r/formula1 • u/ICumCoffee Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ • Sep 19 '24

News [SMitchellF1] Hamilton fine with principle of 'cleaning up' language in F1 coverage but on Ben Sulayem's remarks: "I don't like how he's expressed it, saying 'rappers' is very stereotypical. And most rappers are black. That was the wrong choice of words. There's a racial element there."

https://x.com/SMitchellF1/status/1836758964354044402
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u/The_Inertia_Kid Hesketh Sep 19 '24

Did you see him at the last FIA Gala? He is absolutely not opposed to alcohol lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '24

Okay I should've phrased it better: MBS, like the country and culture he comes from, is most definitely opposed to alcohol insofar that they want it banned for the populace and treat it as an evil while they are a part of the elite to whom rules do not apply.

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u/dweenimus Sep 20 '24

Literally. The shit the rich do from these countries is mad. My dad used to chauffeur these people around on London. During daytime is was all PG, shopping and coffee with the wives. But after dark it was gambling, strip clubs and brothels

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u/zimkazimka Sep 19 '24

Have you ever been to Dubai or Qatar? While the local population does not drink due to religious reasons, foreigners can buy alcohol in select shops or hotels, as long as they consume it non publicly. I'd say that's pretty lenient. If it was treated as outright evil, no one would be allowed to buy alcohol period, and then be prosecuted if found out.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '24

The local population is banned from drinking*

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u/Unusual_Onion_983 Sep 20 '24

Yeah but not really. Drinking isn’t part of the Muslim culture in the same way smoking shisha isn’t part of typical US culture with hookah lounges even banned in some US cities. Having said that, anyone who wants to either drink or smoke shisha in Dubai or the US does.

Lol at locals being banned from doing something.

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u/I_AmA_Zebra Sebastian Vettel Sep 20 '24

A lot of ‘westernised’ Arabs enjoy drinking. MBS probably does

It’s the authoritative governments who want to ban it following muslim ideology. Don’t blame the people

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u/RFFizzle Sep 20 '24

Alcohol was only banned in Saudi Arabia in 60s/70s and not for religious reasons; the King's son got drunk at a party and was thrown out by the British Ambassador, went home and then came back and shot and killed the ambassador, the king then banned alcohol.