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[–] judgeholden@hexbear.net 120 points 2 years ago (58 children)

only fair enough, I remember when they made the US and UK do this after killing hundreds of thousands of people in Iraq

[–] jackmarxist@hexbear.net 87 points 2 years ago (38 children)

4.5 Million but yeah, glad that the USA and the UK got sanctioned after leading such a genocidal war. This restores my faith in the rules based order.

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[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 36 points 2 years ago

This is basically word for word what I was going to post.

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[–] h3doublehockeysticks@hexbear.net 73 points 2 years ago (8 children)

The nazis hosted the olympics, no imperialist war has ever stopped the olympics from letting someone compete. Even in the worst possible interpretation of Russia's actions in Ukraine, barring them from the Olympics for it would be an entirely new precedent.

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[–] derf82@lemmy.world 69 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Forget neutral flags, they should be banned. Heck, Russia should be banned for doping, regardless of the war.

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[–] Fuckass@hexbear.net 68 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Finally, some dignity and respect for human rights at the Olympics.

walks past barricade that hides homeless people

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[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 67 points 2 years ago (20 children)

Good lord, the comments on that article. I guess I shouldn't expect any better from RT, but man it does really make me sad that so many people are happy living in a fantasy world where Ukrainians are the bad guys in this conflict.

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[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 60 points 2 years ago

Putting a lot of trust in some notion of integrity on noted good organisation, the IOC, here

[–] MultigrainCerealista@hexbear.net 51 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Ukraine should perform under the flag of Bandera

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[–] muddi@hexbear.net 40 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Is that a big bargaining chip or something? The presence of the Ukrainian Olympic team?

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[–] Gelamzer@hexbear.net 38 points 2 years ago

Ukraine having a normal one

The original Olympic truce required everyone to lay down their arms. It would go against the spirit to selectively enforce this. Not that the IOC actually cares about the legacy of the games, they tried to remove wrestling at one point.

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