polgara
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In my view, there are two problems with gestures like this.
1. They turn what should be a totally apolitical enterprise - amateur athletics - into a fight and a discussion that has nothing to do with the enterprise.
2. They focus attention on the matter and then, when the none related event ends, the focus of the attention dissipates and/or disappears.
Personally, I hate people hijacking important events for political grandstanding - even when I agree with the purpose of the grandstanding.
:agree: There are many groups that are vying for attention about one thing or another. To single one out is probably discriminatory in the first place, and Russia is not going to care what we think in the second place. If someone feels that strongly about something, they should fly a flag in protest in their own front yard, and make their own personal statement!