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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
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.
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Russia is due to host the World Cup in 2018 and then Qatar in 2022. Homosexuality is a crime punishable by death in Qatar.
I won't be watching any of the Olympics in Russia and I will let any an every sponsor of the Olympics and Olympic coverage here in Canada that I will not be buying any of their products if I can avoid doing so due to Russia's stance on homosexuality.
It is all well and good to say that it is their country and they can set their own rules, but if they were actively discriminating against black or Jewish people there would be a far greater outcry.
Twenty years from now, this won't even be a discussion, such are the changing views amongst young people in the world today. I am 29 years old and I don't know a single person under thirty in my circle of friends who thinks that they have the right to judge someone else for the sexuality. Twenty years from now, we'll all be fifty and all of those dinosaurs that hate gay people will be dropping dead bit by bit.
I am incredibly proud to call myself a citizen of Canada for many reasons, not the least of which is the fact that we were one of the very first countries in the entire world to legalize gay marriage. Canada is a country with an extremely checkered past when it comes to slavery (yes, slavery, even though you'll never learn about Montreal being the biggest slave market in the entire continent for over one hundred years in grade school history class) and extreme discrimination when it comes to Native rights, as we are all aware or should be aware. Thankfully, we have taken steps as a country to show that we are leaders in the world when it comes to human rights. Let's hope that enough people climb on board and let the world know that we won't stand for Russia's discriminate stance against homosexuals.