Russia to arrest pro-gay Olympic Athletes

[Shane for Wax]

http://en.ria.ru/russia/20130812/182723811/Russia-Confirms-Anti-Gay-Law-Will-Be-Enforced-at-Olympics.html

It's been confirmed beyond a couple of low-level people talking about it.

[chitoryu12]

Sure, it'll be "enforced" long enough for shit to hit the fan. At which point they'll decide that it's not worth the trouble and bad publicity to harass and arrest Olympians and their entourage who protest them.

[Askold]

Sure, it'll be "enforced" long enough for shit to hit the fan. At which point they'll decide that it's not worth the trouble and bad publicity to harass and arrest Olympians and their entourage who protest them.

Harassing Olympians?! I heard that one of them can throw lightning bolts and turn into a swan and the others have some freaky powers as well, I would not dare to mess with them.

[dpareja]

Oh, and now that Swedish high jumper who painted her nails in the colours of the rainbow has been forced to paint them differently. Apparently protesting Russia's law is a violation of the IAAF World Championships' Code of Conduct.

[The Illusive Man]

The general secretary of the Swedish athletics federation said earlier Saturday that the IAAF, the sport's governing body, had warned them that Green Tregaro may have violated the code of conduct.

"They were saying that this was by definition a breach of the regulations, not saying anything else, really," Anders Albertsson said. "We have informed our athletes about this."

Green Tregaro said that Swedish officials were standing by her.

"But I didn't want the federation to experience any consequences in any way for my choice," Green Tregaro said.

Weaseling out.

[Sigmaleph]

Oh, and now that Swedish high jumper who painted her nails in the colours of the rainbow has been forced to paint them differently. Apparently protesting Russia's law is a violation of the IAAF World Championships' Code of Conduct.

Oh, this just keeps getting better and better.

[Stormwarden]

Yet another example of chickenshit politics. "We can't rock the boat, they might get mad at us...OOGABOOGABOOGABOOGA!!"

I want five minutes alone with these cravens and a cluebat. I salute the high jumper, and want to kick the IAAF people in the screws.

[Shane for Wax]

Have some very brave Russians:





After winning the 4X400m gold at the the world athletics championships held august 17 on their home soil, russian athletes kseniya ryzhova and tatyana firova defy and protest the country’s new anti-gay law with a public kiss.

Part of me wants this to spark a mass protest over the Olympics.

[Art Vandelay]

That's hardly a kiss. Their mouths aren't even aligned. They're basically just pressing their faces together.

[Askold]

That's hardly a kiss. Their mouths aren't even aligned. They're basically just pressing their faces together.

Maybe they aren't lesbians and are only doing this as a form of protest? That would explain the awkwardness.

In this particular case I support them either way because having the Russian team do this type of protest has much greater effect than having a rival team do it, which would simply give Russians a reason to reduce their rivals in the games. Now they either have to disregard their law in order to have success in the games (which makes them look like hypocritical douchebags) or jail the players (which still makes them douchebags but also angers sports fans in Russia and will cost them medals, which is a bad thing considering how political the olympics are.)

[Shane for Wax]

That's hardly a kiss. Their mouths aren't even aligned. They're basically just pressing their faces together.

Maybe they aren't lesbians and are only doing this as a form of protest? That would explain the awkwardness.

There's a reason I didn't call it a lesbian kiss or call them lesbians. From where I'm standing it looked very much like a protest move.

[Art Vandelay]

That's hardly a kiss. Their mouths aren't even aligned. They're basically just pressing their faces together.

Maybe they aren't lesbians and are only doing this as a form of protest? That would explain the awkwardness.

In this particular case I support them either way because having the Russian team do this type of protest has much greater effect than having a rival team do it, which would simply give Russians a reason to reduce their rivals in the games. Now they either have to disregard their law in order to have success in the games (which makes them look like hypocritical douchebags) or jail the players (which still makes them douchebags but also angers sports fans in Russia and will cost them medals, which is a bad thing considering how political the olympics are.)

It doesn't count if it's not a proper kiss. Them's the rules.

[Dakota Bob]

That's hardly a kiss. Their mouths aren't even aligned. They're basically just pressing their faces together.

Maybe they aren't lesbians and are only doing this as a form of protest? That would explain the awkwardness.

In this particular case I support them either way because having the Russian team do this type of protest has much greater effect than having a rival team do it, which would simply give Russians a reason to reduce their rivals in the games. Now they either have to disregard their law in order to have success in the games (which makes them look like hypocritical douchebags) or jail the players (which still makes them douchebags but also angers sports fans in Russia and will cost them medals, which is a bad thing considering how political the olympics are.)

It doesn't count if it's not a proper kiss. Them's the rules.

Personally I would only count it if they started scissoring.

[Askold]

Oh wait, I thought we were discussing the discriminatory laws in Russia and how homosexuals are arrested and/or beaten and how people are now trying to protest this treatment. But if you guys just want some lesbian porn then I bet you could find like... ALL OF IT from other sites on the internet.

I just wish we could have a serious discussion about something for like five minutes.

[Osama bin Bambi]

Okay, getting this back on topic:

During the 1936 Summer Olympics, Hitler did not want any Jews or blacks to compete. They only relented after a campaign led by civil rights groups in other nations raised enough public outcry. Hopefully that's what will happen here.

Personally I feel like boycotting anything Olympic this year and using it as an opportunity to raise discussion of the discriminatory laws :/