Saudi GP

[Jedi boro]

Vettel had still not recovered so he’s still out and nico gets another week in the car.

 

[Jedi boro]

Autosport claims the red bulls are now fixed.. I guess we’ll soon see.

Red Bull has fix in place for Bahrain F1 fuel system problem

www.autosport.com

 

[Abel Tasman]

Do you support a GP in Saudi Arabia ?

 

[billsykes]

Do you support a GP in Saudi Arabia ?

Only in the same way I support a GP in China, or Russia. Or a World Cup in Qatar, or the Olympics in China etc,etc etc.

 

[Abel Tasman]

Only in the same way I support a GP in China, or Russia. Or a World Cup in Qatar, or the Olympics in China etc,etc etc.

Which is?

Sorry interested genuinely interested in thoughts here. We have people who have been very vocal about their purchase of Newcastle and the cruel regime that they are. We also have people talking about this GP who have a Ukranian flag as their avatar. SA have sided with Russia. Watching a GP hosted in Saudi Arabia seems to be a monstrous hypocrisy.

 

[zzzzz]

Do you support a GP in Saudi Arabia ?

Of course they all do by partaking in it. It's an endorsment of that brutal regime, an acceptance of Saudi into mainstream society.

 

[Randy]

Of course they all do by partaking in it. It's an endorsment of that brutal regime, an acceptance of Saudi into mainstream society.

Or it could be used as a weapon to enact change in the country.

 

[Abel Tasman]

Or it could be used as a weapon to enact change in the country.

Personally that feels like an excuse rather than a genuine gesture. The way to enact change in the country is to not “play” with them In the first place.

 

[Randy]

Personally that feels like an excuse rather than a genuine gesture. The way to enact change in the country is to not “play” with them In the first place.

That's your opinion and it's fair enough Abel.

Ultimately the people of Saudia Arabia will eventually enact a change.

 

[Japsi]

Personally that feels like an excuse rather than a genuine gesture. The way to enact change in the country is to not “play” with them In the first place.

Change takes time. Remember how the British conducted themselves 200 years ago. The Saudis are changing at a rapid rate, but that does not meet with the MSM agenda.

 

[Zoophonic]

Change takes time. Remember how the British conducted themselves 200 years ago. The Saudis are changing at a rapid rate, but that does not meet with the MSM agenda.

That may be so and yes it does take time to change but there is no getting away from the fact that they are still murdering people and supporting the Russian side in the conflict.

 

[Cardiffdaffs]

Personally that feels like an excuse rather than a genuine gesture. The way to enact change in the country is to not “play” with them In the first place.

Wouldn't it be hypocritical of us not to play with them. After all we have been selling them billions of pounds worth of arms in the last few years.

 

[Abel Tasman]

Wouldn't it be hypocritical of us not to play with them. After all we have been selling them billions of pounds worth of arms in the last few years.

Yes. It stinks

 

[Unravel_Morrison]

Do you support a GP in Saudi Arabia ?

I'll probably watch it. I'm not organising it or sponsoring it. I don't even pay for it as I'm piggybacking someone else's Sky Go code.

If I usually buy something from one of the event's sponsors, should I stop?

 

[Abel Tasman]

I'll probably watch it. I'm not organising it or sponsoring it. I don't even pay for it as I'm piggybacking someone else's Sky Go code.

If I usually buy something from one of the event's sponsors, should I stop?

Freedom of choice and all that so no. Im not suggesting you'd anything of the kind - just interested in the thought processes involved.

 

[Unravel_Morrison]

Freedom of choice and all that so no. Im not suggesting you'd anything of the kind - just interested in the thought processes involved.

I don't think too much about it. My main sport is inherently corrupt; right from the top all the way down.

 

[Cardiffdaffs]

I don't think too much about it. My main sport is inherently corrupt; right from the top all the way down.

Perhaps we should think about it more as the world slips further down the road to perdition. Or maybe it's not worth thinking about and just enjoy the limited time we have on this earth.

 

[Unravel_Morrison]

Perhaps we should think about it more as the world slips further down the road to perdition. Or maybe it's not worth thinking about and just enjoy the limited time we have on this earth.

I don't think we're necessarily on a road to absolute perdition. I would think you could argue we have relative perdition in lots of areas of life. Humans are fundamentally fallible and can sometimes do as much bad as they find possible. For every person arguing we should boycott certain people or countries, someone else will argue that they need to be encouraged to change rather than punish them for their actions.

 

[Abel Tasman]

I don't think we're necessarily on a road to absolute perdition. I would think you could argue we have relative perdition in lots of areas of life. Humans are fundamentally fallible and can sometimes do as much bad as they find possible. For every person arguing we should boycott certain people or countries, someone else will argue that they need to be encouraged to change rather than punish them for their actions.

Do you think we should play football with Russia?

 

[Unravel_Morrison]

Do you think we should play football with Russia?

No. They've invaded another UEFA member. The team is a national one that represents the entire country.

Should individual players be allowed to keep on playing in UEFA competitions? Yes, I think so.