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Originally Posted by Phaneuf3
This.
I'm wondering what lengths, if any, people (particularly the athletes) will be willing to go to to get their message out.
Someone print up a ton of TREE FIBET! shirts.  |
Depends.
Say someone like Van Koeverden wins gold and on the podium wears a FREE TIBET t-shirt. How would fans and media react? Would he be celebrated or condemned by Canadians?
All 3 participants of the
1968 Black Power salute (including the Australian silver medalist who supported the two blacks) were blasted by the public and media and were never the same.
40 years later, have things changed? Would an athlete who made such a stand be celebrated or would 'we' rip them down once more?