So now the IOC is threatening athletes,
thinking this will stop demonstrations against Russia's filthy anti-gay
law. Sure, that'll work. Hah.
Note: paragraphing is my own.
BUENOS AIRES — Jacques Rogge, the president of the International Olympic Committee, said Sunday that athletes would be warned about rules prohibiting demonstrations at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia.Chernyshenko said that athletes and spectators at the Sochi Games would not be affected by the law and that organizers were “absolutely confident that there will be no conflicts in that regards.”
That is so funny! No conflicts at all. Good prognosticator, eh?
But Gerhard Heiberg of Norway, the Olympic committee’s marketing chief, said he had heard from corporate sponsors, particularly from the United States, “about what they are afraid of could happen.”
Six of the committee’s 10 worldwide sponsors are based in the United States: Coke, General Electric, McDonald’s, Visa, Dow Chemical and Procter & Gamble.
Heiberg urged the I.O.C. to be prepared with a plan in case demonstrations against the Russian law occur.“I think this could ruin a lot for all of us,” Heiberg said.He urged the committee to adhere to Rule 50 of the Olympic charter, which says that “no kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted” at any Olympic site.
Rogge said athletes would be reminded about the rule, as they were before the 2008 Beijing Games.
But see, Beijing wasn't planning a holocaust for gays in 2008. Russia is. The games in Sochi are going to be interesting.
There's no doubt about that. I hope Coke, McDonald's and all the other
sponsors of this criminal Olympics lose business and suffer tremendous
financial losses because they didn't stand up for human rights when they
had a clear opportunity to do so. These companies are acting like pigs
-- and they'll be in good company in Sochi.
