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Why We Shouldn't Boycott the Olympics
Townhall.com ^ | August 11, 2013 | Steve Chapman

Posted on 08/11/2013 9:21:01 AM PDT by Kaslin

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To: Kaslin

The number ONE reason we shouldn’t boycott the Russian Olympics: the Russian view on the sodomites happens to be the RIGHTEOUS view.


41 posted on 08/11/2013 10:25:23 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: keykitten
For God’s sake,let’s stop telling other countries how to live their lives. They don’t need or want our advice, No wonder they hate Americans. Maybe we should solve our own problems first.

Uh... Snowden has asylum and homosexuals with their allies are being beaten in the streets of Russia under color of law. By celebrating the Olympics, we are endorsing what's going on there. Violence has not been an accepted legal response to homosexuals in the United States for decades and the Snowden asylum is intolerable.

With China there was a wink-and-nod that we were encouraging their progress towards Westernization but we also knew about their use of CG effects to make themselves look better and other issues like environmental concerns. There's no such pretext with Russia; it's in regression with Obama's "reset button" diplomacy a failure.

Obama's gotten this one wrong. He says our nation shouldn't boycott the Olympics but it's ok for him to cancel his meeting with Putin to express outrage? There's a disconnect, a very public one, that sends a muddled message and bespeaks of weakness, not strength. He's two-faced.

42 posted on 08/11/2013 10:29:00 AM PDT by newzjunkey (bah)
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To: Revolting cat!

We shouldn’t boycott because Russia has the right idea.


43 posted on 08/11/2013 10:32:39 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Revolting cat!

Will the pudding eating contest be canceled this time around?


44 posted on 08/11/2013 10:33:06 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Kaslin

We shouldn’t boycott the Olympics because that punishes our athletes and not the host country. Russia is loosing money one way or the other, NBC is losing money one way or the other, the only question do our athletes get to go over there have some fun and win some metals.


45 posted on 08/11/2013 10:35:12 AM PDT by discostu (Go do the voodoo that you do so well.)
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To: Kaslin

A horrible, horrible president.


46 posted on 08/11/2013 10:57:23 AM PDT by heye2monn
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To: My Favorite Headache

Dallas is pretty much already set for the games....they even have a velodrome in Plano already built for the cycling events. They probably wouldn’t even need Cowboys’ stadium, since they have other stadiums, from local universities, and even some of the high school football stadiums here could be used for certain events.

They probably couldn’t have them in the middle of August though, with the triple-digit temperatures.


47 posted on 08/11/2013 11:03:14 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Kaslin
We should not only Boycott the Olympics we should pull out of it altogether.
The IOC and it's related affiliates are corrupt and the true spirit of Amateur competition is long gone.
It become all about the money and has become a mockery and horrible parody.
I haven't really watched or followed the Olympics in years. The glory period was probably the 1950’s and 1960’s but it has certainly gone downhill and the experience very much cheapened since then.
48 posted on 08/11/2013 11:10:15 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Sacajaweau
OMG! Is there no end to the promotion of Homsexuality. You would think this is the most important task facing humanity.

Utter nonsense! Nothing but destruction will follow the elevation of this Humanity Hating Death Cult.

I never thought I would cheer for Putin. But his positive statements regarding Christianity and Traditional Marriage speak well for him and the future of Russia.

This country is lost in a stupified orgy of self endulgence, purchased with the scarifices of generations of Americans who would be appalled at the wasted legacy.

49 posted on 08/11/2013 11:25:03 AM PDT by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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To: Sacajaweau

“Why Obama shouldn’t be saying...I hope some fags and lesbos win....”

Our lesbians can beat their lesbians.


50 posted on 08/11/2013 11:27:26 AM PDT by Owl558 (Those who remember George Santayana are doomed to repeat him)
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To: Kaslin

Because not everything in the world is about homosexuals?


51 posted on 08/11/2013 12:53:10 PM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (Where can I go to sign for the American Revolution 2013 and the Crusades 2013?)
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To: Kaslin

Unless they reinstate wrestling I’m boycotting all Olympic games.


52 posted on 08/11/2013 12:55:57 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: jwalsh07
Unless they reinstate wrestling I’m boycotting all Olympic games.

There was wrestling in the snow in the Winter Olympics, Joe? (I'm too young to know.)

53 posted on 08/11/2013 12:57:59 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: dfwgator

Oh I know everything that is around here but the temps man...the temps are brutal to be out in...no way big crowds could do daytime events unless indoors.


54 posted on 08/11/2013 2:11:43 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (In a world where I feel so small, I can't stop thinking big.)
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To: dfwgator

Oh I know there is no legitimate comparison, but that mealy mouth gangsta punk wannabe twists and turns everything to his liking (without being called upon it by suck-up media).

He even had the “audacity” to say he already was going to soften NSA, he was already going to do this and that. So even whenever anyone comes along and says why did you not do this? He can lie through his teeth and say, “I was about to do so.”


55 posted on 08/11/2013 2:15:23 PM PDT by shalom aleichem
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To: Kaslin
WWJCD?

( what would jimma carter do?)

56 posted on 08/11/2013 2:17:32 PM PDT by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead.)
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To: Doomonyou
What would Brian Boitano Do?


57 posted on 08/11/2013 2:18:29 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: RPTMS

You’ve got to be kidding. Most of them can’t control their urges for 16 minutes.

Gay rights.. I want them to have the right to shut up and go away.


58 posted on 08/11/2013 2:39:52 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: Revolting cat!

Public education in America is revolting. As are cats that don’t understand the word all which modifies Olympic Games to include winter and summer. Understanding the English language is a prerequisite for attempting to be a smart ass genius.


59 posted on 08/11/2013 5:47:14 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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