Qatar World Cup & homosexuality

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I was always taught that when you are a guest in a foreign country, you should abide by its laws and respect the culture, customs and religious beliefs of its people, especially when those differ from your own.

So when did this change?

This should be good. I'll just get the popcorn.

It changed when it became 2022 and gay people are ‘less than’ in countries such as this

Or even before 2022. I’m not a football fan at all, but what a fucking ridiculous decision

Isn't this a bit goady for a Tuesday evening? Your fingers must have been twitching!

Yeah, agree Nutella. Why did I bother? (God I could eat an entire jar!)

As an individual you make your own decisions. As an organisation that allegedly supports inclusiveness you make the decision that best suits your group.

I was taught that as a host, you make guests that YOU INVITED comfortable through every effort.

If you don't want to host a global event because you don't like the idea of people from different countries and cultures coming, you don't bribe your way to hosting it.

I wish you well in overcoming the deficiencies of your upbringing.

I’m not sure what your question is? Are the footballers going to be staging a mass orgy on the pitch? The fans will be drinking alcohol. There is zero tolerance for drinking in a public place, and being intoxicated. Yet, they are setting up ‘sober zones’ for those that have drunk excessively. Do you think they’ll arrest all those people in the sober zone as technically they have broken the law? Maybe they’ll set up ‘post homosexual sex’ zones too?

Homophobic laws are not deserving of respect.

Brilliant response

So if you’d visited South Africa under apartheid you’d have no problem with it as it’s the culture of the host country?

I think some mutual respect is needed.. Qatar need to cut the homophobic claptrap and visitors need to keep their sexuality suitably discreet.. whatever it may be.

Qatar cannot be surprised that football fans drink and some are gay. I was certainly not taught to invite guests and tell them their entire existence is abhorrent.

The fans didn't choose Qatar, did they? Or the players. It was a right dodgy stitch up.

And there's more to Qatar that's very wrong than raging homophobic human rights abuses - there's all the rest.

Straight or gay people will be in trouble for public displays of affection.

Obviously their laws are awful but people going there need to follow them.

You'd be absolutely crazy to go and risk imprisonment for the sake of a football match.

This.

As a guest anywhere you should have the decency to adhere to any harmless or inoffensive culture. So removing shoes as a visitor, dressing appropriately if you want to tour religious buildings etc.
It doesn’t include pretending you’re ok with discrimination. I wouldn’t visit certain areas in the USA and feel I should be an anti abortion, racist, homophobic, sexist bible basher, so I don’t see why Qatar is deserving of that respect.

Sure, you’d be mad to go and try it but that doesn’t make it a reasonable request.