Anonymous
04/26/2022 22:07
Subject: Wimbledon banning Russian and Belarusian Players
America has invaded, deposed governments and meddled in the affairs of dozens of countries. When we do it it’s “spreading democracy” a cue to wave the flags. When others do it we should be upset and horrified.
Anonymous
04/26/2022 09:03
Subject: Wimbledon banning Russian and Belarusian Players
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I guess I just don’t get why they’d do this with Russia but not other countries (& there are many!) guilty of human rights abuses, starting wars, etc. We let North Korea compete in the Olympics, despite having an evil, ruthless government. No one is banning Chinese athletes, despite their leaders’ human rights abuses and recent treatment of Hong Kong. Heck, people seem more upset with Russia than the Taliban right now. Should we ban afghan athletes, too? What Russia is doing is awful, but it’s far from unique.
It’s also a bit rich coming from Britain, which has effed up a lot of counties- so many of their former colonies are unstable to this day.
Im not sure how much this has to do with it, but a number of Ukrainian tennis players have been pretty outspoken about their disappointment in their fellow Russian players who have not spoken against the war, either publicly or privately, or who claim ignorance about it when asked.
That's one thing we never talk about. How dare you.
Anonymous
04/26/2022 09:00
Subject: Wimbledon banning Russian and Belarusian Players
Why stop at professional athletes? We should ban any person of Russian origin from having a job in our countries and we should stop interacting with them. My son has a classmate whose dad is from Belarus and I've asked him to stop their friendship immediately. (end sarcasm)
These athletes, many of which are not superstars or millionaires have nothing to do with Russian politics. Sanction Russia, but not citizens whose only sin was to be born there.
These athletes, many of which are not superstars or millionaires have nothing to do with Russian politics. Sanction Russia, but not citizens whose only sin was to be born there.
Anonymous
04/24/2022 07:44
Subject: Wimbledon banning Russian and Belarusian Players
I’m totally fine with this. Continue to send the message to the Russian people any way you can.
Anonymous
04/24/2022 07:40
Subject: Wimbledon banning Russian and Belarusian Players
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Good.
All sports must do this. ASAP.
+1 maximum pressure and I couldn’t care less if ordinary citizens are collateral damage……they should be thankful they aren’t corpses like those piled in mass graves in Ukraine. F*ck all of those barbarians.
Not to mention ordinary citizens are the primary collateral damage for most economic sanctions, yet that’s generally not enough of a deterrent to imposing them.
Anonymous
04/23/2022 21:59
Subject: Wimbledon banning Russian and Belarusian Players
Anonymous wrote:Good.
All sports must do this. ASAP.
+1 maximum pressure and I couldn’t care less if ordinary citizens are collateral damage……they should be thankful they aren’t corpses like those piled in mass graves in Ukraine. F*ck all of those barbarians.
Anonymous
04/23/2022 13:53
Subject: Wimbledon banning Russian and Belarusian Players
Anonymous wrote:I guess I just don’t get why they’d do this with Russia but not other countries (& there are many!) guilty of human rights abuses, starting wars, etc. We let North Korea compete in the Olympics, despite having an evil, ruthless government. No one is banning Chinese athletes, despite their leaders’ human rights abuses and recent treatment of Hong Kong. Heck, people seem more upset with Russia than the Taliban right now. Should we ban afghan athletes, too? What Russia is doing is awful, but it’s far from unique.
It’s also a bit rich coming from Britain, which has effed up a lot of counties- so many of their former colonies are unstable to this day.
Im not sure how much this has to do with it, but a number of Ukrainian tennis players have been pretty outspoken about their disappointment in their fellow Russian players who have not spoken against the war, either publicly or privately, or who claim ignorance about it when asked.
Anonymous
04/23/2022 11:09
Subject: Wimbledon banning Russian and Belarusian Players
I guess I just don’t get why they’d do this with Russia but not other countries (& there are many!) guilty of human rights abuses, starting wars, etc. We let North Korea compete in the Olympics, despite having an evil, ruthless government. No one is banning Chinese athletes, despite their leaders’ human rights abuses and recent treatment of Hong Kong. Heck, people seem more upset with Russia than the Taliban right now. Should we ban afghan athletes, too? What Russia is doing is awful, but it’s far from unique.
Anonymous
04/22/2022 21:28
Subject: Wimbledon banning Russian and Belarusian Players
Good.
All sports must do this. ASAP.
All sports must do this. ASAP.