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No, but the disagreement is important. nossy Send a noteboard - 27/07/2012 07:09:11 PM
Cut and pasted form your first reply:Nobody said she has to be silent. She is free to say what she wants

I can see how I have been confusing, because I see it as a matter of checks and balances. Nobody is taking away her real right to make comments. She is the only person who can decide if the dream is worth obeying their guidelines for this short period in her life. You give a ton of weight to the fact that she has the "right" to her dream, but I do think there are fair requirements from those who spend their lives fighting to make sure it means something (and to keep it a reality).

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Am I the only one who thinks Voula Papachristou should not have been kicked out of the Olympics? - 25/07/2012 10:55:19 PM 1301 Views
Being on a country's Olympic team is a privilege, not a right - 25/07/2012 11:00:24 PM 791 Views
So banning blacks would be cool if it was legal in that country? - 25/07/2012 11:08:52 PM 952 Views
If that's how the country wants to run itself - 25/07/2012 11:13:04 PM 824 Views
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So that excuses thought control? - 25/07/2012 11:49:58 PM 876 Views
If Hitler could let Jesse Owens run... - 25/07/2012 11:07:19 PM 1015 Views
Yes. Political power should not be used to enforce morals. - 25/07/2012 11:53:19 PM 755 Views
The national Olympic Committees aren't the government. - 26/07/2012 12:02:43 AM 739 Views
Even worse. - 26/07/2012 12:08:05 AM 784 Views
Erm - 26/07/2012 12:29:32 AM 823 Views
I fail to see how the whole team would be thrown out. - 26/07/2012 12:41:16 AM 814 Views
Because the IOC throws them out if the national government interferes in the national committe. *NM* - 26/07/2012 12:43:39 AM 437 Views
Well, that's absurd. - 26/07/2012 01:09:41 AM 900 Views
As with most things, I doubt the practice matches the theory - 26/07/2012 10:45:55 AM 792 Views
Africans != illegals - 25/07/2012 11:19:32 PM 854 Views
Specious reasoning. - 26/07/2012 12:07:08 AM 719 Views
Who are you to decide that? - 26/07/2012 12:16:45 AM 884 Views
I'm not the one deciding. - 26/07/2012 12:36:17 AM 716 Views
Essentially you're saying "there are lots of racists in Europe". - 26/07/2012 08:28:26 AM 835 Views
That's an oversimplification. - 29/07/2012 03:13:14 AM 786 Views
You stated it as a fact. - 26/07/2012 07:49:58 PM 776 Views
I think any organisation should have the right to choose who represents them - 25/07/2012 11:20:36 PM 794 Views
Well, but that's not the end of it. - 26/07/2012 12:12:09 AM 860 Views
It is for me - 26/07/2012 12:26:25 AM 768 Views
So...conformity ahead? *NM* - 26/07/2012 12:40:03 AM 378 Views
Is that all that happened? - 25/07/2012 11:28:17 PM 731 Views
That and some pro-Golden Dawn statements. - 26/07/2012 12:14:25 AM 918 Views
For me it is more than enough - 26/07/2012 12:32:35 AM 708 Views
It's not what happened to her that I typically waver on. - 27/07/2012 03:08:45 PM 745 Views
It's not a matter of freedom of expression - 26/07/2012 09:49:59 PM 920 Views
This. *NM* - 26/07/2012 10:26:37 PM 397 Views
I oppose censorship even if it is not comng from the government - 26/07/2012 10:16:30 PM 763 Views
How is it censorship? - 27/07/2012 02:33:30 AM 866 Views
try looking up the word censorship and ask yourself would their actions supress speech - 27/07/2012 02:59:11 AM 992 Views
I know the definition thank you. How exactly was her communication suppressed? - 27/07/2012 05:54:39 PM 891 Views
you are right public punishment of political expression could never been seen as suppression - 27/07/2012 06:20:15 PM 1014 Views
Well - 27/07/2012 07:20:27 PM 764 Views
Where did she ever imply she wanted them to be bitten? *NM* - 27/07/2012 08:03:05 PM 453 Views
Hello earth.... "food from home". - 27/07/2012 08:26:15 PM 745 Views
OK I repeat my question: Where did she she WANTED them to be bit? - 30/07/2012 09:07:01 PM 1042 Views
Um, she referred to them as food? - 27/07/2012 08:38:22 PM 795 Views
No what is silly is inferring that she hoped they would be bitten *NM* - 30/07/2012 09:09:18 PM 512 Views
No what is silly is inferring that she hoped they would be bitten *NM* - 30/07/2012 09:09:27 PM 420 Views
I'm with you on this - I don't think she wanted them to be bitten. - 27/07/2012 09:02:05 PM 821 Views
It was insensitive at best - 30/07/2012 09:25:06 PM 1271 Views
One problem. - 27/07/2012 04:54:52 AM 771 Views
Exactly - 27/07/2012 12:05:14 PM 775 Views
I know you said it but do you actually believe it? - 27/07/2012 01:56:35 PM 750 Views
It's a good question, but yes, I do. - 27/07/2012 02:42:28 PM 794 Views
Are going to ban everyone and everyone country who says something about anyone else? - 27/07/2012 04:47:51 PM 708 Views
Yes, that is clearly exactly what I said. - 27/07/2012 05:10:37 PM 758 Views
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 769 Views
Surely you don't think... - 27/07/2012 02:57:47 PM 688 Views
Heh. - 27/07/2012 05:53:07 PM 918 Views
Typo? There are limits to our credulity... or to mine, anyway. - 27/07/2012 06:27:44 PM 769 Views
Looks like Voula Papachristou agrees with Tom - 27/07/2012 07:09:30 PM 799 Views
Quite understandable. But so's the Greek OC's decision. - 27/07/2012 07:11:31 PM 799 Views
And now a Swiss footabller has gone as well - 30/07/2012 08:22:45 PM 817 Views
That's just poor sportsmanship. *NM* - 30/07/2012 08:53:53 PM 514 Views
And an Australian athlete has been sent home now - 04/08/2012 10:12:12 AM 641 Views

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