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What's your take on a potential boycot of the Sochi Olympics in Russia re: gay rights? [View all]
WilliamPitt
Aug 2013
OP
I had a hard time with this writer because of his upfront agenda to demote Harvey Fierstein
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#2
John Carlos: "if you stay home, your message stays home with you." No boycott.
chimpymustgo
Aug 2013
#15
This is where I'm at as well - the Olympics ought to be separate from internal and
petronius
Aug 2013
#140
I will assume you have no idea about the scope and content of their laws. Because your comment
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#18
of course jury voted 2-4 to keep it, but homophobia totally doesn't exist here nt
geek tragedy
Aug 2013
#27
289 posts over 7 years, one of them this steaming pile. Obvious troll is obvious. nt
stevenleser
Aug 2013
#96
But if those laws are evil, you can express disapproval by not going there.
Donald Ian Rankin
Aug 2013
#36
I suppose I could just stop being gay, or Black, or Jewish, or whatever, if I was participating in
msanthrope
Aug 2013
#95
I can't tell you what I think of what you wrote or I will get in trouble with a jury. Let's just say
stevenleser
Aug 2013
#97
This isn't about politics. It's about basic human rights and about the repressive
totodeinhere
Aug 2013
#137
the latest warning to gays comes from their sports minister - it's official Russia policy
bigtree
Aug 2013
#20
If we could boycott the 1980 Olympics over the Soviets being in Afghanistan...
AngryOldDem
Aug 2013
#25
If you limit the olympics to countries with good human rights records, you destroy it.
Donald Ian Rankin
Aug 2013
#31
well you also are then only assuming Human rights violations began in 1950 or something
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#58
oh, that's a good point. however i still think america would be on the chopping block due to gitmo
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#61
On the subject of incoherence, do you mean "on" rather than "off" the chopping block? :-)
Donald Ian Rankin
Aug 2013
#62
yes, i meant on. i am sure most americans/westerners do not see their own sins as equally terrible
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#68
The difference is this law is being used as a threat to participants and vistitors to the games
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#91
A games excluding most non-Western nations would not be the Olympics. N.T.
Donald Ian Rankin
Aug 2013
#78
How about limiting it to places where the athletes and fans won't get arrested
gollygee
Aug 2013
#99
Prior to the stement made by the RUssian lawmaker, I was against a boycott.
Behind the Aegis
Aug 2013
#32
WOW. You were going to go, but now you won't go because of Russia's crackdown on gays?
Cali_Democrat
Aug 2013
#46
As someone else noted if these were anti-christian laws the olympics would have been moved already..
truebrit71
Aug 2013
#45
Leave these young athletes alone. Boycott something else. These young people
southernyankeebelle
Aug 2013
#63
If my kid was there he/she would be marching under the american flag. Period.
southernyankeebelle
Aug 2013
#106
And what do you say to the gay athletes? 'You takes your chances, don't call for bail'?
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#88
Life isn't fair. If I were gay I wouldn't want my fellow atheletes not go to the
southernyankeebelle
Aug 2013
#98
Let me review, you say 'Life isn't fair' when asked about the impact on gay athletes but in the
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#121
Sorry. If I had a young man or lady that was my child who worked very hard for years
southernyankeebelle
Aug 2013
#102
I know am not going to change anyones mind. You know sometimes life isn't fair. If the Russians
southernyankeebelle
Aug 2013
#105
No it wouldn't be ok. But again find another way to boycott. They are already boycotting
southernyankeebelle
Aug 2013
#114
Staggering ignorance. Why don't Black people leave their color at home at the same time?
Fearless
Aug 2013
#125
I think millions of people personally boycotting would be more realistic than a state boycott.
backscatter712
Aug 2013
#84
If the US boycotted, that's all anyone would talk about during the whole games
gollygee
Aug 2013
#101
Show up and make a big stink about the stupid law at every available opportunity.
Scurrilous
Aug 2013
#69
Are the two of you volunteering to do that? I'd very much respect the idea if it was something
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#93
The whole world should boycott these Olympics. Shun that conservative hatehole, and their
Zorra
Aug 2013
#81
Pressure seems to work out better in the long run. Boycotts just seem to agitate and punish
adirondacker
Aug 2013
#103
That would be a violation of their law and each of them subject to arrest.
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#124
I'd like to see the USOC support individual athlete's decision, publicly. And support ally teammates
pinto
Aug 2013
#123
Anyone who doesn't think homosexuality should be illegal should stay the hell away.
Nye Bevan
Aug 2013
#135