“SOCHI Winter Olympic Games …. in homophobic Russia!!

~January 26, 2014~~ 

Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics: Prospect of Violence and Unrest Is Truly Terrifying

By: Dan Levy , National Lead Writer

We are just two weeks away from the start of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Thousands of athletes, trainers and jingoistic supporters from around the world will descend on the glistening resort community in the southwest corner of Russia that borders the Black Sea, which leaves me wondering one thing …

What are you people, nuts?

The stories surrounding the Sochi Games are downright post-apocalyptic, from harrowing tales of terrorism and “black widows” to disheartening stories of a nationwide crackdown on homosexuality to ridiculously viral nonsense like bathroom stalls with multiple toilets.

Seriously, double toilets are the least of the concerns in Sochi, and that’s the story that got the most attention online this week, distracting too many of us from freaking out about the suicide bombers on the loose. It’s as scary as anyone can imagine.

It’s so scary, in fact, that at least one Canadian journalist is happy about that region becoming the sporting equivalent of a military base during the Games. From Canada.com’s Bruce Arthur:

Every modern Olympics is blanketed in layers of guns and money, of course; it’s become more and more necessary, ever since the lessons of Munich. Sochi, however, is exceptional. …

And the guns—oh, the guns. There will be a minimum of 40,000 police and government troops working on security, and they have been on combat alert since the end of December. There will be missile batteries, underwater sonar, drones patrols, mobile mechanized bomb detectors, comprehensive surveillance of every email or phone call, roadblocks and forbidden zones.

This region of Russia has become so dangerous — and the Russian government reportedly so corrupt — that Bruce Arthur of the National Post literally wrote a story hoping Russian President Vladimir Putin is “strong and ruthless and vicious enough to protect everyone at his imperial Olympics.”

We are at a point where people will settle for fascism, because it’s the least terrifying –ism from which to choose.

NATALIYA VASILYEVA/Associated Press

~~Photo being distributed of one of the ‘black widow’ bombers~~

Oh, and it’s no choice. Certainly, if we could choose whether to deal with Russia’s antiquated stance on social issues or bombs killing people at the Olympics, most people would lean toward run-of-the-mill oppression. Being shunned, harassed or even jailed still, in most cases, trumps being blown to pieces by the widow of a dead militant who is out for revenge.

Yes, the black widows …they are actual widows. It’s not some species of poisonous spider that’s gotten loose or anything like that. (Add that to the list of things we’d rather have in Sochi than terror threats.)

Oppression of gays and venomous spiders suddenly don’t seem so bad.

Thanks, Russia!

For full read/Article: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1934646-sochi-olympics-prospect-of-violence-and-unrest-is-truly-terrifying

The Olympics aren’t supposed to kill people. They’re supposed to exalt them. But it’s too late to take the dangerous, despoiling Winter Games away from the thugocracy that is Vladimir Putin’s Russian regime, so the only option is to count on the man’s bulging biceps and hope it’s an adequate “ring of steel” that can keep people safe in Sochi.

It’s a cold hard fact that these Olympics have become an agent of death.

The President said Russia, unlike some other countries, does not criminalize homosexual relationships.

“We don’t outlaw anything and don’t nab anyone,” Putin said.

“That’s why you can feel safe and free here, but please leave our children in peace,” he added.

Russia has come under international pressure since its parliament passed a law last summer outlawing “gay propaganda.” The legislation makes it illegal to tell children about gay equality.

(Beyond me .. why would any LGBT person want to harm children?)

For full read/Article: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1934646-sochi-olympics-prospect-of-violence-and-unrest-is-truly-terrifying

~~Related Sources/Articles~~

https://www.facebook.com/Boycott2014WinterOlympicGamesInRussia

http://oblogdeeoblogda.me/2014/01/26/coca-cola-deleting-enraged-lgbt-comments-from-facebook-page/

http://oblogdeeoblogda.me/2013/08/07/boycott-sochi-games-and-stephen-frys-compelling-letter/

http://oblogdeeoblogda.me/2013/08/11/the-white-house-and-hrc-must-call-for-complete-boycott-of-winter-olympics-in-sochi/

http://oblogdeeoblogda.me/2014/01/11/u-s-state-department-warns-of-danger-to-gays-in-sochi-olympic-travel-advisory/

http://oblogdeeoblogda.me/2013/08/29/putins-puppeteers-try-to-deflect-attention-from-olympic-boycott/

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ac73f5c6-69ac-11e3-aba3-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2rYXF2K8O

http://rt.com/news/swiss-president-boycotting-sochi-682/

~~For a list of Sochi sponsors~~

http://www.sochi2014.com/en/partners-about

https://www.facebook.com/boycottsochisponsors

In spite of plenty statements made by different writers, organizations, private individuals and many others, the games must go on.

Some say it would be detrimental for the athletes who have trained so hard … not to have a repeat of the games in which the USA didn’t participate. Others say:

“​Olympic heat: Boycotting Sochi would be ‘mean’, Swiss president says amid hype”

“What the public cares about is not politics, but seeing its nation’s athletes compete”

“German president will not attend Olympics in Russia”

“Pussy Riot is Right — U.S. Athletes Should Boycott the Sochi Olympics”

“U.S. Should Not Boycott Russian Olympics Over LGBT Rights“

“Sochi vs. Vancouver: Why This Olympic Experience Will Be Very Different“

…. and so many more differing opinions!!

My only hope is that these games may be conducted safely and in peace. However. it says a lot about those countries that are participating. Russia has become an increasingly worse “police state” in regards to LGBT rights. Research, read and check it out for yourselves. 

This is an obvious trampling of human rights of epic proportions highly similar to the persecutions of Jews during Nazy Germany.

Here is the video … of the well know Coca Cola ad, atop that mountain …. today showing what is happening in Russia … before the games.

Check it out!!

#CheersToSochi Coca-Cola ad for #LGBT Russians

Young and Gay in Putin’s Russia (Part 1/5)

Published on Jan 13, 2014

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When Russian President Vladimir Putin banned gay “propaganda” in June last year, Russia’s LGBT community went from being a stigmatized fringe group to full-blown enemies of the state. Homophobia becoming legislation means it’s now not only accepted in Russia but actively encouraged, which has led to a depressing rise in homophobic attacks and murders.

The main aim of the law, which essentially bans any public display of homosexuality, is to prevent minors from getting the impression that being gay is normal. Which means that, if you’re young and gay in Putin’s Russia, you’re ostracized and cut off from any kind of legal support network.

In part 1 we get a ride with Artem, a young driver for Moscow’s gay taxi service “Our Taxi”, meet Nikita, a 17-year-old activist who has been labeled a “propagandist” because of his LGBT rights YouTube channel, and Yulia, a young lesbian who started LGBT self defense classes after her favorite gay bar in Moscow was attacked by about 20 armed men in October 2012.

Continue to part 2/5:

We ALL are ONE!!

We ALL fight the fight!!