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1 Internet Tough Guy  Mon, Aug 12, 2013 2:09:26pm

Boycott the IOC.

2 elizajane  Mon, Aug 12, 2013 2:17:17pm

And this would be the same IOC that believed Hitler’s promises about the German Jews before the 1936 Berlin Olympics, yes?
That was such a nice, non-political, “sensible approach.”

3 I Earned My Sodomy Merit Badge!  Mon, Aug 12, 2013 2:18:04pm

They shouldn’t have to wear pins or show any support because we shouldn’t be there. They don’t deserve the Olympics.

4 AlexRogan  Mon, Aug 12, 2013 3:33:19pm

The IOC fucks up…again.

I knew they’d cave to the Russians, but I expect that the more press this all gets, the more major sponsors and top-shelf athletes are going to tell the IOC, their home Olympic committees, and the Russians to go fuck themselves.

Let Putin eat an asterisk for this Olympics.

5 wrenchwench  Mon, Aug 12, 2013 3:56:37pm

Quoting the Charter, eh? Two can play at that game.

Fundamental Principles of Olympism
1. Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, will and mind. Blending sport with culture and education, Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy of effort, the educational value of good example, social responsibility and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.

2. The goal of Olympism is to place sport at the service of the harmonious development of humankind, with a view to promoting a peaceful society concerned with the preservation of human dignity.

3. The Olympic Movement is the concerted, organised, universal and permanent action, carried out under the supreme authority of the IOC, of all individuals and entities who are inspired by the values of Olympism. It covers the five continents. It reaches its peak with the bringing together of the world’s athletes at the great sports festival, the Olympic Games. Its symbol is five interlaced rings.

4. The practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the possibility of practising sport, without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play.

5. Recognising that sport occurs within the framework of society, sports organisations within the Olympic Movement shall have the rights and obligations of autonomy, which include freely establishing and controlling the rules of sport, determining the structure and governance of their organisations, enjoying the right of elections free from any outside influence and the responsibility for ensuring that principles of good governance be applied.

6. Any form of discrimination with regard to a country or a person on grounds of race, religion, politics, gender or otherwise is incompatible with belonging to the Olympic Movement.

7. Belonging to the Olympic Movement requires compliance with the Olympic Charter and recognition by the IOC.

Who is it that’s violating Olympic principles here?

6 EiMitch  Mon, Aug 12, 2013 5:04:20pm

re: #5 wrenchwench

I don’t care what the IOC’s charter says. Thats just fluffy propaganda. The truth is that the IOC is a very self-serving for-profit organization. And its well past due time we stopped pretending otherwise.

Here is a Cracked link from a year ago.

7 wrenchwench  Mon, Aug 12, 2013 5:07:40pm

re: #6 EiMitch

I don’t care what the IOC’s charter says. Thats just fluffy propaganda. The truth is that the IOC is a very self-serving for-profit organization. And its well past due time we stopped pretending otherwise.

Here is a Cracked link from a year ago.

I knew each of the items in that article. (I have a brother who worked in the Olympic Village in ‘84.)

Is it time to do away with the Olympics? Or just do them differently?

8 Romantic Heretic  Mon, Aug 12, 2013 7:52:33pm

From my favorite author.

OLYMPIC IDEAL The Greek games began in 776 BC as a competition among amateur athletes from the different city-states. The purpose was to bring the citizens of rival cities together in an apolitical gathering, which would reduce squabbling and develop a larger sense of community.

The rising merchant class in those cities subsequently inverted their purpose by introducing the idea of city rivalry into the games. The city-states then began subsidizing their athletes indirectly and often invisibly. The amateur athletes were soon living a parody of amateurism. They had careers and future income riding on the competition. Winners became heroes, that is to say political heroes. They were fed at the cost of the state for the rest of their lives.

Subtle corruption soon changed into rank dishonesty. Athletes were eventually bribed to lose. In AD 394 the games were abolished because they had become a parody of the amateur ideal, a focus of corruption and a source of political rivalry.

The Olympic Games were re-established in 1896 as a competition among amateur athletes. One of the purposes was to bring the citizens of rival countries together in an apolitical gathering. What the Greeks managed to do in 1,170 years we have done in less than a hundred.

9 Joanne  Mon, Aug 12, 2013 8:32:05pm

And with this, I say Boycott the Olympics. Fuck sending our people and our money there.


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