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Just. Don't. Go. If you expected a Western country and a Western lifestyle, you were staggeringly inattentive and naive. It's a strict, religious country that
by jleyank 4y ago
Just. Don't. Go.
If you expected a Western country and a Western lifestyle, you were staggeringly inattentive and naive. It's a strict, religious country that demands respect (and conformity) to its laws and way of life. They made no secret of this. Anybody assuming that FIFA being involved or lots of money being exchanged would change anything was on drugs.
It is what it is. They wish to be what they are, and that should be respected. But it should not be visited unless you are of like mind. But as I've written before, the teams and FIFA don't seem to mind. And we'll see whether the punters mind.
- saghm 4y agoThe article says that the announcement that fans couldn't drink beer was a reversal of a previously stated policy. Was this not the case, or can you explain why people should have expected that the previous policy statement shouldn't have been taken seriously? Given the precedent the articles cites of Brazil literally changing national laws based on FIFA lobbying, it's not obvious why the assumption should have been that the previous policy was either in error or an an attempt to pressure Qatar that would inevitably fail rather than it being an announcement of a deal that was worked out behind closed doors and the parties wanted to keep out of the spotlight.