David Conn on Abu Dhabi and Human Rights

[Skashion]

You'd just lynch him there presumably.

No, we'd take him to Abu Dhabi first.

 

[Citizen in Pakistan]

He should be taken to court

What for? Writing about a press release? You'd just lynch him there presumably.

Human rights? What human rights? :))

For maligning the image of mcfc

 

[Zabbasbeard]

He should be taken to court

What for? Writing about a press release? You'd just lynch him there presumably.

Steady on PB. I'm no defender of Pakistan but let's not tar the whole country with the same brush.

 

[Citizen in Pakistan]

Steady on PB. I'm no defender of Pakistan but let's not tar the whole country with the same brush.[/quote]

What has pakistan has to do with it?:/

 

[levets]

Isn't he supposed to be a city fan? Strange way of showing it at times

He's a first class fuckwit who harks back to the day of stinking of piss in the kippax toilets and jumpers for goal posts! He has done as much to demonise the 'new' city as any of the journo's.

 

[Zabbasbeard]

Steady on PB. I'm no defender of Pakistan but let's not tar the whole country with the same brush.

[quote="What has pakistan has to do with it?:/[/quote]


Ask PB in reference to your location and "lynching"!

 

[bobom]

Abu Dhabi has a dodgy human rights record? Bear shits in woods. We took Thaksin's money, too. Ultimately, I'm not sure any money in football is clean. Abramovich? Don't make me laugh.

 

[pinkwheeltrim]

david conn on usmanov <a class="postlink" href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/sep/26/topstories3.mainsection?guni=Article:in%20body%20link" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/se ... ody%20link</a>

david conn on liverpool's blighting of anfield area
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/jun/24/liverpool-houses-landlord" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.theguardian.com/football/201 ... s-landlord</a>

david conn on the glazers
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2012/jul/04/manchester-united-glazers-shares-debt" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.theguardian.com/football/blo ... hares-debt</a>

david conn on abramovich
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.talksport.co.uk/radio/sports-breakfast/130702/conn-abramovichs-ten-years-chelsea-owner-200759" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.talksport.co.uk/radio/sports ... ner-200759</a>


This isn't a vendetta against us and whilst I've enjoyed our success these past few years, I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel uncomfortable about where our money has come from. All fans with this kind of ownership should.

Why in the world would be uncomfortable ? If it's one thing you should be grateful for everything they have done so far for the club.

As an environmental campaigner I have felt deeply uncomfortable ever since the takeover. Our riches come from oil, that bothers me, we are sponsored by an airline, that bothers me and now these links (whether spurious or not)to human rights abuses bother me. I love my club and still go to games but a part of me feels a bit of a hypocrite for doing so. Having said that I've tried to assuage my guilt by not buying any Etihad sponsored kits, (it's retro shirts for me) and by reminding myself of all the money the owners are pouring into a very run down part of the city. May 13th 2012 was one of the best days of my life and I thank the sheik wholeheartedly for that but if I'm honest I wouldn't really mind too much if ADUG pulled out now and we went back to mediocrity. At least Swales and his tele's never killed anyone!

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Interesting this. I initially assumed this was a press release that he'd just picked up on but I can't find anything from HRW or Amnesty since April. So he's suddenly decided to write a story about this out of the blue. Journalists rarely write things for no reason. They do it because a story breaks, they've been following something and have enough to go to press with or someone briefs them.

I said last night, almost as a joke, that he could have been briefed by elements connected to Abu Dhabi who are perhaps more liberal and want to see changes happen faster than they otherwise might. I'm not so sure this was such a daft idea now.

 

[The Flash]

david conn on usmanov <a class="postlink" href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/sep/26/topstories3.mainsection?guni=Article:in%20body%20link" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/se ... ody%20link</a>

david conn on liverpool's blighting of anfield area
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/jun/24/liverpool-houses-landlord" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.theguardian.com/football/201 ... s-landlord</a>

david conn on the glazers
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2012/jul/04/manchester-united-glazers-shares-debt" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.theguardian.com/football/blo ... hares-debt</a>

david conn on abramovich
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.talksport.co.uk/radio/sports-breakfast/130702/conn-abramovichs-ten-years-chelsea-owner-200759" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.talksport.co.uk/radio/sports ... ner-200759</a>


This isn't a vendetta against us and whilst I've enjoyed our success these past few years, I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel uncomfortable about where our money has come from. All fans with this kind of ownership should.

Why in the world would be uncomfortable ? If it's one thing you should be grateful for everything they have done so far for the club.

As an environmental campaigner I have felt deeply uncomfortable ever since the takeover. Our riches come from oil, that bothers me, we are sponsored by an airline, that bothers me and now these links (whether spurious or not)to human rights abuses bother me. I love my club and still go to games but a part of me feels a bit of a hypocrite for doing so. Having said that I've tried to assuage my guilt by not buying any Etihad sponsored kits, (it's retro shirts for me) and by reminding myself of all the money the owners are pouring into a very run down part of the city. May 13th 2012 was one of the best days of my life and I thank the sheik wholeheartedly for that but if I'm honest I wouldn't really mind too much if ADUG pulled out now and we went back to mediocrity. At least Swales and his tele's never killed anyone!

Do you feel this same guilt when you put petrol in your car?

Why do you not buy an Etihad sponsored kit? The profit goes to the kit manufacturer, not Etihad.

And your retro kit is produced using by-products of the oil industry.

Human rights abuses are happening in this very country, just look at the treatment, or lack of it, in your nearest NHS hospital...

Your stance is laudible, PWT, but it doesn't stand up to scrutiny.