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IOC says athlete protests remain banned at Tokyo Olympics

Should protests be banned at the Olympics?

  • Yes

    Votes: 4 26.7%

  • No

    Votes: 6 40.0%

  • Possibly, under certain circumstances

    Votes: 4 26.7%

  • Undecided

    Votes: 1 6.7%

  • Other

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    15
Yerda

Yerda

Veteran Member
I don't believe that a ban is the right thing to do but I wouldn't mind if we focused more on the sport than the kneeling.
 
McBell

McBell

Unbound
How about they shut the cameras off when someone kneels or raises a fist or any of the other actions related to supporting a cause?

I mean, if they are not going to get the attention, perhaps they will not bother trying to get the attention?

Maybe even come up with a gif to replace the protesting persons?
 
Subduction Zone

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
Mestemia said:
How about they shut the cameras off when someone kneels or raises a fist or any of the other actions related to supporting a cause?

I mean, if they are not going to get the attention, perhaps they will not bother trying to get the attention?

Maybe even come up with a gif to replace the protesting persons?
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The problem with that is that people would still know that something is going on. Right now what happens when one protests is that their Olympics is over. I do not mind that solution. They may also be banned from future games. I have no problem with people having to pay a price when they protest when it is a breaking of their word. One is essentially promising not to protest by participating since that is in the Olympic rules. One may be doing it in writing. Such protest is a form of civil disobedience. Civil disobedience should have some sort of penalty. It actually make the protest more meaningful if there is at least some sort of punishment that goes along with it.
 
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Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
Kooky said:
This is not surprising, as neither the Japanese government nor the corrupt swamp that is the IOC have ever been notable fans of people exercising their civic rights to publically express their grievances in protest.
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You do not appear to understand civil rights. At public venues one has the right to protest. The Olympics are not a public venue. They are a private organization and do have the ability to limit "speech" at the Olympics.
 
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