Comments by "Deborah Freedman" (@deborahfreedman333) on "Hear from US journalist who was detained for wearing a rainbow shirt in Qatar" video.

  1. In all honesty, if Qatar was going to ban alcohol, and prevent any rainbows being worn, they shouldn't have hosted the games.
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  2. Qatar knew other people celebrate human rights, and should never have bribed FIFA officials to host Mondial.
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  3. Then Rome should not invite the world.
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  4. Don't invite over a known vegan, and expect them to eat meat. Don't invite the world to your country, then expect them to abide by human rights abuses.
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  5.  @enoughofthis  Really? How is wearing a shirt, with rainbow, imposing on others? He wasn't screwing another man in the street. He wasn't grabbing a passerby and raping him. It was the Qataris, demand he not wear a rainbow, who were imposing their ways on him.
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  6.  @poppy_anderson  It's football (a ball moved by one's foot), and it is the Qataris who are politicizing everything. If they had just ignored a few rainbows, this wouldn't be an international incident.
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  7.  @mofe620  It was merely a rainbow shirt. He wasn't screwing another guy in the street. Have a little perspective!
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  8.  @samsson6430  I've seen a lot of rainbow shirts and flags. Somehow I'm still straight. The problem is not that he wore that shirt, it was the stupid overreaction to it. Don't invite the world, then have a fit, because they are more enlightened, than you are.
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  9. All these fools commenting, that he should have respected Qatar's unenlightened culture, are missing the point. Qatar invited the world, and promised to abide by certain rules, like allowing alcohol at the games, and respecting women's rights and gay people. Instead, they continued in their medieval mindset, and harassed people. If this journalist had been having sex, with another guy, in the street, that would have been disrespectful, and merit detention. But, merely wearing a rainbow shirt is not. Qatar has shown no respect to those they invited. Such an inhospitable host deserves no respect in return.
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  10. Not one single beer allowed. Despite promising it would be sold.
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  11. And I feel, as long as it isn't lewd or immodest, people should be able to wear what they like. If you're offended by a rainbow, you're the problem.
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  12. It had everything to do with greed and corruption.
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  13. Tell that to the Qataris.
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  14. It's not just their backwards attitude towards gay people, that should have kept the games out of Qatar. It is also the way they enslaved foreign workers, allowing them to die from terrible working conditions. It is the medieval way they treat their women. And it is their banning of alcohol. If they had been honest, and admitted they would not allow alcohol, they would never have gotten the games, despite billions in bribes. Instead, they said beer could be sold, then reneged the day before the first match. Football was invented by the Brits, and is often called "the English game", and British football fans expect to be able to drink beer. It is as much a part of the experience, as scarves with team colors. If they are unwilling to stomach other nation's cultural norms, they should never have hosted the games.
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  15. No, it is not their event. It is a world event. A game invented by the British, played all over the world. Qatar does not own it.
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  16. But, football is the English Game. The rules were set a long time ago, Qatar doesn't get to change them.
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  17. If Qatar has such little respect, for the cultures of other countries, they should not have hosted the games. They wanted the fame and recognition, hosting Mondial brings, without having to honor any human rights. They even banned alcohol, at the games, despite it being a proviso of hosting them. This is a complete slap in the face to British and Australian fans. Beer and football go hand in hand. They should not have brought in one, without accepting the other.
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  18.  @thedissidentleftist6997  Really? Which Olympic officials took billions in bribes, to give the games to a country, inhospitable in both climate and societal norms?
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  19.  @michellegalli3906  Thank you!
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  20. Tell that to the Qataris. When they visit other countries, they continue to follow their ways. Then they invite the world in, and demand everyone conform to their backwards ways.
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  21. No. He was not a tourist. Qatar invited the world to come, then acted offended that other people are not as backwards as they are.
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  22. If Qatar cannot behave itself, and stop harassing other people for being more enlightened, they shouldn't have hosted the games.
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  23. Why? They clearly have no respect for others.
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