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Fears of 2014 World Cup disruptions resurface as major football conference is called off by Rio authorities
Fears about disruption to next year's World Cup have been raised after the key global football conference Soccerex was cancelled for disputed reasons. Soccerex organizers said Rio de Janeiro's state government had called off next month's event due to concerns about “ongoing civil unrest” in Brazil. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesLet's be fair about this. Brazil has already admitted that it doesn't have the capacity to handle all the air traffic necessary for the number of soccer supporters it hopes for. If you're a supporter and are planning to travel, you might get there halfway through the tournament. Perhaps you should set out now! Then, many of the venues aren't ready. What's it going to be? Sit on a piece of scaffolding? Or outside? Brazil is one of the most violent places in the world. Murders are a daily occurrence. Brazilians aren't safe. Pity a poor foreigner. You may go to Brazil, but will you leave? And now, somehow, this take from the Rio state government doesn't ring true. But there are some options. Get together with a group of friends and travel in an armoured personnel carrier. Also helpful for getting through the entrance barriers and getting a good vantage point. Combat armour and a helmet are must haves. Carry a weapon. Combat knives, kukris and machetes are all good. Handguns are better. With plenty of spare magazines. Best choices are probably an assault rifle and a semi-automatic shotgun. Sling one on your back and carry the other. Don't forget the bayonet! Or you could stay home and watch on tv.
Nov 08th, 2013 - 11:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0While your post is typically alarmist I think staying at home with a TV is the best option.
Nov 08th, 2013 - 11:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0You'd have to be an enormous footie fan to bother with the cost effort and risk of this one.
I personally think that Brazil has bitten off more than it can chew with the World Cup and the Olympics one after another. It is very much still a developing country. There is wealth but it is contained within a very small percentile of the population, it must be difficult watching stadiums being built when as a citizen you don't even have basic infrastructure or healthcare. I think with the right leadership Brazil will one day be a force to be reckoned with, but they have to balance their society and give all their people the basic requirements of everyday life, before they waste money on expensive follies.
Nov 08th, 2013 - 01:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Soccerex, run by a British company, had failed to raise sufficient private funds to cover the cost of the three-day conference, and that it was not prepared to put forward any public money to fill the gap.”
Nov 08th, 2013 - 01:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Socialism at it's best. Party with others people tax money and bitch when you get a no for an answer. Good for the state of Rio to say no. Since when do ugly Brits with bad teeth use the word “soccer” for football? Anyway, they failed and those clowns need to grow up.
conqueror, aka typhoon buffoon, again, do yourself a favor, i know you are poor idiot but you need to grow up and stop playing play station games in your mom's basement. Go back to your government school, get a job, travel to educate yourself by exploring the outside world rather staying in that poor minded bubble your in. Typing your nonsensical hatred theories here won't get you far...okay? Do you get it boy? Good, now do it, Imbecile...
@ 4 Dog Dildo c/r Simon 68
Nov 08th, 2013 - 04:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You cannot see the truth for all your bile over the Brits can you? Did you even read the article because you most certainly have missed all the clues as to what is really going on?
“The event would have been the last of four scheduled Soccerex conventions to be held in Rio. The organizers said they would be taking legal action against the Rio authorities responsible.” So three have already been held without a murmur from Backwards Brazil!
““To be summarily cancelled in such a cavalier fashion, having hosted 33 events over five continents is extremely frustrating but nevertheless it has happened and is in contravention of all of the contractual obligations of the Rio state government, who have been notified of our intention to instigate legal proceedings for substantial compensation.” Only a Dutch idiot would think a track record like this was somehow ‘bad’.
I still think, in the absence of a denial, that your vitriol goes to a deeply personal problem with you. Was your mother in love with a Brit and you were the unwanted result and your “dad” couldn’t face having you for a son and was off on his toes? Come on, do tell, I mean you have such lovely teeth that in your own words you couldn’t be the bastard of a Brit, could you? Or was it that your mother didn’t want you to know who your real father was and told you it was a Brit, yes, that is the answer and she has been shielding the truth from you all these years.
Ha, ha, ha.
@2 Oh no, it's not “alarmist”. It's “precautionary”. Want to come up with a figure for how many “soccer tourists” WILL get murdered in Brazil? Take a look at http://en.mercopress.com/2013/11/05/brazilian-stats-confirm-the-country-is-one-of-the-most-violent-countries 1,322 killings in just 3 states in 2012. And that's only in clashes with the police! More than three times the number killed in the United States where the population is 60% greater.
Nov 08th, 2013 - 05:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@4 Poor little doggie, don't blame you for trying to disguise the nature of your “country”. How else are you going to get people to come to you to get robbed and murdered? But to address your “points”, my “mom” is long-deceased and didn't have a basement when she was alive. Not ever. and I don't have a playstation. A juvenile pastime best left to latam loonies! Never went to a “government” school like you lot. And I don't want a job because I've done that and am now far too old. In England, it's rarely necessary for retired pensioners to have to work. I believe similar individuals in Brazil and other latam countries still have to get out and sort through refuse bins for something to eat. Those maggots are really appetising, aren't they? And I'll bet I've been to more countries than you. But don't mind me. Just relax, recline and go back to wanking. Bet it's what you do third-best. Wait a moment, aren't little doggies keen on licking their privates and arses? Get that tongue down there, boy, or you'll be dragging your arse over the cobbles hoping to get relief! Even better, PROVE I'm wrong. Go down the trackway to the village and call everyone you see by (disgusting) names representing their personal habits. Feel free to try to explain that you enjoy the same habits. You may need to push it a bit. No doubt buggery, incest, scatology are quite common. Try necrophilia! Has your “mom” taken you to the graveyard and shown you which prick she used?
Question,
Nov 08th, 2013 - 07:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0is it to late to change venues,
is their an alternative country that can do it, at short notice.
7 Briton
Nov 08th, 2013 - 08:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I think Argentina will DEMAND it!
You KNOW I am right!
:o)
You must do “SOCCEREX” with the money from you, not mine!
Nov 08th, 2013 - 10:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Bad luck!
Nov 09th, 2013 - 06:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0It will be the tax payers of Rio that will pay Soccerex!
World cup in Argentina,?
Nov 09th, 2013 - 07:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0we have already lost then...lol
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