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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Well it's the truth. Or you are saying Gay rights are more important than the rights of Chinese citizens? It's been proven by past Olympic boycotts that they don't work. The 1980 Moscow boycott was a waste as Soviets didn't withdraw from Afghanistan. There are also theories that if countries did boycott that the Russian gay community would be used as a scapegoat and that life would be even worse for them and I certainly wouldn't want to be part of anything that directs misguided hate towards them.
You yourself said you are in favour of a athlete led boycott and since there's zero chance that's going to happen all this talk is moot as the IOC and the athletes have been clear that it's business as usual. This whole thing right now is nothing more than media driven controversy to sell newspapers and drive up internet traffic. The Olympics will carry on as they should.
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What a ridiculous argument. By your logic nothing can ever be protested or argued against unless it's done on the very first instance. One kick at the can and then it's off the table.
Want to end slavery? Well did you protest it centuries ago? No? Can't do it now. Hell, we can't even complain about China anymore by that logic, we had our chance. Incredibly ridiculous logic.