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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
"Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that" - Bill Shankley
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It's all bread & circuses, my friend — the Great Distraction. The World Cup is now officially yet another thing drawing our attention away from such atrocities as what China is doing to Tibet (and this is just one of many situations around the world).
I understand what you are saying about money and power, and that is the issue here, but I don't think you make it any easier by blaming some amorphous system that we cannot name, nor see, nor understand. Blaming "the system" is a cop out. This was merely the disturbing decision of a handful of politicians, organizers, and likely some corporate types.