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Originally Posted by Macindoc
Some things matter more than sport. Including the life and liberty of 36 million Ukranians, all of whom are in danger every day because the Russian strategy in the war is primarily to target civilians and civilian infrastructure. I mean, they were bombing theatres where civilians were sheltering. Tens of thousands of Ukranian children have been abducted to be educated as Russian citizens. Russian troops have been documented shooting unarmed civilians at point blank range without provocation. Russia needs to be isolated internationally until its government recognizes that it will lose its international status if it continues its unprovoked aggression, imperialism, and war crimes.
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Does banning Russia from the games solve that issue?
If Russia is competing, perhaps Russian citizens will watch the games and get to see what the rest of the world is actually about. Maybe they'll see that there good people on the other side who are actually concerned with the well being of Ukrainians and aren't obsessed with some kind of imperialist expansion into Russia, as the Russian propaganda is leading them to believe.
Sport is a pretty unique way to expose warring people to each other and open up bridges of communication.