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Originally Posted by valo403

Not to Godwin this, but what if this was the 1936 Berlin games? Should that have been boycotted?

These American sprinters, both Jewish, boycotted in 1936 http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/..._green&lang=en

Jesse Owens dominating those Olympics in front of Hitler is one of the greatest moments in sports history. Boycotting them would have accomplished nothing, but would prevented Owens from showing the world that Hitler's racial comments were complete nonsense. I'd hate to take away the opportunity for a gay athlete to be this century's Jesse Owens in Sochi.