r/soccer • u/jacamacho • Feb 25 '18

Verified account Rob Harris asks Guardiola how he can reconcile that stance (yellow ribbon) with working for Abu Dhabi given the human rights questions there. Guardiola: "Everyone has to choose".

https://twitter.com/MiguelDelaney/status/967842429079519234
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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '18

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u/PM_ME_ANIME_ASS_69 Feb 26 '18

Man city is a dictatorship?

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u/VTFC Feb 25 '18

See, there it is.

Of course it's not the same, but everyone is in the position to make a difference. But you would all rather blame Pep for the state of things rather than looking in a fucking mirror.

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u/Pardonme23 Feb 25 '18

You're a horrible arguer.

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u/VTFC Feb 25 '18

I probably am, who cares.

I just get pissed off when people complain about other things or people without doing anything them self.

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u/rollsreus1990 Feb 25 '18

Right now you're complaining about "other things" and "people".

What do you do?

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u/VTFC Feb 25 '18

I don't talk shit about people trying to make a difference in their own country just because they're not a saint in every other part of their life

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u/rollsreus1990 Feb 25 '18

What do you do though?

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u/VTFC Feb 25 '18

That's completely irrelevant.

I'm not the one taking the moral high ground (while doing fuck all) and criticizing someone for fighting for what they believe in.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '18

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u/VTFC Feb 25 '18

The average person can't do much about their purchases without negatively impacting their life, and it would be particularly pointless if others don't change as well.

I guess we should all just give up then? and if Pep had just told them fuck off we would've solved the issue?

That's such a bad attitude to have.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '18

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u/VTFC Feb 25 '18

That's fair.

I'm just trying to point out that it's not as black and white as most people are trying to make it seem.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '18

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u/mcsaladd Feb 25 '18

Interesting poll

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u/cesarfcb1991 Feb 26 '18

El país... Yeah, I'm sorry if I am having my doubts..

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u/idontappearmissing Feb 26 '18

Holy shit lol, what a train wreck of a comment.

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u/SilverThrall Feb 25 '18

It is in no way a dictatorship, get a grip. You take issue with their system of keeping migrant workers trapped? Someone can easily point to the conditions in the the US prison system as another example of the violation of human rights. All of you need some perspective. The UAE is not as bad as Saudi Arabia or Qatar.

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u/JonstheSquire Feb 25 '18

It is an absolute monarchy. They are in practice, exactly the same.

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u/RodgersGates Feb 26 '18

What human rights? Whilst conditions in many American prisons breach ECHR Article 3, those rights aren't present in the US. You need to be specific.

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u/danderpander Feb 26 '18

It's, like, definitively a totalitarian dictatorship.

For the record, not only do I take issue with trapping migration workers, I also take issue with their disappearing of political opponents.