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Originally Posted by jammies
Sorry, that does not follow. There is nothing inherently contradictory about saying "We are willing to break the rules to demonstrate our displeasure with egregious human rights violations, but no other reason is acceptable".
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There isn't, but that isn't the argument. My argument, based on history, is that the IOC won't allow its rules to be broken to make this point. The rest of the argument was about how much free speech Valo was prepared to accept. Since the IOC is a private organization (not to mention that this will be in Russia, so Canadian/American free speech principles don't apply), it can allow or deny whatever it wants and deal with whatever public or (Russian) legal consequences that would follow. But I was curious to see how far Valo's views on freedom of speech go. In the end, he's choosing to argue over nothing, since he has subsequently agreed that he has no problem with people marching in wearing an offensive symbol.