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To: rmlew

Meanwhile, a 23 year old Greek Athlete banned for posting a “racist” joke (for which she later apologized) on her personal twitter account:

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2012/07/voula-papachristou-olympic-ban/1#.UBIJ1qCDl8E

And these Iranian wrestler are allowed to compete:

http://www.iranian.com/main/2011/sep/iranians-disqualified-refusing-wrestle-israelis


27 posted on 07/26/2012 8:26:23 PM PDT by oldernittany
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To: oldernittany

She shouldn’t have apologized and she should have gone anyway. There was no legitimate reason to ban her for private politics. Her actions were not against Greek Law or IOC rules.


30 posted on 07/27/2012 9:59:49 AM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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