Dave Ziran said that he would attend and he gave a good reason, only I can't
remember what it was. I really like him.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Jarvis [mailto:carjar82@xxxxxxxxx] ;
Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2016 5:46 PM
To: blind-democracy
Cc: Miriam Vieni
Subject: I'm boycotting the Olympic games
I understand the message did not follow the Subject. For what it's worth,
here it is again.
Carl
I'm boycotting the summer Olympics.
2 reasons:
1. I will not support games that are held in a nation in which a coup has
removed the democratically elected president.
2. I refuse to honor the decision of the Olympic Committee in banning the
entire Russian Olympic team rather than punishing the offenders.
This primitive system of "teaching them a lesson by punishing them all" has
been proven to create more trouble than it solves. If we are to support the
banning of an entire nation for drug abuse, then we should follow up by
calling off the Olympic Games, to "teach all participants a lesson".
In America's professional sports, an athlete caught drugging is banned from
the game. And the team continues to play. Under the Olympic Committee's
model, the entire team should be "taught a lesson" and be banned for the
remainder of the season.
But still, my major objection is that by holding the Olympic Games in Rio,
the nations of the world are endorsing a government that came into power
through a coup.
We Americans in the good old USA, should know first hand what happens when
the presidency is stolen from the people. Our own Supreme Court handed the
Office over to a second place, third rate candidate, George Bush II. And
look where that got us.
Carl Jarvis
