FIFA president Gianni Infantino's rambling tirade was first own goal of the World Cup
He was determined to call out what he perceives as critics' hypocrisy - delivering a moral lecture of his own.
There seemed to be a reference to colonialism when he claimed Europeans had no right to criticise Qatar - and should be apologising instead for their own conduct for the next 3,000 years.
An attempt to show empathy appeared performative when he said, bizarrely: "Today I feel gay… today I feel [like] a migrant worker."
There seemed to be a reference to colonialism when he claimed Europeans had no right to criticise Qatar - and should be apologising instead for their own conduct for the next 3,000 years.
An attempt to show empathy appeared performative when he said, bizarrely: "Today I feel gay… today I feel [like] a migrant worker."
Most of us will have seen reports on this chap's creepy speech, but I hit a slight snag while wondering how best to describe FIFA as a whole. Should it be 'rectums' or 'recta'? According to Google's Ngram Viewer, 'recta' is more common that 'rectums', but somehow 'rectums' sounds better in this context.
'Rectums' it is then, although there are many other words.
5 comments:
For a chap called "Infantino" perhaps "pooey bums" rather than "rectums"?
dearieme - it's tempting. All very dispiriting.
In tomorrow's exciting round of "Never mind my expertise, let me have a go at this!" a prominent human rights lawyer takes it upon himself to explain the offside rule without having heard of football before.
There are always "colons"
And for those who do not reach even that standard "semi colons".
Sam - as if he's been set up to carry the can for the whole, odious circus.
Doonhamer - ha ha - very good.
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