men have alleged that they have not been paid for months and have had their salaries retained to stop them running away.
• Some workers on other sites say employers routinely confiscate passports and refuse to issue ID cards, in effect reducing them to the status of illegal aliens.
• Some labourers say they have been denied access to free drinking water in the desert heat.
• About 30 Nepalese sought refuge at their embassy in Doha to escape the brutal conditions of their employment.
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http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2...cup-union?lite
The Aussies should have had it.