Qatar World Cup in question following corruption allegations

[burek]

But I think if you have so much corruption just to get the votes, you should be banned from hosting the event. Give it to the US who was the other main country vying for the 2022 World Cup. At least they have the stadiums and infrastructure to host it.

that would seem even more corrupt

[TrumpIsPresident]

Wait till the LGBT people find out Quarar puts gay foreign visitors in jail. They even have a "gay test" when enter, or so I remember reading about.

[BloodGutter]

For a country that created an indoor Ski slop in the middle of the desert, I think adding in air conditioning is doable.



I'm not going to get into the whole laber thing

But I think if you have so much corruption just to get the votes, you should be banned from hosting the event. Give it to the US who was the other main country vying for the 2022 World Cup. At least they have the stadiums and infrastructure to host it.

this is in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and not Qatar :P though yes both countries utilize a lot of air conditioning (we have bus stops with AC's in them here) to beat the heat.

[Deleted]

If Russia could host the Winter Olympics and Brazil can host the world cup this year, then Qatar can host it too.

It's not the first lobbied world cup or olympic games and it won't be the last.

I'd say - if South Africa can do it, why not Qatar?

[N-7]

Slavery is apparently just fine, but some bribery is just beyond the pale?

Sadly not unique to Qatar, the all the gulf countries do this and the west seems to turn a blind eye because they're our 'allies.'

[Cosmic Janitor]

Well frankly I could see them being more enjoyable in north korea than quatar, though they are of course poor beyond comprehension (for a country so close to high tech countries like south korea and japan).

[papaz]

What a surprise that corruption is involved!

Who would have thought?!

[Butler to Baby Sloths]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p020...alflow_twitter

Interesting listen, should be able to listen to it outside the UK too.