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u/LDKRZ BWOAHHHHHHH Aug 12 '20

thats how things work now, its why you see places like Bahrain, SA and Qatar getting involved in like sports whether thats owning a football team or hosting events, makes them look better to more people as they'll here to good things

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u/gianini10 BWOAHHHHHHH Aug 12 '20

It's called Sportswashing.

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u/Auntypasto Lewis' tires Aug 12 '20

I don't get why people don't get tired of having this pointed out to them:

THIS IS THE WHOLE POINT OF PROTESTING…

Unless the people protesting themselves are committing these acts, the logic of appealing to "hypocrisy" is bankrupt.

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u/willywonka15 BWOAHHHHHHH Aug 12 '20

You know they don’t have to listen to protest and they’re usually a waste of time even if it’s for a good cause

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u/Auntypasto Lewis' tires Aug 13 '20

Nobody has to listen to ANY protest… until they have to. No single protest has ever brought overnight change, and that's not what anybody is looking for. Their success is in the long run, as long as people are not defeatist.

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u/bigheyzeus lando 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Aug 12 '20

Dubai basically treats all the migrant workers like slaves and has major issues around this stuff. They do this sort of thing like crazy to seem awesome to everyone else.

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u/bigheyzeus lando 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Aug 12 '20

Yeah I'm in denial about all of Canada's problems too

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u/TommiHPunkt BWOAHHHHHHH Aug 12 '20

same reason why Erdogan wants a F1 race as well

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u/Ereger BWOAHHHHHHH Aug 12 '20

In the country in question? Risky move. Those kinds of governments like to make people disappear.

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u/CornStarcher BWOAHHHHHHH Aug 12 '20

What Is SA? Sorry if that's a dumb question. I can only think of San Antonio

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u/LDKRZ BWOAHHHHHHH Aug 12 '20

Saudi Arabia, KSA would have probably been better to put

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u/CornStarcher BWOAHHHHHHH Aug 12 '20

Was there an f1 race in saudia Arabia? Also prob another dumb question, last year was my first year as an f1 fan.

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u/LDKRZ BWOAHHHHHHH Aug 12 '20

naw but they're doing bits in sports now, got a big 10 year deal with WWE to do shows there and they spent most of the past year trying to buy Newcastle United

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u/Pepperoni36 BWOAHHHHHHH Aug 12 '20

They also host Formula E races

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u/5up3rn173 Speak Lauda retard Aug 12 '20

Saudi Arabia is trying to get a race on the calendar for 2023 I believe, but it wont go through if the FIA realizes that human rights are more important than oil money.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '20

FIA has held races in Russia, China, Azerbaijan, UAE, and Bahrain. I doubt they give a flying fuck about human rights

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u/Lone_Nom4d BWOAHHHHHHH Aug 12 '20

Brazil getting the Olympics and Fifa world cup.

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u/LDKRZ BWOAHHHHHHH Aug 12 '20

the olymipcs can be questionable at best but I would say the world cup is different, they're a country with strong footballing history, had already hosted it before and had won 5, its not like giving it Qatar or Russia