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Originally Posted by polak
Voting doesn't cost innocent people who are completely unassociated to the problem their life long dreams.
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This has got to be the flimsiest reason ever to
not boycott the Olympics.
The "life long dreams" of a few hundred athletes, the vast majority of whom we've never heard of and compete in obscure sports we don't pay attention to, is hardly a reason to not take a stand based on our principles.
Our "Canadian-ness" is not trumped by the hopes and dreams and sweat and tears and bla bla bla of these people. If Canadians feel we should boycott the Olympics, we should do it.
It doesn't seem like there is much support for, and there have been good arguments put forward against such a boycott, but the emotional impact on bobsledders, mogul skiers, and curlers shouldn't be part of the conversation.