Linkeker's less culpable because he is earning no direct money from Qatar
to say they are great. He's even said the opposite.
He'd earn the same money no matter where the competition was. He's as culpable as anyone else working there who had no say in where it is.
Beckham's job is to be paid millions to be an ambassador for ten years, and do PR for the government.
I'd say that's a different league of culpability. You think it's inane to think there's a difference between working in a country and endorsing its government. That's where we differ.
I'd have not known about his deal if it wasn't for Joe Lycett, so there's at least one person who now thinks he's a dodgy cunt because of the deal. I suspect there are far more.
Also, I've not actually seen Beckham doing any ambassadorial work for his millions (admittedly I hate football). Lycett spend 10 grand and got a story about Qatar's shit human rights trending for days. I'd say that's the real target, and so it worked as a stunt. His initial plan was to hold a Pride there, and had nothing to do with Beckham.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Tue 22 Nov 2022, 13:32,
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You make some good points.
I didn’t know the extent of Beckham’s role and renumeration for it before Lycett’s intervention either. Fair dues to Lycett for that.
Is Beckham worse than Lineker because he’s paid directly by Qatar? I guess, marginally. But he’s not as much as a hypocrite. Beckham is just an airhead talisman. He’ll jump on board any bandwagon world football gets rolling. None of this excuses Lineker. He is making shitloads out of this, and you think that because he piously wags his finger at those laying on the jamboree as he counts the cash he’s made out of it that it’s all ok. It ain’t. He’s a sanctimonious hypocrite.
I think we are on the same side on this. I just won’t let exculpation of Lineker (or anyone making money out of this) go unchallenged. The only reason I don’t go in as hard on Beckham is that I think he’s very thick, and isn’t intellectually capable of even trying to defend his position on this. It’s like blaming a one time Miss World winner for that misogynistic jamboree. Lineker is not as thick, and he is very vocal. He should practice what he preaches.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Tue 22 Nov 2022, 14:19,
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