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Is Russia worthy of hosting the Winter Olympics

Should Russia really be hosting the Winter Olympics?

  • No

    Votes: 34 73.9%
  • Yes

    Votes: 12 26.1%

  • Total voters
    46




Husty

Mooderator
Oct 18, 2008
11,973
Yes, humongous smear campaign from the USA aside, they are no where near as bad as China as an Olympic host and if we want to get nit-picky America itself is still an incredibly racist country with an atrocious human rights record and how many Olympics have they hosted?
 


beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius
Jul 21, 2003
35,265
based on what?
 




Blue Valkyrie

Not seen such Bravery!
Sep 1, 2012
32,165
Valhalla
More worried about Russian tanks rolling into Ukraine as soon as the winter olympics have finished.
 




dougdeep

New member
May 9, 2004
37,732
SUNNY SEAFORD
£30Billion spent on what is really a new future holiday home for Putin. He had it built on the shores of the Black Sea so he could get better weather too. You'd have thought they'd have used existing ski areas. Still he doesn't have to answer to a government does he?
 


Simster

"the man's an arse"
Jul 7, 2003
54,110
Surrey
Yes, humongous smear campaign from the USA aside, they are no where near as bad as China as an Olympic host and if we want to get nit-picky America itself is still an incredibly racist country with an atrocious human rights record and how many Olympics have they hosted?

I know it's trendy to bash America but you're an idiot if you think their human rights record or levels of racism are anything like the other two countries mentioned. Guantanamo bay is abhorrent but China executes hundreds or even thousands of people every year.
 






midnight_rendezvous

Well-known member
Aug 10, 2012
3,737
The Black Country
Yes, humongous smear campaign from the USA aside, they are no where near as bad as China as an Olympic host and if we want to get nit-picky America itself is still an incredibly racist country with an atrocious human rights record and how many Olympics have they hosted?

Two (or in this case three) wrongs don't make a right.
 


Czechmate

Well-known member
Oct 5, 2011
1,212
Brno Czech Republic
Just because their human rights and racists views are not like ours , don't think they do not deserve a crack at the Olympics . To be honest some of our human rights policies are well over the top . Believe it or not there are many hundreds of countries in the world with different values and different cultures , why should we think our ways are better than anyone else's ?

Russia has very few black people so to see a black man is quite unusual so they have different attitudes just like the UK in the 50's and 60's , they will come around eventually like the UK , it is evolution and may be in 20 years they will have a less racist society , same story with gays I am afraid .
 







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