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Difficult question - if you ask me, the key point is a question of authority. Legolas Send a noteboard - 25/07/2012 11:40:39 PM
Here in Belgium there's been some friction in recent Olympics about the fact that the Belgian Olympic Committee often has more stringent participation criteria than the Olympic Games themselves - refuses to bring some athletes even though they are eligible to participate in the Games based on their results. So the question is whether participating in the Olympics is an athlete's right, when he or she fulfills the IOC's requirements, or whether the national Olympic Committees should have the right to decide who goes and who doesn't.

If you hold the latter view, then it seems only logical enough that the Greek Olympic Committee would decide not to bring her - they can do without the bad publicity, and it's not as if Greece has a good reputation to begin with at the moment, either in sports terms or in general terms.

Incidentally, the translation I saw of the tweet on my local newspaper's website was more offensive than yours, mentioning "homemade food" rather than just "food". You may have to go dig up the Greek original.
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It is for me - 26/07/2012 12:26:25 AM 816 Views
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For me it is more than enough - 26/07/2012 12:32:35 AM 750 Views
It's not what happened to her that I typically waver on. - 27/07/2012 03:08:45 PM 788 Views
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It's not a matter of freedom of expression - 26/07/2012 09:49:59 PM 976 Views
This. *NM* - 26/07/2012 10:26:37 PM 416 Views
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try looking up the word censorship and ask yourself would their actions supress speech - 27/07/2012 02:59:11 AM 1041 Views
I know the definition thank you. How exactly was her communication suppressed? - 27/07/2012 05:54:39 PM 936 Views
you are right public punishment of political expression could never been seen as suppression - 27/07/2012 06:20:15 PM 1057 Views
Well - 27/07/2012 07:20:27 PM 813 Views
Where did she ever imply she wanted them to be bitten? *NM* - 27/07/2012 08:03:05 PM 475 Views
Hello earth.... "food from home". - 27/07/2012 08:26:15 PM 789 Views
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One problem. - 27/07/2012 04:54:52 AM 817 Views
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Are going to ban everyone and everyone country who says something about anyone else? - 27/07/2012 04:47:51 PM 760 Views
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i have a feeling you are being influenced by that pic they run with all the articles about her? - 27/07/2012 02:14:13 PM 817 Views
Surely you don't think... - 27/07/2012 02:57:47 PM 725 Views
Heh. - 27/07/2012 05:53:07 PM 973 Views
Typo? There are limits to our credulity... or to mine, anyway. - 27/07/2012 06:27:44 PM 813 Views
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Quite understandable. But so's the Greek OC's decision. - 27/07/2012 07:11:31 PM 854 Views
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That's just poor sportsmanship. *NM* - 30/07/2012 08:53:53 PM 536 Views
And an Australian athlete has been sent home now - 04/08/2012 10:12:12 AM 683 Views

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