Ahh, "the belief system is different".
Turns into a proper horror show when Amanda Stavelys face makes an appearance. It’s not real surely?
The Saudis kill people. Tony Bloom doesn’t.
Bloody hell. I don’t like gambling but equating it with beheading, murdering journalists, slavery, exploitative treatment of migrant workers and oppressing and killing people because of their sexuality, that is beyond ridiculous. It is also outright insulting to Tony Bloom.
Yes their belief system is different: it's bloody archaic. Absolute joke to compare gambling to the Saudi regime
Not sure they could lecture people on racism or morality when even believing in a different branch of Islam to the rulers can get you executed - like the 7 youngsters currently awaiting that fate for allegedly being involved in protests (the torture makes it difficult to be certain). One was 12 at the time. Saudi Arabia is carrying out more executions than ever, for dubious reasons. Not to mention chopping up dissenting journalists, machine gunning migrants, treating women as an underclass and still having the death penalty for homosexuality.
"The belief system is different" is a dangerous way to rationalise what they do and let's them off the hook. How much of that is because of geography? If they were a western nation doing what they do...let's say France...publicly beheading people for minor crimes, torturing people for their sexuality, slaughtering refugees, oppressing women and minority rights, imprisoning, torturing and executing without trial journalists and anyone who criticises them online or in the street, alleged links to extremism,...would you make the same argument?
Alcohol is also banned in some places and that’s fair enough but killing people is not simply another belief system and the fact that’s it’s a strict Islamic country doesn’t mean it’s ok .
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We have the opportunity to make our feelings clear on the 2nd of September - we can sing something simple like - MBS - what a W ****er - not very original . " A small town in Saudi " - you're just a small .... " We should definitely make a point -
You’re going home in a Sussex pizza oven
Acceptance of a wrong and going along with sports washing of a regime is thankfully not on everyone’s radar. Dissent is allowed otherwise change may never happen. I’m baffled by your acceptance.
The poor old Nazis always get a bad press as well. They just had a different belief system, that’s all.'different'??
f*** me!
Ask Beheddie Howe.
Jimmy Saville had a different belief system too.
