Qatar World Cup construction 'will leave 4,000 migrant workers dead'

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  1. TradeNurkicNow

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    Qatar (as well as the UAE, Saudi, Kuwait and Bahrain) imports migrant workers from Asia, takes their passports, rips up their contracts and keeps them as slaves.

    And they're hosting the World Cup in 2022. The Guardian is estimating that, at current death rates, a hidden cost of the World Cup will be approximately 4000 migrant worker's lives.

    http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/sep/26/qatar-world-cup-migrant-workers-dead

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  2. Denny Crane

    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    Wow that's insane. Didn't think this shit happened anymore
     
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    The workers should form a union.
     
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    porkchopexpress Well-Known Member

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    Between this and the fact that they are demanding the WC be in the winter (after assuring/bribing everyone to vote for them based on the fact that they had the technology to get the fields down to 70 or 80 degrees in the summer), they should just strip the tournament from Qatar and give it to the US. We have the stadiums. We have the fans (1994 was the most watched WC I think). The fact that they got it in the first place was a joke.
     
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    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    I blame Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
     
  7. BrianFromWA

    BrianFromWA Editor in Chief Staff Member Editor in Chief

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    Yeah? Well, you try dragging Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes.
     

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