Human Rights Watch Warns of 'Authoritarian Drift' in Turkey

[Grey Fox]

Canada and Mexico are the 10th and 15th biggest economies in the world and can easily hold a world cup alone as well.

Remember when we held the women's world cup, and there was a big issue over women playing on artificial turf?

Canada doesn't have enough "pure" soccer stadiums to host a World Cup.  I think the only one that has grass is Toronto's BMO Field (though at 40,000 sounds a little small for a World Cup game).  If you can use CFL football stadiums we would have plenty - but they all have artificial turf.

So why spend all that money to convert 7 or 8 facilities to natural turf for just a month?

Stade Saputo has real grass but it's only ~24k.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

I am not sure that boat was ever in port in Europe with its long history of ethnic strife, though some countries did better than others.

The same goes for every other place on this globe.

Certainly in your hemisphere.

All hemispheres. I know it's hard for many americans to accept but you're just like everybody else. Just as filled with suck.

[Valmy]

All hemispheres. I know it's hard for many americans to accept but you're just like everybody else. Just as filled with suck.

Oh we have suck just different flavors of suck over here.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

All hemispheres. I know it's hard for many americans to accept but you're just like everybody else. Just as filled with suck.

Oh we have suck just different flavors of suck over here.

nope, the same flavours.

[Valmy]

All hemispheres. I know it's hard for many americans to accept but you're just like everybody else. Just as filled with suck.

Oh we have suck just different flavors of suck over here.

nope, the same flavours.

Well I disagree. I think countries born out of colonialism have fundamental differences. Not necessary better ones but different.

But hey I am the internationalist liberal so if you insist everybody is exactly the same everywhere I guess I should eagerly embrace it. That rather undermines your nationalism doesn't it?

[OttoVonBismarck]

Soccer is for fags, stop talking about it.

[Valmy]

Soccer is for fags, stop talking about it.

Seriously though could a mod transfer the soccer stuff to the soccer thread? This Turkey business is something I think is important enough to keep the thread focused.

[Jacob]

Soccer is for fags, stop talking about it.

Seriously though could a mod transfer the soccer stuff to the soccer thread? This Turkey business is something I think is important enough to keep the thread focused.

Nah. Just stop talking about it and start talking about Turkey again.

[garbon]

All hemispheres. I know it's hard for many americans to accept but you're just like everybody else. Just as filled with suck.

Oh we have suck just different flavors of suck over here.

nope, the same flavours.

Well I disagree. I think countries born out of colonialism have fundamental differences. Not necessary better ones but different.

But hey I am the internationalist liberal so if you insist everybody is exactly the same everywhere I guess I should eagerly embrace it. That rather undermines your nationalism doesn't it?

[Berkut]

I am torn on the Turkey question.

A nice brine overnight makes for a great bird, but can you really beat deep frying the entire thing????

[Ed Anger]

I am torn on the Turkey question.

A nice brine overnight makes for a great bird, but can you really beat deep frying the entire thing????

I'm a turkey traditionalist. Jam that motherfucker into the oven until it is painfully dry. And give the dark meat to the pets.

[CountDeMoney]

I'm a turkey traditionalist. Jam that motherfucker into the oven until it is painfully dry. And give the dark meat to the pets.

Praise Jesus.

[Ed Anger]

Dark meat grosses me out.

[Admiral Yi]

I don't get the folks who gnaw on turkey drumsticks at Ren Fen.

[Monoriu]

Chicken is almost always better than turkey.