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Boycott Sochi 2014 because of LGBT offences
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When when the BRICS are running the show do we play to their drums or our own? Shall we just have some Sport?
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Owens was treated far worst by his own president and country than his was by Germany and its Fuhrer. Hitler did not 'snub' Owens, it is a persistent myth. He snubbed all winners after he was told on day one that he must personally congratulate all winners or none at all. He chose the latter and Owens won his gold the next day.
However when he came home, he couldn't get a job and was declared bankrupt within a few years. Roosevelt also refused to publicly acknowledge him....
Nonsense !
Sam Harris done a great TED talk about this and I totally agreed with him (makes a change as I'm not his biggest fan normally
)Just because something might have the support from the majority doesn't alter the fact that it's immoral, unethical or whether we can past judgment on it.
Bigotry and discrimination of ANY form is clearly wrong and demonstrably unfair, it should be called out and challenged wherever it rears it's ugly head
I have seen a few very disturbing videos on ******** where LGBT people have been seriously assaulted in Russia for doing nothing other than being who they are. Russia should be thoroughly ashamed of this and unless people keep telling them that they will think this repugnant view of LGBT people is acceptable
The punishment is a fine. That statement is only punishable by fine if spread to minors (under the age of 18).
£80-£100 for citizens
£800-£1,000 for officials
£8,000-£10,000 for legal entities
Internet has really blown this out of proportion, it seems like 90% of people now think that all gays are imprisoned in Russia for being so, which is a complete nonsense.
That said boycotting is a terrible way to deal with it. Going there and spreading good message would be more effective albeit more dangerous.
This is what I read...it is a law against promoting homosexuality to children, enforced with fines. Didn't we have something similar not long ago?
Now it seems everyone thinks they are lining up homosexuals in Red Square and shooting them by their thousands!!!
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The severity of it is really irrelevant. It screams of inequality, and moreover it screams over inequality over something that you have no choice in, which is just insanity and the same as racism.
There's no need for them to blow it out of proportion; the Olympics simply shouldn't be held in such a discriminant country.
What about the UK? the Extreme Porn Law clearly discriminates against people with kinky and now illegal fetishes. I didn't see anybody defending the right of people with a thing for Rape and Anal Fisting in 2012...
What about the USA, should their misaligned stance against Gary Marriage rule them out?
What about China, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi hosting the F1? Or indeed the Indian F1 and their social inequalities of class?
That is blowing it out of proportion...more effective to use the platform of The Olympics to peacefully promote equality and inclusion.
Divisive actions such as boycotts or removing the Olympics only cause more disention and division and will not help LGBT rights (althoughI am not sure that simply not promoting homosexuality to children is akin to racism, segregation, apartheid or other more active and far more serious forms of discrimination, the law doesn't ban homosexuality or discriminate actively against homosexuals, it only bans the giving of homosexual information to children.) is in Russia, if anything, given historical Russian siege mentality, it will only make it worse.
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One day we'll live in a world free of intolerance towards people called Gary.
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No no no no no no no, you are so so so wrong. It is about time we had a register of all Gary's so we know at anyone time where they secrete themselves
Do you really want your children within 100 yards of a Gary! Do you?!
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I support Russia on the issue. They aren't banning being homosexual after all, but what I suppose could be termed as the 'gay agenda' i.e. political homosexuality. As long as that is all they are doing, then what is the problem? They are a democratic nation and this is the will of their people. If you want to boycott something, how about Middle Eastern oil? They execute gays over there.
And the Jesse Owen thing is daft, as another poster highlighted. The foundation of Hitlers views were not that exceptional at the time, where even the US had segregation.
And the Jesse Owen thing is daft, as another poster highlighted. The foundation of Hitlers views were not that exceptional at the time, where even the US had segregation.
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No no no no no no no, you are so so so wrong. It is about time we had a register of all Gary's so we know at anyone time where they secrete themselves
Do you really want your children within 100 yards of a Gary! Do you?!
People mock but it's true, look at all the murdering "Garys" - Gilmore, Ridgway, Heidnik, Vinter, Dobson, Sampson, Hilton, Grinhaff and Gerlach.
Not to mention Gary Glitter
I wouldn't be surprised if most of those Garys were ginger too.
