You have no moral or ethical high-grounds to criticize Qatar. Hence your unwillingness to address comparatively worse own human rights records from western nations.
All the ad-hominems in the world won't save you from being a hypocrite. You won't even address your own human rights record, but will cry about Qatari wealth that is facilitated by western nations(U.S., U.K.).
Hence the ease in supporting PSG. Most all the crying comes from persons who are...
Does Qatar have a history of warmongering, colonization, imperialism, slavery, and genocide? It does not. Does the west? Yes, even into modernity. See: Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Libya, mass incarceration, etc.
No whitewashing necessary. Objectively, the west has a far worse human rights record than any Arab nation, especially Qatar.
Supporting PSG is easy when you have a thorough understanding of geopolitics. Whatever hypocrisy laced criticisms you aim at QSI or the state of Qatar is easily...
- Plenty of expats enjoy their experiences in Qatar
- How do you feel about the United States carrying only 5% of the worlds population, yet 25% of its prison population? All legal slaves eligible to be leased out to corporations. Disproportionately black and brown, nearly half of are non...
Revenue goes to annual expenditures, leaving little left to pay down billions in debt. Can't really think of any examples where carrying said debt proved to be a viable way to run a club or competition.
It's an unsustainable business model:
https://football-italia.net/marotta-on-serie-a-economic-crisis-pif-rumours-and-super-league/
https://en.as.com/en/2021/03/30/soccer/1617103543_826673.html
They had to release a lot of their players to manage 200m euro debt.
https://www.espn.com/soccer/german-bundesliga/story/4258001/the-fall-of-schalke-200m-in-debtplayer-unrest-and-a-26-game-winless-run
That the level of debt Barca is carrying is clearly problematic, hence their being rules against it throughout Europe. La Liga allowing to benefit their biggest clubs doesn't mean it's a healthy way to run an institution.
In short: Site has been functioning great and chat add-on (which is also paid) is also holding up. No crashes in recent year.
Having said that, forum itself barely makes anything through adsense. 15USD per month is pathetic and not enough for up-keep.
And if we can cover the server ourselves I would best take ads altogether.
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