[ SECRET POST #2423 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2423 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Amanda Palmer]


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[Breaking Bad]


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[Free]


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[Urdnot Wrex (Mass Effect)]


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[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]


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[My Chemical Romance]


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[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]


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[Twin Peaks, Audrey Horne and Agent Dale Cooper]


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[Johnny Weir, American figure skater]


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[Star Trek: The Next Generation]


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[Arrested Development]












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Comments

[kallanda_lee]

I can sort of understand that athletes do not want to boycott. Most athletes just have a very limited span of time in which they peak and have a shot at being the best. That being said, I do believe some sort of sanction against Russia is in order. Things are really getting out of hand there, up to the point of vigilantes now beating up LGBT people on the streets. I just saw a clip of it today. I really wish I hadn't, to be fair.

[(Anonymous)]

The short shelf life of one's competitive career definitely applies to figure skating. Weir's not even 30 yet but by figure skating standards he's already "old".


He's recently stated that if it takes him getting arrested to shine light on this crappy law, then so be it. I say power to him for taking a stand.

[(Anonymous)]

I would not expect an athlete to boycott the Olympics because, as you said, short "shelf-life" for most sports and given the prestige of the event.

I, however, will not be watching, nor will I be buy any merchandise and I will be encouraging everyone I know to avoid watching or buying merchandise.

[atelierlune]

This is my feeling. I get that the money and time that you have to put into training in order to be world class makes every Olympics a once in a lifetime opportunity, but there are a lot of scary stories coming out of Russia and I don't feel like the IOC is doing enough to address the matter. Plus, it's not clear if gay athletes are potentially in danger themselves once they travel into Russia.

[(Anonymous)]

I suspect the *athletes* will be relatively safe. I seriously doubt anyone whose going to watch and falls into unfortunate stereotypes will be though, even if they turn out to be straight.

[(Anonymous)]

Athletes for the Olympics are granted a special brand of diplomatic immunity, since they're essentially ambassadors for the two weeks they're there.

[chardmonster]

One problem with this: Putin and his supporters are currently pushing an anti-american agenda. Push too far and they're (even more) able to say gay rights are an "american import." That wouldn't help.