Media thread 2022/23

[bluealf]

But you are taking the moral high ground.

You just can't see it.

I'm not talking about moral equivalence, that's a blind alley.

The west can't bring about change if it presupposes that its set of values are universal, they're not. Where everyone else is judged along a sliding scale of values that we write and where we are at its pinnacle.

But even if one believes that the principles the west promotes are universal, that western liberal democracy is the benchmark against which everyone else must be judged, what sanctions are justified in their pursuit? We don't talk to China about climate change? We sanction countries and whole populations coz they're not like us? We don't let a Prince in the UAE own a football club?

Yet, like the hypocrites we are, despite the fact we write these "universal" rules and selectively punishes those we proclaim fall short, we don't adhere to them ourselves! Nevertheless we do demand those countries we don't particularly like should.

A little humility and introspection is needed, a little seeing it as they see it wouldn't go amiss.

So after all of that, where does that leave the ensalved Muslim workers in Chinese sweatshops?

Or should the bad west not mention them?

It was quite the simple statement to start with tbh

 

[bluealf]

A more relevant report would be money badly spent.
Maguire 80
Sancho 70
Martial 50
Right back 50
Van Don beek 40 ( but worth 80)
Traore 40

None of whom the manager wants. Whereas the City squad though smaller is trusted by Pep to play.

Smaller?

We've the biggest squad in world football or so they tell us.

 

[LongsightM13]

Delooney has jumped the shark, now a support act/warm up man for Tebas the fascist

 

[asahartford1]

Who is Traore?

He is one of those who changes his name, was an illegal alien in Italy, child trafficked. Played for Atalanta, or rather didn't play, United bought him for 20 million rising to 40 million . On loan at Sunderland , goes by Diallo now.

 

[The perfect fumble]

So after all of that, where does that leave the ensalved Muslim workers in Chinese sweatshops?

Or should the bad west not mention them?

It was quite the simple statement to start with tbh

They're in the same place as victims of FGM, of thousands of incarcerated African Americans, of the Rohingya in Myanmar, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and Native Americans 150 years ago.

 

[asahartford1]

Smaller?

We've the biggest squad in world football or so they tell us.

Of course if you take the Telegraoh or Male you may well think so -;)

 

[aguero93:20]

Of course if you take the Telegraoh or Male you may well think so -;)

Sexist

 

[asahartford1]

Sexist

Much worse than that.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Delooney has jumped the shark, now a support act/warm up man for Tebas the fascist

Funny. Even they use quotation marks for "sportswashing", which is ironic as the word has entered it's first respected dictionary with a definition that doesn't include the word "countries" at all but only refers to sponsorship or promotion of sporting events.

WhatsApp group 2/10. Must try harder.

 

[ballbag]

Chris Bascombe in The Telegraph, using the timeless classics "reportedly" and "around" in place of facts....

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And that's pain in its written form. I fucking love it.