It seems you've highlighted the problem

Maybe with that attitude

I'm thinking more in the future than the twelfth century

I'll be more specific the next time I day dream

Always possible

Fair one. It was just a thought I had in the shower but the response says it all.

I just found myself thinking that it's not impossible, but people think it's impossible.

The original shower thought took that into account

When was the last time someone wished for that?

So it's not impossible...

Nah, it's just boring as fuck to mention it at every opportunity, as if people don't know their own history.

Exactly, people are trying to compare this with Khashoggi, which was carried out without the world's media watching and still blew up in the Saudi's face's.

There are many prominent journalists reporting on exactly the same issues he was, so murdering him would achieve nothing.

His brother is probably distraught and it's awful but people are jumping to conclusions way too fast.

Having said that, if it turns out to be true it's fucking wild.

Everyone is going mad over this but surely nobody in Qatar would be this stupid. The whole World Cup is a marketing ploy. There would be zero point in murdering a journalist. How do they benefit?

US are a good side but the Netherlands will be a big challenge in the next round.

That looks amazing, how do I go about making this for myself?

Bingo

And I'm saying it's not about me, it's about discrimination within Qatar of Qatari people.

Being Muslim is not normal to me but you bet your life I would never try to stop someone from following their faith and defend their right to practice it.

Your right about Russia and plenty of people did make a fuss about it then, not as much as today I'll grant you.

What's more masculine than one erect penis?

What about the point of view of gay Qataris? It's not about gay people wanting to visit Qatar, it's their barbaric treatment of gay people that's one of the problems.

It feels like that would just intensify the criticism and show how much of a farce this World Cup has become.

I suppose, I think calling their bluff would have paid off though. They were never going to send 6 European captains home, we'll probably never know what the actual sanctions would have been though.

Not wearing an armband isn't exactly the same as wearing one with the opposite message.

They should have worn them regardless of repercussions to make a statement but as a gay person, I personally don't agree with what you said.

I get that it was an FA decision agreed by the European nations but it is pathetic behaviour from all the nations involved.

The FA's reasons are that they didn't want to pressure players into getting booked for making a statement but surely that should be up to the players themselves.

Accepting a yellow card for wearing an armband would have been an even bigger statement but they all collectively shit their pants.

>I guess they still had to make money

This is the part people are disagreeing with.

They make no money from the World Cup.

You turned the conversation into something completely irrelevant instead of just accepting you got that detail wrong.

The BBC does not sell it's coverage rights to third parties. Rights to broadcast the World Cup are paid to FIFA.

They sell their own content to other providers, like UK Gold and Brit Box for example but they do not profit from broadcasting the World Cup.