So you're American, and some rogue trainers, agency guys and atheletes have been doping, like say your cyclists, sprinters and the odd swimmer. Since this doping scandal is "systemic" in North Amerika, it is evidently appropriate to ban all American's from participating at the games, unless they can prove their innocence. Oh, and just to teach a lesson, those atheletes that have never been involved in doping, if and only if they can prove they never doped their bodies, well they can participate in the upcoming Olympics, but they are not allowed to represent North America, and if the get a gold medal, the American national anthem will NOT be played - since Russia is hosting the Olympics, the Russian national anthem will be played instead. That is definitely fair and appropriate to the North American athletes who have always done the right thing - a little bit of healthy national and personal punishment before any trial and before any conviction. Yep, that's how a democratic world should definitely work. Just the way I thought of it too there Sean. Not! Western schooled persons (no point calling them humans) have lost touch with empathy, justice, don't even comprehend the rule of law and checks and balances, innocence until proven guilty and all that democratic "rubbish". On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 06:07:05PM +0000, Sean Lynch wrote:
Participate as a country, dope as a country, get banned as a country. Maybe Russia should clean its house if it wants representation at the games. Or if the institution itself is illegitimate, why do Russians want to represent their country so badly at the games?
On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 5:11 AM Zenaan Harkness <zen@freedbms.net> wrote:
If anyone wanted an example of propaganda and political bullying:
"The IAAF and now the sports bodies of the US and Canada are not only demanding that Russian athletes prove their innocence before they can take part in the Games. They also demand that even if athletes prove their innocence, they should only be allowed to take part in the Games as “neutrals” and not as Russians. Thus even if proved innocent Russian athletes would have to deny their nation and their country – foregoing the right to wear its colours or hear its anthem if they win."
http://theduran.com/stalinist-witch-hunt-russian-athletes/
(I'm not sure anyone takes seriously the assertion that USA basically does not use propaganda, only speaks truth and righteousness - I find it quite amazing that such an assertion was even put in this mailing list but I guess it's possible -some- people do believe that...)