Valid argument we should accept & respect hugely different cultures hosting a World Cup.
Not sure respecting Qatar's attitude they couldn't give a fuck about the lives & deaths of migrant workers, who have made up 90% of popn since 2010, is a good thing.
Not sure respecting Qatar's attitude they couldn't give a fuck about the lives & deaths of migrant workers, who have made up 90% of popn since 2010, is a good thing.
As @tariqpanja's brilliant reporting detailed yesterday, Qatar is far from the only place where migrant workers are dying in their thousands in shit exploitative conditions. Hello Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Malaysia, to name just three.
@tariqpanja If you really think this is any kind of justification for perhaps 3,000 to 8,000 foreign workers dying in Qatar since 2010 while working on the nation's infrastructure projects, then head to an dictionary of modern slang and look up 'whataboutery'.
@tariqpanja We don't know definitively how many foreign migrants have died on these projects because the Qatari authorities refuse to say, despite having the data. They have employed multiple PR firms and law firms to lie and obfuscate on their behalf.
@tariqpanja This investigation, months in the making, was published in September. The World Cup starts on Sunday and if ANYONE from Qatar 2022 wants to debate this thread with me in public before then, please come forward.
https://twitter.com/sportingintel/status/1573957372120387584
Wasn't even intended to be a 🧵. But there you go. Strike while the iron is hot.
Qatar 2022 have reportedly paid $150m to David Beckham to shill for their World Cup. They have also paid millions to lawyers (hello schillingspartners.com!), dodgy PR firms (wave portland-communications.com) and umpteen small operators to lie and spin for them.
If any of these PRs, lawyers or spin folk working for Qatar want to get together in any public forum before the World Cup starts and talk about Qatar's lies and obfuscation about corruption and death and their 2022 World Cup bid and tournament, let's do it!
None of the 4-5-6 Qatar 2022 PR people I know and have dealt with over past 12+ years or more recently would be allowed to engage publicly. Supreme Committee CEO Hassan Al-Thawadi won't because he's a well-rewarded state-paid coward with no answers. 🤷
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