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[Football] China Pulls Plug On Arsenal Match In Response to Ozil Tweet







Cheshire Cat

Cheshire Cat

The most curious thing..
Nov 4, 2006
11,444
Sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off...
Alternatively it might prove he has a point, if the Chinese are so touchy about it.
 


Eeyore

Eeyore

Colonel Hee-Haw of Queen's Park
NSC Patron
Apr 5, 2014
23,585
I hope Arsenal are okay with that. They should be. It's been proved beyond doubt what they doing to that people. Ozil is entitled to have his say.
 


Swansman

Swansman

Pro-peace
May 13, 2019
22,320
Sweden
He is 100% right and its fantastic that he is speaking about it.

That said, I think Kroenke would like to strangle him. He keeps being very, very expensive..
 


Bakero

Bakero

Languidly clinical
Oct 9, 2010
13,793
Almería
Brighton Lines said:
I hope Arsenal are okay with that. They should be. It's been proved beyond doubt what they doing to that people. Ozil is entitled to have his say.
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Arsenal are more concerned about revenue than the plight of the Uighurs. They immediately sought to distance themselves from the tweet, stating they're an apolitical organisation. Interestingly, they weren't worried about Bellerin's "**** Boris" tweet last week.
 




Tom Hark Preston Park

Tom Hark Preston Park

Will Post For Cash
Jul 6, 2003
70,206
Cheshire Cat said:
Alternatively it might prove he has a point, if the Chinese are so touchy about it.
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Why 'Alternatively'? ??? He patently HAS a point. Highly interesting and massively important clash though between a player's right to express their personal opinion and a club's scrambling about to protect their commercial interests.
 


vegster

vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
27,894
Ozil comes across as someone with a social conscience, It's not a surprise he has commented on the treatment of the Uighur Muslims. China have previous in Tibet along the same lines and the current Hong Kong uprisings have only avoided being brutally crushed by the fact that Hong Kong is very westernised with lots of social media and foreign visitors.

Fair play to Ozil, but it has cost his club a couple of hundred thousand quid.
 


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cheshunt seagull

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
2,498
Ozil is right about this but before we start to hold him up as highly principled let's not forget that Erdogan was best man at his wedding in June.
 








vegster

vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
27,894
cheshunt seagull said:
Ozil is right about this but before we start to hold him up as highly principled let's not forget that Erdogan was best man at his wedding in June.
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Good point, " One man's freedom fighter is ….."
 




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blue-shifted

Banned
Feb 20, 2004
7,645
a galaxy far far away
vegster said:
Ozil comes across as someone with a social conscience, It's not a surprise he has commented on the treatment of the Uighur Muslims. China have previous in Tibet along the same lines and the current Hong Kong uprisings have only avoided being brutally crushed by the fact that Hong Kong is very westernised with lots of social media and foreign visitors.

Fair play to Ozil, but it has cost his club a couple of hundred thousand quid.
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Ozil being an employee of the club last Mon, Tue, Wed and Thur cost them a couple of hundred thousand quid
 


Acker79

Acker79

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Nov 15, 2008
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Brighton
Something similar happened in the NBA when Lebron James spoke in support of the hong kong protestors.
 


vegster

vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
27,894
Arsenal probably relieved that this shit show has been pulled today, they won't sell many shirts in Shanghai on this performance.
 


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