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We can have this conversation w/o you being mean. nossy Send a noteboard - 27/07/2012 02:57:02 PM
Do you really believe that if you redefine censorship to not include punishing people for saying things you don’t like you are suddenly free of the sin of censorship? I guess that is the logical conclusion of the thought police mindset. If tactics and values collide redefine the words you use so that now your tactics are acceptable.


I happen to agree with you that she is being censored, but I do not think censorship is always bad. You say everyone else has turned it into a different meaning, but then you're trying to state that you're pretty much against any repercussions and I do not agree. There are repercussions for things we say and do every day, and this person showed absolutely no sense when she decided to say something rude. I'm sorry, but this is on her head unless a case can be made that she had no idea an Olympics committee would take offense.
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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 1501 Views
Being on a country's Olympic team is a privilege, not a right Dark Knight - 25/07/2012 11:00:24 PM 972 Views
So banning blacks would be cool if it was legal in that country? Cannoli - 25/07/2012 11:08:52 PM 1108 Views
If that's how the country wants to run itself Dark Knight - 25/07/2012 11:13:04 PM 985 Views
The IOC can ban nations from participating for that sort of stunt. Legolas - 25/07/2012 11:33:23 PM 1135 Views
So that excuses thought control? Tom - 25/07/2012 11:49:58 PM 1054 Views
If Hitler could let Jesse Owens run... Cannoli - 25/07/2012 11:07:19 PM 1186 Views
Yes. Political power should not be used to enforce morals. Tom - 25/07/2012 11:53:19 PM 908 Views
The national Olympic Committees aren't the government. Legolas - 26/07/2012 12:02:43 AM 900 Views
Even worse. Tom - 26/07/2012 12:08:05 AM 954 Views
Erm snoopcester - 26/07/2012 12:29:32 AM 983 Views
I fail to see how the whole team would be thrown out. Tom - 26/07/2012 12:41:16 AM 978 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 524 Views
Well, that's absurd. Tom - 26/07/2012 01:09:41 AM 1054 Views
As with most things, I doubt the practice matches the theory snoopcester - 26/07/2012 10:45:55 AM 951 Views
Africans != illegals Tim - 25/07/2012 11:19:32 PM 1028 Views
Specious reasoning. Tom - 26/07/2012 12:07:08 AM 888 Views
Who are you to decide that? Legolas - 26/07/2012 12:16:45 AM 1050 Views
I'm not the one deciding. Tom - 26/07/2012 12:36:17 AM 894 Views
Essentially you're saying "there are lots of racists in Europe". Tim - 26/07/2012 08:28:26 AM 1007 Views
That's an oversimplification. Tom - 29/07/2012 03:13:14 AM 960 Views
You stated it as a fact. Legolas - 26/07/2012 07:49:58 PM 940 Views
Well, it is a fact that a north African could never become ethnically Greek. Tom - 29/07/2012 03:27:50 AM 1058 Views
I think any organisation should have the right to choose who represents them snoopcester - 25/07/2012 11:20:36 PM 952 Views
Well, but that's not the end of it. Tom - 26/07/2012 12:12:09 AM 1013 Views
It is for me snoopcester - 26/07/2012 12:26:25 AM 932 Views
So...conformity ahead? *NM* Tom - 26/07/2012 12:40:03 AM 453 Views
Athletes taking responsibility for their own actions, if that is what you mean. snoopcester - 26/07/2012 12:44:56 AM 1093 Views
Is that all that happened? nossy - 25/07/2012 11:28:17 PM 914 Views
That and some pro-Golden Dawn statements. Tom - 26/07/2012 12:14:25 AM 1104 Views
For me it is more than enough snoopcester - 26/07/2012 12:32:35 AM 863 Views
I thought the original ideals of the Olympics were to honor Zeus. *NM* Tom - 26/07/2012 12:38:32 AM 584 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 479 Views
It's not what happened to her that I typically waver on. nossy - 27/07/2012 03:08:45 PM 903 Views
Difficult question - if you ask me, the key point is a question of authority. Legolas - 25/07/2012 11:40:39 PM 1000 Views
I just googled "What did Voula Papachristou say?" and got that. Tom - 26/07/2012 12:16:53 AM 1037 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 874 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 1334 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 528 Views
It's not a matter of freedom of expression DomA - 26/07/2012 09:49:59 PM 1105 Views
This. *NM* ironclad - 26/07/2012 10:26:37 PM 471 Views
I oppose censorship even if it is not comng from the government random thoughts - 26/07/2012 10:16:30 PM 942 Views
How is it censorship? DomA - 27/07/2012 02:33:30 AM 1052 Views
try looking up the word censorship and ask yourself would their actions supress speech random thoughts - 27/07/2012 02:59:11 AM 1163 Views
I know the definition thank you. How exactly was her communication suppressed? DomA - 27/07/2012 05:54:39 PM 1078 Views
you are right public punishment of political expression could never been seen as suppression random thoughts - 27/07/2012 06:20:15 PM 1174 Views
Well nossy - 27/07/2012 07:20:27 PM 975 Views
Where did she ever imply she wanted them to be bitten? *NM* random thoughts - 27/07/2012 08:03:05 PM 539 Views
Hello earth.... "food from home". DomA - 27/07/2012 08:26:15 PM 903 Views
OK I repeat my question: Where did she she WANTED them to be bit? random thoughts - 30/07/2012 09:07:01 PM 1222 Views
Um, she referred to them as food? nossy - 27/07/2012 08:38:22 PM 977 Views
No what is silly is inferring that she hoped they would be bitten *NM* random thoughts - 30/07/2012 09:09:18 PM 588 Views
No what is silly is inferring that she hoped they would be bitten *NM* random thoughts - 30/07/2012 09:09:27 PM 503 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 972 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 1030 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 1065 Views
It was insensitive at best random thoughts - 30/07/2012 09:25:06 PM 1524 Views
Re: you are right public punishment of political expression could never been seen as suppression DomA - 27/07/2012 08:30:26 PM 918 Views
One problem. nossy - 27/07/2012 04:54:52 AM 940 Views
Exactly ironclad - 27/07/2012 12:05:14 PM 936 Views
where do you people get these backasswards idea of what censorship is? PCmart? random thoughts - 27/07/2012 02:01:29 PM 1010 Views
We can have this conversation w/o you being mean. nossy - 27/07/2012 02:57:02 PM 976 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 1060 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 950 Views
OK did I miss read what you said? random thoughts - 27/07/2012 06:41:51 PM 1103 Views
No, but the disagreement is important. nossy - 27/07/2012 07:09:11 PM 941 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 903 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 878 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 905 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 984 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 1057 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 907 Views
I know you said it but do you actually believe it? random thoughts - 27/07/2012 01:56:35 PM 944 Views
It's a good question, but yes, I do. nossy - 27/07/2012 02:42:28 PM 968 Views
Are going to ban everyone and everyone country who says something about anyone else? random thoughts - 27/07/2012 04:47:51 PM 880 Views
Yes, that is clearly exactly what I said. nossy - 27/07/2012 05:10:37 PM 924 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 933 Views
Surely you don't think... Isaac - 27/07/2012 02:57:47 PM 838 Views
Heh. Rebekah - 27/07/2012 05:53:07 PM 1091 Views
Typo? There are limits to our credulity... or to mine, anyway. Legolas - 27/07/2012 06:27:44 PM 963 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 1039 Views
Looks like Voula Papachristou agrees with Tom Dark Knight - 27/07/2012 07:09:30 PM 1012 Views
Quite understandable. But so's the Greek OC's decision. Legolas - 27/07/2012 07:11:31 PM 976 Views
And now a Swiss footabller has gone as well snoopcester - 30/07/2012 08:22:45 PM 971 Views
That's just poor sportsmanship. *NM* Tom - 30/07/2012 08:53:53 PM 624 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 1040 Views
And an Australian athlete has been sent home now snoopcester - 04/08/2012 10:12:12 AM 805 Views
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