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No worries. I hate beer.
Yeah, I am the same way when it comes to beer.
Although I have drank shots of Whiskey in a Beer.
No worries. I hate beer.
We have a major political party that is thoroughly homophobic, so let's not be hypocritical ... as long as our athletes who are gay can compete, no boycott .... if they say they can't, then boycott ...
Let's take in assumption that your athletes who are gay cannot compete.
Are you going to remove the right to compete to your non-gay athletes with a boycott ?!
Absolutely. In fact, if we don't boycott under those circumstances, I hope that many of our athletes, and athletes from other countries, will refuse to go. What if it was South Africa during Apartheid and black athletes were prohibited from competing. Boycott or no boycott?
South Africa does not have a nuclear arsenal the size of Russia's though.
Absolutely. In fact, if we don't boycott under those circumstances, I hope that many of our athletes, and athletes from other countries, will refuse to go. What if it was South Africa during Apartheid and black athletes were prohibited from competing. Boycott or no boycott?
Let's take in assumption that your athletes who are gay cannot compete.
Are you going to remove the right to compete to your non-gay athletes with a boycott ?!
You're joking, right?
To my understanding gay athletes may compete. They just can't smooch people of the same sex in public, participate in gay rights demostrations, etc.
The Olympics is a sporting competition. Politics should not be involved. It was hosted fine in China wasn't it?
It's another case a boycott and another case if single athletes personally refuse to go.
Assume you are an athlete. Why should your govern remove your right to perform for reasons that has nothing to do with you. It is a sport, but it is totally personal. You present a state but you fight for your own name at 1st.
However, the athletes goes to Russia with the status of the athlete. There is nothing to worry about.
I am not saying South Africa does not have nukes, I don't know much about South Africa, but I do know that the United States and Russia have the largest nuclear arsanals.
are you saying that if we boycott the Russians will nuke us?
I always thought they were part of a team ... then there's the matter of standing up for something ...
I always thought they were part of a team ... then there's the matter of standing up for something ...
IF the athletes all choose to boycott in order to make a few male figure skaters feel better, than that is one thing. Telling the skiers, bobsledders, biathlon athletes and speed skaters they cannot go because the government wants to pander to gay voters-now that is wrong
The Olympics is a sporting competition. Politics should not be involved. It was hosted fine in China wasn't it?
Let me make it simpler.
For example:
You are an US athlete. You made a couple of years of hard training. You are 20 people who present USA. You have 2 american gay athlete.
Now, why should 18 others or you personally be banned from this competition for which you fight so much to be part of.
Will you personally burn those 2 years of hard training for something you just believe and it has nothing to do with you.
Of course everyone is part of a team. But you sweat there for yourself at 1st.
Even on soccer/basketball teams which are totally a work in group, everyone fight for their name to be in top.
Are the individuals skills and will which are gathered to create the work in group.