jeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoCrowd Cheers as Convicted Rapist is Eliminated in Olympic Beach Volleyballwww.thedailybeast.comexternal-linkmessage-square143fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareGuntrigger@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoOn what grounds would he be removed though? Is there a reason countries shouldn’t select athletes that have been to prison?
minus-squareAmanda@aggregatet.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoOn the grounds that the Olympic Games is mostly a propaganda event and he’s absolutely terrible propaganda?
minus-squareGuntrigger@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoWell on that same vein, the IOC unilaterally disqualifying a country’s chosen athlete is likely to be even more politically problematic.
On what grounds would he be removed though? Is there a reason countries shouldn’t select athletes that have been to prison?
On the grounds that the Olympic Games is mostly a propaganda event and he’s absolutely terrible propaganda?
Well on that same vein, the IOC unilaterally disqualifying a country’s chosen athlete is likely to be even more politically problematic.