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Originally Posted by Nage Waza
So a hosting nation basically bans homosexuality so we boycott them. A nation that bans Jewish athletes we wouldn't boycott? Or an athlete that refuses to play against Jewish people?
Obviously we wouldn't have to, but we would look like fools if we didn't.
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I'm all for boycotting any competition in some backwards ####hole that "bans Jewish athletes", but is this a real thing? Like is it a concern? A place like Iran or Saudi Arabia (or wherever) that would try to pull such a stunt is never getting an event like the Olympics or the world cup (or whatever).
I don't know how you would "boycott" an individual athlete who refused to compete agains Jewish people. Wouldn't he essentially be banning himself from any big event being held?
Anyway, I'm not in favor of boycotting the Olympics based on this crazy law that was designed to placate the dumbest and drunkest Russians, but I don't think it would even be a question to stay out of an event in a country that wouldn't allow Jews to compete.