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Re:BBC ignores World Cup opening ceremony in favour of Qatar... by nashashmi on Sunday November 20, 2022 @02:29PM (#33684334)
Beer lasts for a while. I don't see how there are damages and losses here. Inbev is a major supporter of Fifa. They did not give money to the Qatari govt. If anything, there is a more healthier society because kids can now go to games as well.

In fact they should have announced long time ago. More people would have attended the games.

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Re:BBC ignores World Cup opening ceremony in favour of Qatar... by cassianoleal on Sunday November 20, 2022 @03:35PM (#33684978)
Kids could always go to games. The vast majority of people, even amongst the drinkers, are civil and respectful.

Episodes of violence in world cups are few and far between.

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Re:BBC ignores World Cup opening ceremony in favour of Qatar... by nashashmi on Sunday November 20, 2022 @03:40PM (#33685028)
The vast majority of drinkers should be kept away from children.

The drinking brits would like to know how you came to that conclusion.

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Re:BBC ignores World Cup opening ceremony in favour of Qatar... by smcl on Sunday November 20, 2022 @04:17PM (#33685415)
Interesting to mention Britain, where drinking in football stadia has not been permitted since the 1980s. Bit of an "own goal" so to speak :)
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Re:BBC ignores World Cup opening ceremony in favour of Qatar... by nashashmi on Sunday November 20, 2022 @05:55PM (#33686414)
Haha. That owns everyone commenting here.

So the pictures of drinking brits fighting is actually from a rugby event? Who knew. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-59402277

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Re:BBC ignores World Cup opening ceremony in favour of Qatar... by smcl on Sunday November 20, 2022 @06:29PM (#33686688)
There are no pictures of people fighting in that article. This thread is not going well for you, is it? :-P
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Re:BBC ignores World Cup opening ceremony in favour of Qatar... by cassianoleal on Sunday November 20, 2022 @04:48PM (#33685772)
> The vast majority of drinkers should be kept away from children.

So, no children in restaurants for dinner for example? Or family & friends barbecues? Or weddings? New Year's celebrations?

> The drinking brits would like to know how you came to that conclusion.

I live in the UK. Most people I know here drink, ranging from seldom and socially to frequent binges. I know perhaps one or two that I've seen become even slightly violent, and it's usually followed by an insurmountable amount of apologies and feelings of shame.

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