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Originally Posted by polak
You're not fixing the human rights issue though. You're just making a statement at the cost of your athletes. A statement by a small country to a country who is about as defiant as can be. Sorry but imo, the life long dedication of our athletes trumps giving Russia a fruitless metaphorical middle finger.
I said earlier that I'm fine with the IOC stripping the games from Russia (Fifa should follow) and they probably should have never been awarded them in the first place. I'd also be fine with participating in a mass boycott in which these games would devastate the Russian economy due to low participation and tourism but neither of those are the situation.
Also acting like this is "just sports" is a pretty dumb way of looking at it when these athletes have literally devoted their entire lives to this opportunity.
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It's relative, in comparison to basic human rights yes it is "just sports". And I say that as someone who knows people who are definitely in contention to be on the Olympic team.