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Tato7069 t1_ivvg7oh wrote

Reply to comment by Tapprunner in FIFA designate human rights as political message by Dance-Psychological

No, not at all, FIFA did something wrong, and I don't really care for soccer at all, but billions of people wait years for it, don't have to try to make them feel like pieces of shit for doing something they only get to do 15 or so times in their lives.

The point of the original comment being that things you like also have shitty origins, and you're willing to turn a blind eye to that, while casting stones at soccer fans like they're the worst people in existence

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Tapprunner t1_ivvoh2t wrote

It's a sporting event. This isn't like "you might only get to see this member of your family 15 more times in your life." It's "you might get to watch this soccer tournament 14 times rather than 15.

I'm saying we should all do better. I'm not asking for 1000% perfection here. But when you do find out that something was produced with slave labor, you shouldn't help the oppressor. So, yeah, if a person knows that the Qatar stadiums were made with slave labor and they watch the games anyway, they are doing something wrong. That is a bad thing that they ought to be ashamed of.

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Tato7069 t1_ivvotyt wrote

Okay, so you should be ashamed of yourself too. Everyone should be ashamed all the time, living their lives feeling like shit for any good thing they have in their life.

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Sids1188 t1_iwxoj6m wrote

>something they only get to do 15 or so times in their lives.

And even less if they happen to be one of the workers building the stadiums.

/snark

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