02 X 289 The Blind Perspective 33: The World Cup and Qatar
Over the last fifty years, soccer, or football, as it\u2019s known internationally, has become a hallowed institution, similar to the World Olympics, and akin to the World Series of Baseball, the Stanley Cup Playoffs and the Coveted Superbowl.\n\nThere is a rigorous bidding to host the World Cup every four years and no wonder, as the host country looks forward to making millions of dollars in tourism, which does not make up for the over 200 billions of dollars spent to build venues, increase infrastructures and cleaning up international perception, and Qatar knows this, as the country is not looking at the short term and thinking of the long term, considering marketing, tourism sales and figures that long surpass the last blow of the whistle. Even FIFA claims that it\u2019s role is largely a force for change, but even now, Qatar has rolled back on some of the promises it made in it\u2019s initial offering, namely the ability of LGBTQ tourists to attend the festivities and the treatment of migrant workers and how their treatment is being heralded as modern day slavery, and this is not taking into account the racial discrimination of cultures like Jewish tourists and western tourists.\n\nShould countries like these be awarded hosting duties for major world events, or should they be sanctioned from doing so, amid other sanctions made towards them?\n\nJoin our panel, on Saturday, 4:00 pm (EST), 1:00 pm (PST), 9:00 pm (GMT), as they discuss topical news items of importance from a blind perspective.\n\nThe Blind Perspective is an interactive show, allowing for the participation of the audience. Should you wish to be involved in the conversation, please send an e-mail message to:\n\nwhoseblindlifeisitanyway@gmail.com\n\nOr, message us on our Facebook page at:\n\nhttp://www.Facebook.com/whose.blind.life.is.it.anyway\n\nYou can also Tweet us on Twitter:\n\nhttp://www.twitter.com/blindwhose\n\nCome join the conversation today.