There is a pattern her with our club now. Firstly the connection with Aspire, based out of Qatar with an awful reputation for workers rights and now the trip to Burma which has given even Amnesty International the chance to question our club.
http://sport.bt.com/football/amnesty-international-questions-leeds-uniteds-planned-tour-to-myanmar-S11364266448845
Sad to see the club further misaligned with the fans as AR uses LUFC as a tool to further other business interests.
Pattern
posted on 25/4/18
comment by True North (U20816)
posted 1 hour, 50 minutes ago
comment by AZA (U5000)
posted 8 hours, 59 minutes ago
Typical b******
Has everyone forgot we are having a World Cup in Russia and then Qatar!!!!!
Yet everyone is up in arms about a second tier club visiting a different country.
Regardless of ARs other decisions this on its own doesn’t merit the reaction. It’s not like FIFA themselves can make comment given their corrupt nature.
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Russia and Qatar have poor human rights records and the World Cup should not be in either country. However Burma has been singled out as a state commiting genocide on its own people. We should not compare and moan that nobody is having a go at FIFA etc. This is beyond football and AR is dragging our club through the blood! I am disgusted the management of the club feel money is a reason to turn a blind eye - we are now at even lower depths that at any point in the clubs history.
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posted on 25/4/18
Visiting a country isn't promoting the actions of its government ffs
If I go on a holiday jaunt to America then am I condoning the actions of President Trump? If I have Cambdoian friends am I showing my support for the actions of the Khmer Rouge?
Being blown all out of proportion.
posted on 25/4/18
Long, really well said.
posted on 25/4/18
Long - maybe True read the United Nations assessments and various Human Rights organisations reports?
My personal view is that any country / failed state that's governance is extreme and is currently experiencing active atrocities such as Burma or Syria should be avoided like the plague irrespective of the complexities or who is ultimately to blame.
posted on 25/4/18
If this is where we're now sending the team off for bonding sessions, you really have to question how poor a place Flamingo Land must be.
posted on 25/4/18
posted on 25/4/18
comment by The Very Rev Wilko (U21072)
posted 1 hour, 56 minutes ago
Long - maybe True read the United Nations assessments and various Human Rights organisations reports?
My personal view is that any country / failed state that's governance is extreme and is currently experiencing active atrocities such as Burma or Syria should be avoided like the plague irrespective of the complexities or who is ultimately to blame.
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Maybe he did, but if you don’t understand the politics of those organisations and their makeup nor the history that has led to this very long running (since 1820s and then post WWII) conflict, you are likely to just accept those statements at face value and claim atrocity.
As the Rohingya are seen to be ultra-militant Islamist extremist by some who want to implement a Rohingya nation independent of Myanmar, there will always be divided opinions on the truth that is getting out and the basis for any actions.
Hypothetical Question: would you want to get rid of extremists from the UK or would you protect them?
If an extremist armed ethnic group tried to take over West Yorkshire and demanded it become independent and run by them instead of part of UK, and those attempts to take over included mass atrocities (both sides), what do you think the UK Government should do about it?
posted on 25/4/18
A government’s first duty is to protect its citizens.
posted on 25/4/18
Are the powers that be protecting it's citizens or themselves?
posted on 25/4/18
...in Syria and Myanmar.