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| Tonkin |
In an op-ed piece published today,
Tonkin wrote:
The governing body of international soccer and the World Cup, FIFA,
is headed by the untimely reticent Sepp Blatter. He does an admirable
job of feigning concern for the world when the media points it out to
him. When Nepalese and Indian workers complete the $100 billion-plus of
infrastructure to ready Qatar for the World Cup, up to 4,000 workers will have died. Thus far, 44 Nepalese workers have died in construction sites during this summer and we’ve got nine years to go.
What about Russia? Well, that’s a bit less
insufferable. However Russia, which draws its wisdom from tender
remembrances of the Soviet legacy, has banned gay athletes from participating in the 2014 Winter Olympics. Further, they have prohibited Swedes from adopting Russian children, because of the possibility that some of the adoptive parents may be gay.
Russia’s absurd anti-gay campaign is confounding and unethical. If I
spend my money on something, I’m not going to support a fascist regime
that oppresses human beings.
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