@knox, are you serious? It helps from many aspects.

1) Tourism
2) Internationalism
3) Building infrastructure
4) Society change (to please public)
5) More businesses (more competition, lower prices)
6) expansion of region
the list is endless.

Why do you think it'll be a blunder?

Stadiums will always be used. Qatar is set up to buy major football players from around the world to start a Middle Eastern leage, more venues attract more sport and diversity.

You say what tourism do we have?
This is the whole point! To develop and encourage change to promote a tourism sector. What did dubai have? Nothing, it is identical to Qatar.

It seems you have the old Arabic mentality, if there's one company why start another.

Well knox, all I can say is, Dubai is a city in the Emirates. Doesn't matter how successfull it is, Qatar has to look out for it's own interests. I guess that if you love it so much, perhaps it would be a better home.

I can say one thing for sure, if I lived in a country, whether my own or not, I'd hope that it would be a great place to live.

But I agree with the partying comment.

There will be sex, drugs, partying, and alcohol along with it. I don't support bad acts, but the sad fact of life is that is what is needed to bring change, especially to open minds.

We need to learn that what a person does is HIS reponsibility and not our own. We can advise people to be better individuals.

You make it seem as if Qatar won the olympics, the country would look exactly as it is now and not have any differences. Of course that is not the case.

Lets all support the bid because I'm confident it will bring a world of change. Whether for better or for worse, it's better to hope for the best and try, than to admit defeat before trying at all.

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