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Re:U.S. says it will not send officials to Beijing Winter Ol... by outside1234 on Monday December 06, 2021 @02:48PM (#29464647)
I think that sums it up. How is it possible we are having an Olympics in such a place?
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Re:U.S. says it will not send officials to Beijing Winter Ol... by pacoWebConsult on Monday December 06, 2021 @02:58PM (#29464789)
Because the international olympic committee is quite possibly the most corrupt sporting organization on the planet, which is saying something when FIFA exists.
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Re:U.S. says it will not send officials to Beijing Winter Ol... by ycombigator on Monday December 06, 2021 @04:06PM (#29465714)
'We have had a second videocall with Peng Shuai' levels of corruption.
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Re:U.S. says it will not send officials to Beijing Winter Ol... by ectopod on Monday December 06, 2021 @03:46PM (#29465453)
World Athletics is up there too.
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Re:U.S. says it will not send officials to Beijing Winter Ol... by outside1234 on Monday December 06, 2021 @03:02PM (#29464840)
Amen
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Re:U.S. says it will not send officials to Beijing Winter Ol... by BiteCode_dev on Monday December 06, 2021 @03:43PM (#29465419)
You may want to check out 1936 Summer Olympics.
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Re:U.S. says it will not send officials to Beijing Winter Ol... by djohnston on Monday December 06, 2021 @02:57PM (#29464773)
TBF we had the olympics in Nazi Germany so it's not like this is breaking some existing streak of IOC virtue.
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Re:U.S. says it will not send officials to Beijing Winter Ol... by outside1234 on Monday December 06, 2021 @03:03PM (#29464846)
Why do we continue to have that venue be the place where we have our athletes go then?
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Re:U.S. says it will not send officials to Beijing Winter Ol... by thefounder on Monday December 06, 2021 @03:17PM (#29465022)
Because the athlets train to be the best in the world so taking that from them is punishing.
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Re:U.S. says it will not send officials to Beijing Winter Ol... by dnautics on Monday December 06, 2021 @03:38PM (#29465348)
bump it up by a year and set it up in different country.
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Re:U.S. says it will not send officials to Beijing Winter Ol... by parthdesai on Monday December 06, 2021 @03:13PM (#29464976)
I do get your point, but the massive difference is that you can make that statement in US without having to think about repercussions. Can't do that in China.
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Re:U.S. says it will not send officials to Beijing Winter Ol... by dirtyid on Monday December 06, 2021 @03:35PM (#29465298)
"At least muh free speech" that changes nothing seems like the go-to American exceptionalism excuse. Latest report coming out of XJ is the mass internment phase is over. So the massive difference is is PRC doesn't mass detain minorities for longer than political goals deem necessary. Yet Americans still can't seem free speech / vote away forever for profit prison industrial complex.
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