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Angered by Paris ban, Russia's media scorns 'the Olympics of Hell' (www.bbc.com)

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[-] Cyv_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 130 points 1 month ago

Fucking cry. Maybe don't invade your neighbors you fucking cunts.

[-] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 21 points 1 month ago

Don't you dare insulting their traditions, you monster! 😭

[-] hedidwot@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 month ago

Some how I automatically read this in Greta Thungerg's voice.

How dare you!

[-] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 month ago

Haha, I heard her while writing. But I'm not sure she'd be behind the statement.

[-] Lionheadbud@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Should Israel be allowed to compete?

[-] Cyv_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

No, I don't think so.

[+] doodledup@lemmy.world -34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I disagree with that sentiment. Sport should never be political. In 16 years, countries from the West might get excluded when China takes over as the next world power nation. I bet you wouldn't like that, would you?

Besides, sports can be the only necessary link between countries during such times. Additionally, if Russia participated, the broadcasting would have been drastically different and the opinion of the population would be too.

It does no direct harm inviting the athletes to compete so we should just let them.

[-] stevegiblets@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

russia is banned because their athletes keep being caught for taking performance enhancing drugs.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

But. Sport has always been political. All this fluff about the beauty of sports is just for show. It's all about soft power.

[-] Zahtu@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

What Takes you to assume, that russia would Broadcast the olympics at all (or uncensored) even when russian athletes would be competing.

In a ideal world, yes, politics should Not Play any part in Sports, nor in sciences. Hence it is, as we are not living in that world, so we would have to adjust accordingly.

[-] doodledup@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

Not at all a response to my argument. They might or might not. My point is that sports shouldn't be political.

[-] Zahtu@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

Well, Sure, my Point is also still valid everything is political in this reality we live in

[-] awesome_lowlander@lemmy.dbzer0.com 59 points 1 month ago

“I thought the Olympic Games were about sport. No longer,” Russian MP Mariya Butina tells me.

“It’s about politics, religion, everything. It’s very sad because the original idea of the Olympics was to create peace.”

“But Russia has invaded Ukraine,” I point out. “That’s not ‘peace’, is it?”

“Russia has been protecting its people,” Ms Butina responds, echoing the official line here that Russia’s war in Ukraine is all about self-defence.

In reality, the Kremlin’s "special military operation" amounts to the invasion of a sovereign independent nation.

Good to see the media not 'both siding' for once.

[-] OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Is this the same Mariya Butina?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Butina

[-] awesome_lowlander@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Shrug. Probably? It's not like I've heard of her before today.

[-] Visstix@lemmy.world 53 points 1 month ago

Have they tried not cheating?

[-] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 month ago

They're not banned for cheating (this time). They're banned for invading Ukraine.

[-] Visstix@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Huh.. that seems... Difficult to manage who is allowed.

[-] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah, we Brits are grandfathered in on account of not aggressively invading anyone’s country (on our own) for at least 60 years by now. Possibly.

[-] Lionheadbud@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

We invaded Jerusalem in 1917 on behalf of lord Rothschild and continue to protect his colony

[-] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 month ago

Huh, didn’t even notice Russia wasn’t there. Been a fun Olympics though.

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Argent metal intensifies

[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

Rheinmetall intensifies

[-] p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Stay mad motherfucker

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Metal.

[-] TheFrirish@jlai.lu 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

And everyone even here on Lemmy is eating negative news like freshly baked croissants.

[-] YeetPics@mander.xyz 0 points 1 month ago

You're kidding, I don't ever recall seeing the ruzzians at the games before.

This must be a fun little mass hallucination from the great country of ruzzia. We never let shitheels play with us 🤷

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