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It's a good question, but yes, I do. nossy Send a noteboard - 27/07/2012 02:42:28 PM
Nobody is asking you to be silent but if you speak will take away a dream you have been working towards for your entire life? Sorry but how in the hell does that argument make sense to anyone no matter what their politics are?

It matters to her that it is her dream, but if her dream is only to attain personal glory (not be a part of something bigger) then I can't help her. The Olympics are specifically supposed to be about fostering connections between different cultures and races, and if she can't get with that then she's making her own bed. I'm sorry, but why should she get to have her cake while the team has to accept something they don't like?


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Am I the only one who thinks Voula Papachristou should not have been kicked out of the Olympics? Tom - 25/07/2012 10:55:19 PM 1481 Views
Being on a country's Olympic team is a privilege, not a right Dark Knight - 25/07/2012 11:00:24 PM 935 Views
So banning blacks would be cool if it was legal in that country? Cannoli - 25/07/2012 11:08:52 PM 1089 Views
If that's how the country wants to run itself Dark Knight - 25/07/2012 11:13:04 PM 957 Views
The IOC can ban nations from participating for that sort of stunt. Legolas - 25/07/2012 11:33:23 PM 1110 Views
So that excuses thought control? Tom - 25/07/2012 11:49:58 PM 1022 Views
If Hitler could let Jesse Owens run... Cannoli - 25/07/2012 11:07:19 PM 1154 Views
Yes. Political power should not be used to enforce morals. Tom - 25/07/2012 11:53:19 PM 885 Views
The national Olympic Committees aren't the government. Legolas - 26/07/2012 12:02:43 AM 873 Views
Even worse. Tom - 26/07/2012 12:08:05 AM 925 Views
Erm snoopcester - 26/07/2012 12:29:32 AM 959 Views
I fail to see how the whole team would be thrown out. Tom - 26/07/2012 12:41:16 AM 950 Views
Because the IOC throws them out if the national government interferes in the national committe. *NM* snoopcester - 26/07/2012 12:43:39 AM 511 Views
Well, that's absurd. Tom - 26/07/2012 01:09:41 AM 1030 Views
As with most things, I doubt the practice matches the theory snoopcester - 26/07/2012 10:45:55 AM 926 Views
Africans != illegals Tim - 25/07/2012 11:19:32 PM 994 Views
Specious reasoning. Tom - 26/07/2012 12:07:08 AM 856 Views
Who are you to decide that? Legolas - 26/07/2012 12:16:45 AM 1025 Views
I'm not the one deciding. Tom - 26/07/2012 12:36:17 AM 867 Views
Essentially you're saying "there are lots of racists in Europe". Tim - 26/07/2012 08:28:26 AM 974 Views
That's an oversimplification. Tom - 29/07/2012 03:13:14 AM 933 Views
You stated it as a fact. Legolas - 26/07/2012 07:49:58 PM 910 Views
Well, it is a fact that a north African could never become ethnically Greek. Tom - 29/07/2012 03:27:50 AM 1029 Views
I think any organisation should have the right to choose who represents them snoopcester - 25/07/2012 11:20:36 PM 925 Views
Well, but that's not the end of it. Tom - 26/07/2012 12:12:09 AM 992 Views
It is for me snoopcester - 26/07/2012 12:26:25 AM 912 Views
So...conformity ahead? *NM* Tom - 26/07/2012 12:40:03 AM 441 Views
Athletes taking responsibility for their own actions, if that is what you mean. snoopcester - 26/07/2012 12:44:56 AM 1065 Views
Is that all that happened? nossy - 25/07/2012 11:28:17 PM 873 Views
That and some pro-Golden Dawn statements. Tom - 26/07/2012 12:14:25 AM 1070 Views
For me it is more than enough snoopcester - 26/07/2012 12:32:35 AM 833 Views
I thought the original ideals of the Olympics were to honor Zeus. *NM* Tom - 26/07/2012 12:38:32 AM 565 Views
I view the long dead Greek Olympics as seperate, despite the shared name, from the modern Olympics *NM* snoopcester - 26/07/2012 12:42:18 AM 466 Views
It's not what happened to her that I typically waver on. nossy - 27/07/2012 03:08:45 PM 879 Views
Difficult question - if you ask me, the key point is a question of authority. Legolas - 25/07/2012 11:40:39 PM 972 Views
I just googled "What did Voula Papachristou say?" and got that. Tom - 26/07/2012 12:16:53 AM 1004 Views
Well it seems a bit of an over-reaction, and I doubt the purity of motives of those doing it, but... Isaac - 26/07/2012 01:49:35 AM 847 Views
Re: Am I the only one who thinks Voula Papachristou should not have been kicked out of the Olympics? Great Lord of Chaos - 26/07/2012 11:14:39 AM 1305 Views
I'm going to boycott by turning off the Olympics and watching Michelle Jenneke nonstop instead. *NM* everynametaken - 26/07/2012 09:02:59 PM 512 Views
It's not a matter of freedom of expression DomA - 26/07/2012 09:49:59 PM 1073 Views
This. *NM* ironclad - 26/07/2012 10:26:37 PM 457 Views
I oppose censorship even if it is not comng from the government random thoughts - 26/07/2012 10:16:30 PM 917 Views
How is it censorship? DomA - 27/07/2012 02:33:30 AM 1018 Views
try looking up the word censorship and ask yourself would their actions supress speech random thoughts - 27/07/2012 02:59:11 AM 1132 Views
I know the definition thank you. How exactly was her communication suppressed? DomA - 27/07/2012 05:54:39 PM 1047 Views
you are right public punishment of political expression could never been seen as suppression random thoughts - 27/07/2012 06:20:15 PM 1147 Views
Well nossy - 27/07/2012 07:20:27 PM 927 Views
Where did she ever imply she wanted them to be bitten? *NM* random thoughts - 27/07/2012 08:03:05 PM 526 Views
Hello earth.... "food from home". DomA - 27/07/2012 08:26:15 PM 877 Views
OK I repeat my question: Where did she she WANTED them to be bit? random thoughts - 30/07/2012 09:07:01 PM 1196 Views
Um, she referred to them as food? nossy - 27/07/2012 08:38:22 PM 955 Views
No what is silly is inferring that she hoped they would be bitten *NM* random thoughts - 30/07/2012 09:09:18 PM 578 Views
No what is silly is inferring that she hoped they would be bitten *NM* random thoughts - 30/07/2012 09:09:27 PM 490 Views
I'm with you on this - I don't think she wanted them to be bitten. Legolas - 27/07/2012 09:02:05 PM 944 Views
Re: I'm with you on this - I don't think she wanted them to be bitten. DomA - 27/07/2012 09:32:56 PM 1004 Views
Do you have to go to special schools to learn how to read that much into dumb jokes? random thoughts - 30/07/2012 09:57:21 PM 1036 Views
It was insensitive at best random thoughts - 30/07/2012 09:25:06 PM 1480 Views
Re: you are right public punishment of political expression could never been seen as suppression DomA - 27/07/2012 08:30:26 PM 893 Views
One problem. nossy - 27/07/2012 04:54:52 AM 910 Views
Exactly ironclad - 27/07/2012 12:05:14 PM 911 Views
where do you people get these backasswards idea of what censorship is? PCmart? random thoughts - 27/07/2012 02:01:29 PM 978 Views
We can have this conversation w/o you being mean. nossy - 27/07/2012 02:57:02 PM 954 Views
I never claimed I was against repercussions and people here are denying it is censorship random thoughts - 27/07/2012 04:18:54 PM 1025 Views
Re: I never claimed I was against repercussions and people here are denying it is censorship nossy - 27/07/2012 05:01:37 PM 933 Views
OK did I miss read what you said? random thoughts - 27/07/2012 06:41:51 PM 1076 Views
No, but the disagreement is important. nossy - 27/07/2012 07:09:11 PM 908 Views
Re: I never claimed I was against repercussions and people here are denying it is censorship DomA - 27/07/2012 06:23:17 PM 878 Views
sorry I forgot the Olympic spirit was about banning athletes for dumb jokes they apologized for random thoughts - 27/07/2012 08:30:08 PM 854 Views
You're really not going to make sense of this if you keep mashing everything together. Legolas - 27/07/2012 08:59:35 PM 878 Views
Re: You're really not going to make sense of this if you keep mashing everything together. DomA - 27/07/2012 09:18:08 PM 959 Views
I know who did the banning but the whole organization seems to infested with a certain flavor of PC random thoughts - 30/07/2012 10:11:26 PM 1030 Views
Re: sorry I forgot the Olympic spirit was about banning athletes for dumb jokes they apologized for DomA - 27/07/2012 09:01:07 PM 879 Views
I know you said it but do you actually believe it? random thoughts - 27/07/2012 01:56:35 PM 919 Views
It's a good question, but yes, I do. nossy - 27/07/2012 02:42:28 PM 940 Views
Are going to ban everyone and everyone country who says something about anyone else? random thoughts - 27/07/2012 04:47:51 PM 855 Views
Yes, that is clearly exactly what I said. nossy - 27/07/2012 05:10:37 PM 897 Views
i have a feeling you are being influenced by that pic they run with all the articles about her? moondog - 27/07/2012 02:14:13 PM 914 Views
Surely you don't think... Isaac - 27/07/2012 02:57:47 PM 812 Views
Heh. Rebekah - 27/07/2012 05:53:07 PM 1066 Views
Typo? There are limits to our credulity... or to mine, anyway. Legolas - 27/07/2012 06:27:44 PM 941 Views
I can honestly say I would not care as much if she were a man and/or ugly Tom - 29/07/2012 03:29:47 AM 1010 Views
Looks like Voula Papachristou agrees with Tom Dark Knight - 27/07/2012 07:09:30 PM 965 Views
Quite understandable. But so's the Greek OC's decision. Legolas - 27/07/2012 07:11:31 PM 952 Views
And now a Swiss footabller has gone as well snoopcester - 30/07/2012 08:22:45 PM 948 Views
That's just poor sportsmanship. *NM* Tom - 30/07/2012 08:53:53 PM 609 Views
And now the next incident... this time about an athlete's partner, not the athlete herself. Legolas - 03/08/2012 09:47:27 PM 1015 Views
And an Australian athlete has been sent home now snoopcester - 04/08/2012 10:12:12 AM 778 Views
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