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Originally Posted by valo403
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.
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This is a poor argument as we are discussing the Olympics here which has nothing to do with slavery. We are discussing the Olympics and the merit of a boycott solely here. If the politics of opression in China didn't warrant a boycott in the eyes of athletes and the IOC what makes you think a less severe topic like this anti-gay propoganda law will?
Please enlighten me why this is different and why they should all of a sudden use this venue of the worlds largest sports competition to take a hard political stance on a controversial law that pertains to a single country. Tell me why hundreds and countries and thousands of athletes should throw away years of preparation and billions of committed dollars just because Russia has a stupid grey area anti-gay propoganda law? Tell me in an intelligent manner without ridiculous references to slavery.