Well if you are ok with having Arab dictators that persecute and abuse their own citizens as rulers good for youOriginally Posted by dostoy
I'm not. Don't get me wrong I don't want Kroenke here. But I want Usmanovs grubby raping hands in charge of things even less.
Looks like we could be holding on to our the Morally Superior Cup title this season. Makes it all worth while.
Jabba the Hut is already part of the club makeup as a shareholder. What difference does it make if he's owner? Should it even stop there if that's where we're going? Doesn't one of our board members have something to do with the diamond trade? Not exactly a clean business. Do we start looking into the ethics of our sponsors too?
I do think that ethics are important. I accept we aren't going to be owned or sponsored by Mother Theresa or Gandhi types, but there are limits.
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I'd rather have Usmanov than a guy who has a rape basement under his ranch. Any day.
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Think for a moment about how distressing it would be to be raped by Usmanov.
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I am not happy with him being a share holder and I don't feel the same wistful fondness that other people do for David Dein because it was him who brought him here
I'm not expecting a morally unimpeachable owner, but a man who was a criminal and his criminality now has been legitimised. A Putin apparatchik, a rapist, someone possibly involved in murder.
Usmanov is scum, and as much as I hate how things are....anything that would involve giving any more influence to a man like that would be a Faustian pact.
Last edited by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie; 19-03-2017 at 08:33 AM.
So if he becomes an owner, would you stop supporting the club? He's already part of the setup as a shareholder and you still support, so what difference will it make to you? What are you doing with the information besides sharing it with other posters that are maybe unaware or simply don't care?
If it's that offensive to your core, where does it stop? Our stadium is called the Emirates for goodness sakes. We could already be accepting dodgy money in some sort of form since it's supposed to be a state owned airline. Would have to do some deeper research. But where does it stop? Why just Arsenal? What about clubs with dodgy owners like City and Chelsea? Do we switch off? No we don't. Will you? I doubt it. We're all complicit and keep the bullshit spinning.
I think you're being a little harsh....
He was only an accused rapist
Last edited by KSE Comedy Club; 19-03-2017 at 10:35 AM.
City and Chelsea aren't my responsibility
And yes in the very unlikely event Usmanov did become owner i don't think i could support the club as long as that was the case, other people can do what they like....Emirates airlines is run by the Dubai government and it is a repressive and dictatorial government and i'd rather not have it's patronage.
But for me there has to be a line drawn somewhere about how much scum you are prepared to overlook, and Usmanov using his ill gotten gains to finance our team would be the line for me.
But you still watch Arsenal knowing Usmanov is a shareholder. You still watch us knowing our Emirates ties. You're not responsible for Arsenal, City or Chelsea, but you contribute by spectator of football. You've already shown you're willing to overlook the fuckery in football simply by being spectator, so nobody really has a leg to stand on. From the corruption with Fifa, UEFA.....it's a long list. Not really for the whole moral high horse thing especially. Just sounds like points being used to beat down other posters and prop yourself up.
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