Olympian1010 7,417 Posted February 23, 2021 #531 Share Posted February 23, 2021 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,172 Posted February 23, 2021 #532 Share Posted February 23, 2021 And what about Chinese and North Korean athletes who protest? #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrv86 2,852 Posted February 23, 2021 #533 Share Posted February 23, 2021 14 minutes ago, dcro said: And what about Chinese and North Korean athletes who protest? What about ANY athlete that is discriminated in their own country for their political beliefs? Latin American and African countries would parade behind the 5 rings more often than not. True. the situation in Belarus is an utter chaos and severe crackdown on political and human rights; but again this is a direct attack to a single country. Given that criteria Cuba should've parade behind the rings from 1960; Venezuela from 2004 until today; Zimbabwe? Sudan? Syria? Myanmar? dcro and Olympian1010 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,172 Posted February 23, 2021 #534 Share Posted February 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, mrv86 said: What about ANY athlete that is discriminated in their own country for their political beliefs? Latin American and African countries would parade behind the 5 rings more often than not. True. the situation in Belarus is an utter chaos and severe crackdown on political and human rights; but again this is a direct attack to a single country. Given that criteria Cuba should've parade behind the rings from 1960; Venezuela from 2004 until today; Zimbabwe? Sudan? Syria? Myanmar? This is just IOC desperately trying to look good in the sea of current global events. Same things happened in 2016 with the refugee team. Refugees existed long before the 2015 European crisis. mrv86 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaniSRB 896 Posted February 23, 2021 #535 Share Posted February 23, 2021 21 minutes ago, dcro said: This is just IOC desperately trying to look good in the sea of current global events. Same things happened in 2016 with the refugee team. Refugees existed long before the 2015 European crisis. And again we are going to have refugee team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolby 712 Posted February 23, 2021 #536 Share Posted February 23, 2021 1 hour ago, dcro said: And what about Chinese and North Korean athletes who protest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,569 Posted February 23, 2021 #537 Share Posted February 23, 2021 IOC is obviously a bunch of politically-motivated hypocrites. If they ban Belarus from competing under their flag it's gonna serve as the ultimate proof IOC doesn't care about integrity they preach. It's all about politics. No wonder nobody takes those idiots & hypocrites seriously. Will they ban China? North Korea? Of course not. What a load of crap this is. One more word about IOC integrity and democracy on this board and I'm gonna riot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vojthas 947 Posted February 23, 2021 #538 Share Posted February 23, 2021 3 hours ago, Monzanator said: IOC is obviously a bunch of politically-motivated hypocrites. If they ban Belarus from competing under their flag it's gonna serve as the ultimate proof IOC doesn't care about integrity they preach. It's all about politics. No wonder nobody takes those idiots & hypocrites seriously. Will they ban China? North Korea? Of course not. What a load of crap this is. One more word about IOC integrity and democracy on this board and I'm gonna riot Once in a lifetime even Monzanator can say something I agree with in 99% - the 1% is the emoticon in the end, because I don't find it funny in any context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,569 Posted February 23, 2021 #539 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Just now, Vojthas said: Once in a lifetime even Monzanator can say something I agree with in 99% - the 1% is the emoticon in the end, because I don't find it funny in any context. I put the emoji since I'm not surprised by IOC turning out to be a bunch of corrupt two-faced fools again. Who really believes in the "integrity" and "transparency" anymore? Professional sport has become business and is driven by one thing only - money. IOC can afford to erase Belarus but they can't afford to erase China! What a shock! ahjfcshfghb and mrv86 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opruh 125 Posted February 24, 2021 #540 Share Posted February 24, 2021 IOC did not ban the weak and poor China back in 2008 despite the "Tibetan Genocide" where hundreds of thousands of persecuted Tibetans relocated to USA and Europe. IOC and some random western country like USA has no power now to ban the powerful and growing China now for "Uyghur Genocide" that results to hundreds of thousands of persecuted Uyghurs escaping to USA and Europe. I feel sorry for Uyghur personalities like Dilraba and countless other personalities, those tens of millions of followers in social media, western luxury brand endorsements and millions of yuans in income are the worst kind of persecution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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