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Old 08-08-2013, 09:30 AM   #131
valo403
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Originally Posted by Frankster View Post
I'd just like to throw out to you that all major sponsors of the Olympics have been on board since long before Putin enacted this law. For them to leave their sponsorship now, after having paid all that money, could seriously impact/harm their business.

If you want to boycott VISA now, by all means, but it seems a bit foolish to me to punish a company for something that changed so long after they made their investment.
It's not punishment, it's pressuring the financial powers to play a role in pushing back against this law, or removing future support from events/nations that proudly stand for the denial of basic human rights.
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