World Cup

[granfire]

you check under your bed at night?

If you look for terrorists around every corner, you have a problem!

As somebody who grew up in the 70s - not in IRA targetland, but still around terroristic activities, I can tell you that if you fear every shadow that crosses your path, you lose.

When your time comes, the good lord yanks you out of here. Blaze of glory or in your sleep. Eventually you do have to live a little.

Naturally you don't book a vacation in the Gaza strip, or at the four seasons in Bagdad...but seriously?

maybe read Anne Frank:
Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.
Anne Frank

have a little faith in your fellow human being! Those damn rug heads are just as fussball fanatic as the rest of the world, minus the US of course...

 

[crushing]

I thought this thread was going to be about FIFA corruption.

 

[billc]

Granfire, this is a written form of communication so a lot of the non-verbal inforamation gets lost. I noticed the world cup going to Qatar in 2022 and I thought it presented interesting security issues. This is a martial arts forum after all and I thought someone might have some thoughts about this. True, many countries host the world cup and between now and 2022 security will be dealt with in these other places. Qatar is different from and poses different problems. If China held the world cup, which it may have, they have their own security problems, we would have our own as well. Having flown out of O'hare, and having business near midway airport, the thought of bombs in the cargo holds of planes does come up for me. It doesn't in any way consume my thoughts but it is interesting to think about. I lock my doors at night but my bed is too low to the ground for someone to hide under. The closet in my bedroom is another story. My winnie the pooh night light does keep everything else away.

Granfire, I have to ask that you stop using the term rughead. Something tells me it is not a term of affection so please stop.

 

[granfire]

Granfire, I have to ask that you stop using the term rughead. Something tells me it is not a term of affection so please stop.

Your meter need recalibrating.
While much is lost in written communication, there is still the little thing called context.
Taken out of context 'rughead' is a less then stellar expression, but sadly you seem to skim posts.

But alas, one cannot engage in a battle of wits with the unarmed and sarcasm goes right over your head:

Rug head was in direct response to your not so veiled insinuation that any country in the middle east must be a hord or target for terrorists or incapable of putting a security protocol together, especially when they have TWELVE YEARS to work on it!

 

[billc]

Where in my posts did you get that notion. Qatar just got the okay for the world cup. It was in the news. I don't even like soccer, it is a silly sport. Terrorism is something of an issue around the world, it is a martial arts forum. Get over it.

 

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[Omar B]

Why start a thread about the world cup if you hate soccer?

Oh right, to muckrake.

 

[granfire]

Where in my posts did you get that notion. Qatar just got the okay for the world cup. It was in the news. I don't even like soccer, it is a silly sport. Terrorism is something of an issue around the world, it is a martial arts forum. Get over it.

You don't like the sport, don't like the location (still implying the terrorist threat) and back paddle on the MA location.
Oye.

How about London 2012, it's near by, it's soon, and everybody likes the Olympics, it has MA...and it has to worry about 2 sets of terrorists...

Not to mention all the socialist countries in Europe.


This is a very public place. Everybody in the world with internet access can read this.
Everybody in good standing can create an account and reply.

So, now you come here and proclaim some of the most ridiculous things here I have ever heard. A lot of them are outright false.
Then you get your knickers in a twist that people actually pick your argument (or lack of one) appart and shoot your whole theory out of the water.

Sad part is, it does not even take heavy artillery, a BB gun does the trick.

Your debate style is lazy!
You do not even bother to link the article you are raving about, or bother to copy and quote the relevant passages.
You do not use paragraphs, like I told you before, it would make the attempt of following your ideas a lot easier.

Martial Talk might be about the art of fighting with your body, but thankfully we are provided with this little playground to maybe sharpen our minds away from the mat.

 

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[granfire]

keeping you busy this week, aren't we.

I apologize for my part.

 

[billc]

Well, had I heard about England and the world cup I might have posted about it. That not being the case, I posted about Qatar because it was announced this week. When England's world cup comes up maybe I'll post on that. Depends on what I hear and what grabs my interest.

 

[billc]

Excuse me, I never said wether I liked or disliked Qatar as a country, never been there. Omar B says it's nice, maybe it is. I asked if it was a Shariah based country and wether woman would be required to wear a head cover to attend the games. Then I asked about security because of the neighborhood that it is in. what's the problem?

 

[granfire]

Excuse me, I never said wether I liked or disliked Qatar as a country, never been there. Omar B says it's nice, maybe it is. I asked if it was a Shariah based country and wether woman would be required to wear a head cover to attend the games. Then I asked about security because of the neighborhood that it is in. what's the problem?

www.wikipedia.com

 

[billc]

Yeah, I know about wikipedia, but OmarB has actual knowledge of the country. That is what I was looking for, wikipedia is one thing but an actual persons experience is another.

 

[Omar B]

Well, had I heard about England and the world cup I might have posted about it. That not being the case, I posted about Qatar because it was announced this week. When England's world cup comes up maybe I'll post on that. Depends on what I hear and what grabs my interest.

Shows how much you know about soccer. The Cup won't be in England for the foreseeable future because of inappropriate gestures by the English committee regarding hosting.

Yeah, I guess it did grab your interest. Should have read a little on the hosting and how that's done then. I'm usually curious about things that interest me rather than talking in half fact half fantasy.

Or did you mix up Olympics and World Cup?

 

[billc]

World cup, do they use the big orange ball, the really small white ball, the larger white ball with the stiches or the brown pointy ball?

 

[Omar B]

Yeah, sure the World Cup "grabs my interest" as you said. Though you said you hate soccer, obviously don't know the developments in FIFA over the past few months with respect to England, or anything about Qatar. So I guess you come to troll and post threads about any and every thing for attention. Daddy should have hugged you.

 

[granfire]

World cup, do they use the big orange ball, the really small white ball, the larger white ball with the stiches or the brown pointy ball?

On one of the other places I visit on the internet, the common excuse for a silly post like this is usually 'the drunken house guest did it'

 

[Tez3]

Shows how much you know about soccer. The Cup won't be in England for the foreseeable future because of inappropriate gestures by the English committee regarding hosting.

Yeah, I guess it did grab your interest. Should have read a little on the hosting and how that's done then. I'm usually curious about things that interest me rather than talking in half fact half fantasy.

Or did you mix up Olympics and World Cup?

I suppose it was inappropriate to point out the corruption that is rife in FIFA just before they decided whether we got the World Cup or not! Funnily enough they seemed to have minded their venality being pointed out so they declined to pick England, honestly some people.

 

[Omar B]

Yeah, don't get me started on FIFA as a whole. You heard about how the heads of FIFA have taken meetings with NFL head Rodger Goodell because they want to draw the kinds of numbers the NFL does. A good way to start is to be less corrupt.