tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post1076221291866515408..comments2024-03-28T15:37:22.124-04:00Comments on I Should Be Laughing: The Sochi Winter Olympics: My Two CentsBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15302478126147924237noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-22665465754149030172013-08-14T16:43:51.774-04:002013-08-14T16:43:51.774-04:00Unfortunately, the Olympic Games are big business ...Unfortunately, the Olympic Games are big business around the world. The amount of money involved is unimaginable.<br /><br />That being said, "money talks" and keeping it from speaking in Russia appears to be the right thing to do.<br /><br />I will personally boycott the Sochi Olympics and all of the sponsors involved.www.DiatribesAndOvations.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07011237907664440530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-77938768284885182482013-08-14T01:10:58.383-04:002013-08-14T01:10:58.383-04:00I am also torn about boycotting the olympics. Tho...I am also torn about boycotting the olympics. Those athletes have worked their entire lives for possibly only one chance to compete at this level. To call the olympics off, would be beyond mean. <br /><br />Nothing will change until the Russian population wants it to, including ousting Putin. <br /><br />While the games must go on, how about boycotting ATTENDING the games? Without the huge inflow of money from all those that attend, it will be seen as a monetary flop, hopefully causing the IOC to not place their games in an anti-lgbt country next time.Biki Honkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06731335682679434307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-4499278065794078362013-08-13T17:43:24.936-04:002013-08-13T17:43:24.936-04:00And there are Russian judges that sit in on the sp...And there are Russian judges that sit in on the sports that attract the Johnny Weirs, et. al. And we need to let the IOC know that we aren't going put up with ANY bullshit from those russian judges when it comes to gay people.The Cool Cookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04162345087029159056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-63810874065483821892013-08-13T17:41:27.830-04:002013-08-13T17:41:27.830-04:00My thoughts are this. We can protest all we want,...My thoughts are this. We can protest all we want, but until the Russians get rid of that motherfucker Putin, no gay person is safe in Russia. <br /><br />If all the nations of the world want his to look like a fool, they need to fly the Pride flag during the opening and ending of the Olympics, at every medal ceremony and they need to let this needledick jerk that we aren't going to drop this matter. <br /><br />But if you don't go, you lose that platform. And until he's gone, this issue isn't going away. The Cool Cookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04162345087029159056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-81809087239229988002013-08-13T17:40:42.868-04:002013-08-13T17:40:42.868-04:00Russia can kiss my ass. If you're not part of ...Russia can kiss my ass. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. The problem? Where are the straight allies there?<br /><br />There is not much we can do here short of Obama breaking a treaty with Russia because Russia doesn't care.<br /><br />I'm going to boycott the Olympics. I don't want to see Johnny Weir or anyone else become a martyr.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-79592066858091365852013-08-13T17:13:26.546-04:002013-08-13T17:13:26.546-04:00Bob,
I'm conflicted to as to what to do to le...Bob,<br /><br />I'm conflicted to as to what to do to let Russia and Putin know that we will not condone Russia's actions towards the LGBT community. For the past six months I've been reading a series of books written by Holocaust survivors. No matter how many books I read on this subject, I still can't wrap my brain around that very little was done by other countries to stop the persecution and systematic murder of Jews and other minorities during the Nazi reign. And you know the Allied counties knew what was going on. However as Edmund Burke said "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." <br /><br />I'm not sure if boycotting the Olympics is the answer. Actually what the problem is not only Putin but the Russian people who believe that homosexuality is a "Western thing." A disease that they have to contain. The impetus for these new Draconian laws come from rural Russia. Much like our rural areas in this country, those people don't believe gays exist in their country. As incredibly stupid as it sounds, they really believe that homosexuality didn't exist before the Western influence. What they don't realize is that gay men and women are everywhere, the only difference being in certain areas of their country (and ours), they have the power to keep the LGBT community in the closet, especially in the far rural areas. In our country in the South, gays are more out in the big inner cities like Atlanta and Asheville. I'm rambling on here so I'll bring this to a close.<br /><br />I think what we should do is let the Johnny Weirs perform in all their flamboyance in the Sochi Olympics and fuck any Russian or their small minded populace who doesn't like it. Cause a confrontation. That's what should have happened during the Nazi reign. Then good men did nothing and you see what happened, the deaths of millions. That is what is going to happen now if good men do nothing. Our country cannot just look the other way as if nothing is happening. This is big, bigger than even the Muslim threat. And what is so ironic is that so many ignorant people are so fearful of gays. Why do we cause so much fear? That is a question that I have never been able to answer.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11161930319264523497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-686936053337746092013-08-13T16:04:39.600-04:002013-08-13T16:04:39.600-04:00It is still stunning that this issue isn't an ...It is still stunning that this issue isn't an automatic disqualification for Russia right now. I think it will come down to what causes Putin to loose the most face - an unqualified statement to stop their persecution or have the Olympics taken away from them. the dogs' motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11512888563325865616noreply@blogger.com