An interesting take on the FIFA mess-Selective justice is no justice at all!

[malaise]

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20150529/letters/selective-justice-is-no-justice-at-all
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FIFA comprises 209 member countries. The FBI's focus was on CONCACAF and CONMEBOL. Why? The racketeering, wire transfers and money laundering that are facilitated by off-shore banks-"secrecy jurisdictions" -could never be done in the absence of top accounting firms-all of which are involved and are an intrinsic part of the infrastructure, as are multi-jurisdictional law firms.

Has the FBI investigated any of these? The well-timed sudden removal of the CONCACAF/CONMEBOL voting bloc paves the way for US-backed puppets to replace them. To do this would not only be intrinsically unjust but would perpetuate the genocidal injustice perpetrated against Palestine!

Really! Does the US have the moral authority to extradite any of these men? The overriding concern here has little to do with "morality" and much to do with power and greed.

Israel faces a vote on its suspension from FIFA. If the Jordanian Prince Bin Ali had been made FIFA president and Sepp Blatter ousted, the US would effectively be in the driver's seat of FIFA. An immediate off-shoot is that Russia would have been blanked for the up-coming World Cup. This would add injury to the insult already done to their economy by the West.

[Igel]

1. If you don't like the phrase "selective justice,"

try "prosecutorial discretion."

One's bad. The other's wonderful. They're really the same thing, except that we disapprove of one and whole-heartedly approve of the other, and confuse our personal likes for principle.


In practice, what passes for either is often just what's possible. Like soda and popcorn, the ill-will is provided by the theatre or the viewer, not by the producer of the entertainment.

[malaise]

2. Well said

Blatter said he was surprised, but suspected that the US must be upset that they lost the 2022 bid.

The truth is that it is criminal to make countries put in bids which cost millions of dollars when countries are selling bid votes, but until all governments wake up and realize that international sporting bodies are not harmless non-profits promoting peace and brotherhood, but are massive businesses, then they get what they serve.

The rich in all the countries that win bids enrich themselves and so these international sporting bodies. There are no rules.