It also brings to mind what happens when you prohibit beer sales, because there is a village that they will allow beer sales to be had at. So I can imagine a lot of fans will go to this village and stock up, quote, stock up, before they actually go into the stadiums. There is a sports and beer culture. The two kind of go hand in hand, and it's kind of worth actually looking at, I think, at this point
I can't imagine that Budweiser is happy right now. I'm also not surprised that this happened. I had a feeling that it might. There were too many conversations about the sale of alcohol in the last few weeks for nothing to happen. But one thing I am also hearing is that apparently in the stadiums, in the executive suites, they are very much still serving alcohol. So it's only the regular fans that will not be able to buy beer during the game
There's a bigger answer to it, which we are not being informed about. It could be because of the law of the land, it could be the law of the ruler, or just the social fabric and culture of the host country. Least you can do is give up your answer and an honest answer. The sponsors deserve one, and so do your fans and everyone who's been waiting for the World Cup. So that's my take on this. And sports and beer
When there are people together, they're sharing something, this togetherness. And more importantly, if it's sports, they're a perfect pair. And if it's not there, it's not there. And to FIFA World Cup, at least not at the stadium. Yes, by just putting it some designated places, it's not really serving the purpose. People will go there and drink. But I think it's like just a consolation price
Taha Abbas
@taha_oracle · 2:13
I was watching an interview of a few fans and they mentioned that the benefit of not having alcohol while watching the matches is that the enthusiasm will be genuine. And then the interviewer said that and you can also see your team for what it really is. So, yeah, that was amusing and quite true that one doesn't need to be intoxicated to enjoy an event and it also teaches people to control themselves
Ophelia Johnson
@LadyO · 3:03
And I think deep down inside we know that that's really what it all boils down to. That's what it all boils down to. Come through. Ask yourself, why is it that you feel like there is an issue with this place having the World Cup other than I can't have a beer. Just think about it. Really?
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 1:46
Lady. Oh, I just love you. Seriously, thank you for your clarity of voice, your life experience, now your ability to break this streak of, you know, sort of of armchair chatter. And I get it, we're all kind of trying to peek in and have our theories, but here you are, they're giving us the facts as you have lived them in experience, minute to minute, day to day
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 3:33
And I swear, the entire time there was this drunk woman, very drunk woman, who slurred her speech the entire time. She leaned on me the entire time, had bouts where she felt like she was going to vomit the entire time. And it was the most uncomfortable experience I had as a concert goer. And it was to see my favorite artist
Hey, thanks for the reply. I totally get where you're coming from. I mean, I think we've all been in a situation where we're at a live event and someone has had a little too much, or in many cases, many people have had a little too much or a lot too much. I think that where I have is issue with this. If Qatar wanted to have their World Cup with no alcohol, fair play. Do what you got to do
Aayan Banerjee
@BasTalk · 4:56
So with predisposed notions about a particular culture or belief system, it kind of multiplies the moment you see something that remotely even fits into the confirmation bias category, while in reality one needs to have a 360 degree view of the entire picture. So this conversation about beer and which is very articulate and accurately, but it's blown out of proportion and that daily is the case globally where we make a mountain of a mobile hill. Now, yes, culturally it's a different place
Ophelia Johnson
@LadyO · 4:45
But I was hoping that some of these stations would come over here and actually try to do some investigative reporting. Come and just see for yourself. Don't get me wrong. It's not the country government as much as it's the companies that are here that are actually still being fined for not doing what the law has told them that they're supposed to do. They're being fined. Some of them are being shut down because they're not abiding by the law