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I know who did the banning but the whole organization seems to infested with a certain flavor of PC random thoughts Send a noteboard - 30/07/2012 10:11:26 PM
They didn't want to give a moment of silence to recognize the Munich massacre because it would be political? The problem isn't that they don't want to offend people it is that they don't want offend some people but are fine offending others.

If Greek athlete had tweeted a joke that exact same joke but it was about a group that it was OK to not like, say Israel, then she would have been chastised at worst. The fact that she was punished so harshly for a joke that she immediately apologized is trouble some. They had other actions they could have taken but chose the harshest option available to them. Why? The fact that her political affiliation seems to be a factor in that decision is down right disturbing and smacks of political motivation behind their actions. Yes some might cheer their actions but that doesn't justify them and if anything makes it worse. When w we start cheering the political persecution of people we disagree with we are a very big step closer to Brown Shirts. Lots of people cheered Hitler Stalin and Mao.
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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 1447 Views
Being on a country's Olympic team is a privilege, not a right - 25/07/2012 11:00:24 PM 910 Views
So banning blacks would be cool if it was legal in that country? - 25/07/2012 11:08:52 PM 1055 Views
If that's how the country wants to run itself - 25/07/2012 11:13:04 PM 933 Views
The IOC can ban nations from participating for that sort of stunt. - 25/07/2012 11:33:23 PM 1085 Views
So that excuses thought control? - 25/07/2012 11:49:58 PM 992 Views
If Hitler could let Jesse Owens run... - 25/07/2012 11:07:19 PM 1126 Views
Yes. Political power should not be used to enforce morals. - 25/07/2012 11:53:19 PM 856 Views
The national Olympic Committees aren't the government. - 26/07/2012 12:02:43 AM 842 Views
Even worse. - 26/07/2012 12:08:05 AM 898 Views
Erm - 26/07/2012 12:29:32 AM 931 Views
I fail to see how the whole team would be thrown out. - 26/07/2012 12:41:16 AM 922 Views
Because the IOC throws them out if the national government interferes in the national committe. *NM* - 26/07/2012 12:43:39 AM 490 Views
Well, that's absurd. - 26/07/2012 01:09:41 AM 1002 Views
As with most things, I doubt the practice matches the theory - 26/07/2012 10:45:55 AM 902 Views
Africans != illegals - 25/07/2012 11:19:32 PM 965 Views
Specious reasoning. - 26/07/2012 12:07:08 AM 827 Views
Who are you to decide that? - 26/07/2012 12:16:45 AM 991 Views
I'm not the one deciding. - 26/07/2012 12:36:17 AM 831 Views
Essentially you're saying "there are lots of racists in Europe". - 26/07/2012 08:28:26 AM 949 Views
That's an oversimplification. - 29/07/2012 03:13:14 AM 907 Views
You stated it as a fact. - 26/07/2012 07:49:58 PM 879 Views
I think any organisation should have the right to choose who represents them - 25/07/2012 11:20:36 PM 901 Views
Well, but that's not the end of it. - 26/07/2012 12:12:09 AM 967 Views
It is for me - 26/07/2012 12:26:25 AM 885 Views
So...conformity ahead? *NM* - 26/07/2012 12:40:03 AM 426 Views
Is that all that happened? - 25/07/2012 11:28:17 PM 845 Views
That and some pro-Golden Dawn statements. - 26/07/2012 12:14:25 AM 1036 Views
For me it is more than enough - 26/07/2012 12:32:35 AM 815 Views
It's not what happened to her that I typically waver on. - 27/07/2012 03:08:45 PM 853 Views
It's not a matter of freedom of expression - 26/07/2012 09:49:59 PM 1046 Views
This. *NM* - 26/07/2012 10:26:37 PM 443 Views
I oppose censorship even if it is not comng from the government - 26/07/2012 10:16:30 PM 886 Views
How is it censorship? - 27/07/2012 02:33:30 AM 991 Views
try looking up the word censorship and ask yourself would their actions supress speech - 27/07/2012 02:59:11 AM 1106 Views
I know the definition thank you. How exactly was her communication suppressed? - 27/07/2012 05:54:39 PM 1008 Views
you are right public punishment of political expression could never been seen as suppression - 27/07/2012 06:20:15 PM 1120 Views
Well - 27/07/2012 07:20:27 PM 888 Views
Where did she ever imply she wanted them to be bitten? *NM* - 27/07/2012 08:03:05 PM 509 Views
Hello earth.... "food from home". - 27/07/2012 08:26:15 PM 850 Views
OK I repeat my question: Where did she she WANTED them to be bit? - 30/07/2012 09:07:01 PM 1169 Views
Um, she referred to them as food? - 27/07/2012 08:38:22 PM 924 Views
No what is silly is inferring that she hoped they would be bitten *NM* - 30/07/2012 09:09:18 PM 564 Views
No what is silly is inferring that she hoped they would be bitten *NM* - 30/07/2012 09:09:27 PM 474 Views
I'm with you on this - I don't think she wanted them to be bitten. - 27/07/2012 09:02:05 PM 924 Views
It was insensitive at best - 30/07/2012 09:25:06 PM 1449 Views
One problem. - 27/07/2012 04:54:52 AM 884 Views
Exactly - 27/07/2012 12:05:14 PM 888 Views
where do you people get these backasswards idea of what censorship is? PCmart? - 27/07/2012 02:01:29 PM 952 Views
We can have this conversation w/o you being mean. - 27/07/2012 02:57:02 PM 928 Views
I never claimed I was against repercussions and people here are denying it is censorship - 27/07/2012 04:18:54 PM 991 Views
Re: I never claimed I was against repercussions and people here are denying it is censorship - 27/07/2012 05:01:37 PM 910 Views
OK did I miss read what you said? - 27/07/2012 06:41:51 PM 1053 Views
No, but the disagreement is important. - 27/07/2012 07:09:11 PM 887 Views
Re: I never claimed I was against repercussions and people here are denying it is censorship - 27/07/2012 06:23:17 PM 847 Views
sorry I forgot the Olympic spirit was about banning athletes for dumb jokes they apologized for - 27/07/2012 08:30:08 PM 824 Views
You're really not going to make sense of this if you keep mashing everything together. - 27/07/2012 08:59:35 PM 847 Views
I know who did the banning but the whole organization seems to infested with a certain flavor of PC - 30/07/2012 10:11:26 PM 1001 Views
I know you said it but do you actually believe it? - 27/07/2012 01:56:35 PM 892 Views
It's a good question, but yes, I do. - 27/07/2012 02:42:28 PM 915 Views
Are going to ban everyone and everyone country who says something about anyone else? - 27/07/2012 04:47:51 PM 824 Views
Yes, that is clearly exactly what I said. - 27/07/2012 05:10:37 PM 867 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 884 Views
Surely you don't think... - 27/07/2012 02:57:47 PM 788 Views
Heh. - 27/07/2012 05:53:07 PM 1039 Views
Typo? There are limits to our credulity... or to mine, anyway. - 27/07/2012 06:27:44 PM 897 Views
Looks like Voula Papachristou agrees with Tom - 27/07/2012 07:09:30 PM 918 Views
Quite understandable. But so's the Greek OC's decision. - 27/07/2012 07:11:31 PM 926 Views
And now a Swiss footabller has gone as well - 30/07/2012 08:22:45 PM 922 Views
That's just poor sportsmanship. *NM* - 30/07/2012 08:53:53 PM 584 Views
And an Australian athlete has been sent home now - 04/08/2012 10:12:12 AM 750 Views

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