Asshats at IOC 'fully satisfied' over Russia's anti-gay law

[joeybee12]

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The International Olympic Committee has dismissed concerns over Russia's law banning gay propaganda, saying it doesn't violate the Olympic charter's anti-discrimination clause, and pronounced Russia ready to host the 2014 Winter Games.

Jean-Claude Killy, chairman of the IOC Coordination Commission, gave his stamp of approval during a news conference Thursday at the conclusion of the commission's 10th and final visit to Sochi before the games, which begin on Feb. 7.

Russia has come under scrutiny as the next host of the Olympics because of the law passed this summer outlawing "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations among minors," which many worry may apply to gay athletes and visitors to the games.

Killy said the commission deliberated for several days and concluded "the IOC doesn't have the right to discuss the laws that are in place in the country hosting the games, so unless the charter is violated we are fully satisfied."

http://news.yahoo.com/ioc-fully-satisfied-over-russias-anti-gay-law-122927217--spt.html

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[Lizzie Poppet]

1. The same IOC that just awarded the Olympics to a radiation hazard zone?

I'm sure it's in no way related to money. Oh, no...not at all.

[joeybee12]

2. Must be a different IOC...

I certainly wouldn't think they'd stoop sooooooooo low.

[Bluenorthwest]

3. The Committee came to the same conclusion in 1936. Germany was free of discrimination

against Jews they found. In fact, a Mr Brundage of the Olympic Committee said that the rumors of discrimination were part of a conspiracy to discredit Hitler, a conspiracy among the press and the Jews. Yes. So the games went on. We never hear that the US team refused to allow the two Jewish athletes present to compete.
So when you say 'Olympic Committee' you might as well be saying 'The Fascist Welcome Wagon'.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

4. He was being forward thinking.

He was assuming that, if given sufficient time, there would be no Jews in Germany to discriminate against.

[Bluenorthwest]

5. And let's not forget this Jean-Claude Killy...Hunter Thompson wrote a great article

called 'The Temptations of Jean-Claude Killy' about Killy's swift and total transition from Olympic skier to corporate shill for hire. That was in 1970. Imagine the depths he might have reached by now, heart of darkness indeed....

[Dawson Leery]

6. The IOC was run by an avowed facsist.

Nothing good can be expected from them.

[Kurska]

7. Party like it is 1936

[randome]

8. Every country has a less-than-stellar reputation when it comes to human rights.

Russia skated by on a technicality here since they don't publicly ban or discriminate against LGBT.

I don't think that's the same thing as saying the IOC supports Russia's laws. In fact, it's probably best that any organization such as the IOC take as much of a hands-off approach as possible.

Absent legal and public discriminationatory treatment.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]

[leftynyc]

10. Your argument would have

more validity if the IOC didn't already have a reputation for loving fascists.

[leftynyc]

9. I can't help but hope

these upcoming winter olympics are a complete disaster. Meanwhile, it looks like Mother Nature is not pleased with Russia:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/25/us-russia-olympics-sochi-idUSBRE98O07R20130925

snip - Putin, who has staked his personal reputation and Russia's prestige on a successful Olympics, ordered officials last week to quickly overcome failures and delays in preparations, saying he expected nothing less than a "brilliant Games".

snip - A highway leading to some of the Alpine event venues was flooded by up to 2.5 meters (8.2 ft) of water, which emergency workers said they were trying to drain, the regional branch of the Emergency Situations Ministry said.

Residents were evacuated from Kepsha, a village near the highway, that was threatened by mudslides, it said.