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Originally Posted by flameswin
Fair enough, but you still have to consider that hockey aside, we still won the most gold medals, and were third in total medal count last Olympics. Canada is a huge player at the winter Olympics. If we boycotted, it would certainly be a huge loss and something the whole world would take notice of. It would be a huge deal, and I think (not necessarily you) people in this thread are really underestimating that fact.
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See I think your over estimating the impact Canada sitting out would have from a global perspective. There are much more effective and newsworthy ways to get a point across, and if the Canadian government truely had stones, it would use one of those. But as an exporting country that's probably not going to happen. But its what should happen to ALL human rights violators. Imagine if all other nations just stopped buying Saudi oil. Think that would change much? Eff ya it would. It wouldn't be all bright and shiny and likely cause wars, but it is what should be done. But that's for another discussion.
My point is there are better, more effective avenues to send a message to Russia, and I personally don't think that boycotting the Olympics is it. I can see why someone would think so, just not me.