Not disagreeing about regime but..... Gulf, slave Labour! Bahrain Owner’s of leeds a few years ago and their treatment of the Shi’a majority.
Think Man City and their old Thai owners Russia? Chelsea and others China, where to start with them and the treatment of all sorts of groups America.... trump and their killing of thousand of Iraqi Syrian afghan etc... with our support and assistance Myanmar not the worst not the best and we are certainly not alone. They are a bonefide member of the ASEAN community and as I say we were licking their arse 2 years ago A localised dispute however it has been reported by BBC etc.. is not the worst thing on the list above. There are few countries untainted by a distasteful past and present Sent from my iPhone > On 24 Apr 2018, at 18:33, Chris Nickson <chrisnicks...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sorry, Matt, I have to disagree. Myanmar is a country whose leaders openly > allowed this ethnic cleansing and murder to happen, and blatantly lied about > it to people globally, in spite of all the evidence. By going there, LUFC act > as if they don't care, that human lives count for nothing at all, and give > tacit support for the regime, as if everything is ok. It's not, as people > worldwide have said Maybe there's an untapped football market there; I don't > know. I don't care, frankly, when the people running the country are > encouraging acts like this. What does the club have planned for a pre-season, > a tour of Syria? This isn't just making the club a laughing stock, it's > treating all those who died or have fled with utter contempt. > >> On 24 April 2018 at 19:27, Matt Anderson <m...@leeds-united.net> wrote: >> As a place to visit and see football, temples history etc. >> >> Not quite sure what a regime has to do with accessing thousands of fans >> worldwide and playing football >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On 24 Apr 2018, at 17:58, Ben Thorpe <bstho...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >> > >> > I'm not quite sure what something being "lovely" has to do with this. >> > >> > >> > >> > From: Matt Anderson >> > Sent: Tuesday, 24 April, 18:14 >> > Subject: Re: [LU] Another PR masterstroke! >> > To: Jeremy Adams >> > Cc: leedslist@gn.apc.org >> > >> > >> > Not convinced by this outrage Two years ago we were kissing Aung San Suu >> > Kyi’s arse. Myanmar is lovely and Yangon a great city! Sent from my iPhone >> > > On 24 Apr 2018, at 16:23, Jeremy Adams wrote: > > >> > https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/apr/24/leeds-united-disgraceful-myanmar-tour-yangon >> > > > We really know how to get ourselves in hot water. I'm surprised we >> > haven't followed in Everton's footsteps yet and sent a rating poll about >> > our manager out to the fans. > >> > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > >> > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > >> > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > Find us on >> > Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > RIP Jimmy WAC-COE >> > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list >> > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To >> > unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org Find us on Facebook >> > https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Leedslist mailing list >> Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >> To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org >> >> Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ >> >> RIP Jimmy WAC-COE > > > > -- > "one of the best story tellers in modern fiction" - Fully Booked blog > "The writing, perfectly paced, paints pictures of a polluted industrial > Leeds" - Morning Star _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE
