• In lieu of an Olympic boycott, Stephen Fry suggests athletes could use pro-gay rights hand gesture
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the gesture should be the middle finger towards any russian govt. officials in the crowd. if putins there then at him
[QUOTE=godinthehouse;41789259]-snipped-[/QUOTE] This is facepunch, not facebook.
[QUOTE=Crabpeoples;41790681][IMG]http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2012/3/28/1332936684595/OLYMPICS-BLACK-POWER-SALU-008.jpg[/IMG] Only not nearly as impactful.[/QUOTE] fun fact: the white guy in that photo basically got shitlisted by his home country (australia) for doing this. he wore a civil rights pin to the podium and the black gloves were his idea
[QUOTE=thrawn2787;41789258]Russia might start arresting international athletes and tourists for making the gesture Then it'd do something[/QUOTE] I think this is the point, athletes doing this will either be seen by an international audience and get away with it, or they do it and get arrested, causing their country will put diplomatic pressure on Russia and likely a media shotstorm as well.
[QUOTE=TheHydra;41801043]fun fact: the white guy in that photo basically got shitlisted by his home country (australia) for doing this. he wore a civil rights pin to the podium and the black gloves were his idea[/QUOTE] Not quite. They were already going to wear the black gloves. It was just that the one on the right forgot his pair, and the Australian suggested he wear the left glove of the other guy.
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;41789039]I don't know why, but this heavily reminds me of Jesse Owens. [t]http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lus1djpBIU1qaq4h7o1_500.jpg[/t] Standing up to a regime that rides upon bigotry and hatred. Of course, they're no Nazis, but nonetheless.[/QUOTE] interestingly enough: 'After all those stories about Hitler and his snub, I came back to my native country and I couldn't ride in the front of the bus,' Owens recalled. 'I had to go to the back door. I couldn't live where I wanted. Now what's the difference?' [url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1205901/Forget-Hitler--America-snubbed-black-Olympian-Jesse-Owens.html[/url] i hope russia has a gay athlete that wins all the medals.
Even better: put your country's flag on a hankerchief hanging out your back pocket.
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