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Should Australian soccer have boycotted the Asian Cup Final?
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<blockquote data-quote="nickdnz" data-source="post: 684853" data-attributes="member: 38640"><p>Mate, this is a bit harsh. I personally wouldn't go to Saudi Arabia on the basis I disagree with their culture and the many instances of discrimination. But it's easy to feel more enlightened and look at Saudi Arabia through a orientalist view - without considering that these views are not produced with venom, but a belief that what they are doing is morally right, a belief which has been reproduced over hundred of years of conditioning. Saudi Arabia doesn't have quite the same degree of religious views as ISIS either. They are both Sunni Wahhabist Muslims - but ISIS is considerably more anti-Shi'ist (although there is still a huge amount of discrimination of all religions in Saudi Arabia...).</p><p></p><p>It is a difficult situation I have no answers to. Like I said, if something is to be done I think it has to be a national consented effort to boycott a country. The clubs don't have anything to do with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nickdnz, post: 684853, member: 38640"] Mate, this is a bit harsh. I personally wouldn't go to Saudi Arabia on the basis I disagree with their culture and the many instances of discrimination. But it's easy to feel more enlightened and look at Saudi Arabia through a orientalist view - without considering that these views are not produced with venom, but a belief that what they are doing is morally right, a belief which has been reproduced over hundred of years of conditioning. Saudi Arabia doesn't have quite the same degree of religious views as ISIS either. They are both Sunni Wahhabist Muslims - but ISIS is considerably more anti-Shi'ist (although there is still a huge amount of discrimination of all religions in Saudi Arabia...). It is a difficult situation I have no answers to. Like I said, if something is to be done I think it has to be a national consented effort to boycott a country. The clubs don't have anything to do with it. [/QUOTE]
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