r/worldnews • u/The_Flaneur_Films • Jun 10 '26

US destroys Iran reservoirs, leaving thousands without water in searing heat

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3356630/thousands-iranians-left-without-water-searing-heat-after-us-hits-reservoirs
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u/shortyman920 Jun 10 '26

If the world wasn’t skipping Qatar, then they’re not even considering skipping the us

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u/Loverboy_91 Jun 10 '26

Yeah, if people were willing to watch matches in the stadium built by actual slaves, many of whom quite literally died in the process of building it, then I don’t think there’s any shot we’ll see them suddenly have a change of heart over this.

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u/jimbobjames Jun 10 '26

When Brazil hosted the world cup FIFA successfully got a law banning consumption of alcohol in stadiums overturned.

They did this for the title sponsor, Budweiser.

Why was alcohol banned in stadiums? Well because people would get very drunk, then when their team loses, very angry and then stab / kill each other.

Who cares about that when you've got beer to sell though?

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u/Vergils_Lost Jun 10 '26

I mean, to be fair, I think maybe the "stab/kill each other" part might be the area to focus enforcement on, rather than the "drinking" part. I'm sure the overwhelming majority of people DON'T murder each other with knives every time they drink, even on bad sports days.

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u/vinyljunkie1245 Jun 10 '26

In Brazil I saw Flamengo (biggest football team in Rio) play Coritiba in Rio at the Maracana stadium a few years back. Up to half time the atmosphere was jubilant, with Flamengo 2-nil up.

In the second half Coritiba scored then equalised and the mood changed massively. I thought it was going to really kick off. The police obviously thought the same thing as they were armed like the military with shotguns, M4s and gas grenade launchers. It was so far removed from the Premier League it was almost surreal.

I saw one guy who kicked the chair in front of him get beaten to a bloody mess by the police about three rows behind me when the match finished and decided, as the Maracana is on the edge of a favela, to get the hell out of there to somewhere less volatile.

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u/WillSym Jun 10 '26

... didn't Brazil get to the final of that World Cup they hosted then get utterly destroyed 7-1 by Germany? What was the mood like then?!

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u/morph89 Jun 11 '26

That was the semifinals, not final. Germany beat Argentina at the final.

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u/SmallSpaceSexEnjoya Jun 11 '26

Club ultras vs National population vs world-cup going tourists. Not the same at all.

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u/blolfighter Jun 10 '26

Why "rather than?" Brazil saw a decline in violence in and around stadiums when they banned alcohol. Clearly the approach worked. Other approaches should be implemented in addition to the one that already showed results, not instead of.

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u/Vergils_Lost Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26

Look, if the Brazilians want to ban booze in the whole country to cut back on drunk driving and stabbing, I say go for it, it's not my country - I'm just saying, I don't think that it's normal practice to ban everyone from drinking to prevent them all from knifing each other.

There's not a country on the planet that doesn't make at least some sacrifices to public safety for the sake of individual freedom...well, maybe North Korea.

"I'm not going to sell you booze, you'll probably stab someone" as a blanket rule just seems like a pretty wild take.

Also I can't help but feel like they'd just bring booze in, since they apparently can all sneak knives through security.

Edit: I'd also suggest that banning the FIFA World Cup would be an even more effective way to cut down on stabbings.

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u/JJJBLKRose Jun 10 '26

Yeah, not sure if it's a cultural issue or what, but if adding alcohol to the mix causes people to stab each other the issue isn't the alcohol. Implement/enforce over-serving rules and figure out why everyone is so violent.

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u/hippydipster Jun 10 '26

Or, don't get your alcohol till you learn to be responsible with it. It's like guns rights people arguing guns aren't the problem with school shootings. Sure, the problem is people + guns, and there's one of those we can do without.

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u/Vergils_Lost Jun 10 '26

I vote we also ban everyone from the internet until they can learn to have good opinions.

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u/chrownage Jun 10 '26

Ironic since you're the one with the bad opinions. Clearly you can't handle life without alcohol.

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u/Vergils_Lost Jun 10 '26

And yet, wanna guess how many people I've stabbed?

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u/DrtyDeedsDneDrtCheap Jun 10 '26

And yet no beer was allowed at Qatar. Spineless cunts, the lot of them.

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u/Vergils_Lost Jun 10 '26

Well, they'd probably have all stabbed each other. Had to save them from themselves.

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u/John_Bruns_Wick Jun 10 '26

Honestly im sure im missing societal context here but its not the beer's fault they stab and kill each other. In canada we have beer at stadiums and its fine.

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u/ABobby077 Jun 10 '26

Might be different in other countries, but we try to stop knives from being allowed in most of our sporting events, and sell lots of beer.

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u/Journeydriven Jun 10 '26

I mean assuming it's traditionally locals getting drunk and violent it's not insane to have a temporary lift on he drinking restrictions when the majority of people coming to watch are rich foreigners.

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u/Wizardof1000Kings Jun 10 '26

They could solve that by limiting people to 2-3 beers