Pulling out of the Olympics is a dammed if you do, damned if you don't type of situation.
The Chinese government is terrifyingly corrupt and evil. For the gamers out there, I think to the Chinese government, the Half Life Universe is their dream, and they play the role of the Combine. They would play that game thinking, "Wait.... why are these guys considered bad? They beat citizens, control information, imprison and execute people pursuing in freedom.... that's how it's supposed to work. No?"
The right thing to do, is not go. Full Stop. But the problem with this is, they will feed their 1.4 billion citizens propaganda that the reason countries pulled out, was because they were terrified by the athletic prowess of the Chinese athletes, and didn't want to be embarrassed. They will lie. Like every other thing they lie about. And continue to block any information from the outside world that may counter the point.
The above will not happen. I'm sorry, but our leadership currently doesn't have the spine to do the right thing. The Trudeau Cabinet choosing to abstain from calling this horrific Genocide what it is, tells you all you need to know where their priorities lay. The IOC is too corrupt to relocate, as that will likely end up exposing all the officials that were bribed, like every other Olympic Games in the last 30 years.
So I believe the athletes from western value countries have it in their hands to go over there, and protest on the podium. In front of the China, and the world in real time.
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