Burma

There is no debate.
No club would have played in 1930’s Germany or Bosnia in the 80/90’s.
We are talkkng about genocide! GENOCIDE! What is the feckkng debate!?!?

How about China? Would it be OK to play there? Or Thailand - where they import thousands of Burmese to work basically as slaves?

Plenty of top clubs play friendlies against Chinese/Russian/Turkish teams. Two of those countries send teams into the Champions League ffs. None of them have good human rights records. Playing a game there isn't saying you approve of it

comment by True North (U20816)
posted 22 hours, 10 minutes ago
There is no debate.
No club would have played in 1930’s Germany or Bosnia in the 80/90’s.
We are talkkng about genocide! GENOCIDE! What is the feckkng debate!?!?
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I think the England team gave the Na zii salute at the 1936 olympics.

Sorry it was 1938:

https://timeline.com/british-soccer-players-give-nazi-salute-1cc5a50ea451

comment by Stoopo (U4707)
posted 1 hour, 52 minutes ago
Sorry it was 1938:

https://timeline.com/british-soccer-players-give-nazi-salute-1cc5a50ea451
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Wow!!!!

Wouldn't have believed it if I did not see it!

80 years ago, not so long ago.

Do they murder them, men, women and children? Two poor examples to try and justify a misinformed, naive tour.

comment by Stoopo (U4707)
posted 10 hours, 1 minute ago
comment by True North (U20816)
posted 22 hours, 10 minutes ago
There is no debate.
No club would have played in 1930’s Germany or Bosnia in the 80/90’s.
We are talkkng about genocide! GENOCIDE! What is the feckkng debate!?!?
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I think the England team gave the Na zii salute at the 1936 olympics.
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Not all the team did - against the orders of the FA. However, are you saying because they did we are ok to visit a nation that will give credibility to a genocidal government?

Stoopo makes a valid point, I worked in Saudi Arabia.

Taking the moral high ground I guess I should have recognised the poor human rights record and declined the offer. I didn't and thankfully met some fantastic people out there, rich and poor (and incredibly rich too).

However, it is a poor decision that does nothing but attract negativity from all quarters.

True North, looking at that photo there does seem to be 11 arms in that salute!..