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    Default Algerian Olympian withdraws from Games due to potential matchup with Israeli competit

    "It is not the first time that Nourine has withdrawn from competition to avoid facing an Israeli opponent. He pulled out of the 2019 world championships in Tokyo for the same reason.

    "Other athletes from countries who do not recognize Israel have previously withdrawn from competing in sports against Israeli opponents."

    https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/24/sport...ntl/index.html

    I can't offhand calculate the odds of the Algerian contestant facing the Israeli contestant, but they would seem decent to me. So I think it is incredibly selfish of an athlete to take an Olympic slot, to pledge to represent his country, and then to quit.

    The political situation of Israel is a different issue, but this man should not be allowed to professionally compete anymore.

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    Apparently, this is important shit ... in the Middle East.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack View Post
    Apparently, this is important shit ... in the Middle East.
    Apparently. So why take one of your country's seats to the Olympics and then forfeit it? Why not just boycott the Olympics because they let Israel participate? I'm disappointed that he quit. Most people do not like quitters.

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    The outcry if an American refused to go up against a Muslim from Iran

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    Hmmm ... now let me see ...

    Is the quitter making a political statement ???

    Is the quitter making a religious statement ???

    Is the quitter afraid of getting a can of DelMonte whup-ass poured over him ???

    Since there is no difference between politics and religion in muzzieism ... it's gotta be that he is an outright COWARD.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Diesel View Post
    "It is not the first time that Nourine has withdrawn from competition to avoid facing an Israeli opponent. He pulled out of the 2019 world championships in Tokyo for the same reason.

    "Other athletes from countries who do not recognize Israel have previously withdrawn from competing in sports against Israeli opponents."

    https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/24/sport...ntl/index.html

    I can't offhand calculate the odds of the Algerian contestant facing the Israeli contestant, but they would seem decent to me. So I think it is incredibly selfish of an athlete to take an Olympic slot, to pledge to represent his country, and then to quit.

    The political situation of Israel is a different issue, but this man should not be allowed to professionally compete anymore.
    My take. If you're going to oppose Izraeli fascism, racism and criminality - which we all should- then you should boycott all things Izraeli, trade, academia, sports, whatever. Like the sanctions that the US imposes left, right and center around the world ( but not in Izrael ) the reasoning is that this will generate change from within. In a fair and just world the Olympic Committee wouldn't have entertained any Izraeli entries and athletes would not be put in the position of this competitor . He has refused to sacrifice his moral judgement. So should we all. While the world is watching Izraelis perform in Tokyo, back in Palestine they are killing Palestinians, shooting them with live fire, throwing stun-grenades into their places of worship, burning their crops, spraying sewage into their homes. The only visible punishment we see for these atrocities is a denial of Ben&Jerry's ice-cream service.
    In short, you're either with fascsim, racism and criminality or you're against. There isn't any middle ground, although moral cowards claim that there is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gin Saké View Post
    Israel > Algeria
    /shrugs.......the Sahara Desert is greater than Algeria.....
    Isaiah 6:5
    “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by moon View Post
    My take. If you're going to oppose Izraeli fascism, racism and criminality - which we all should- then you should boycott all things Izraeli, trade, academia, sports, whatever. Like the sanctions that the US imposes left, right and center around the world ( but not in Izrael ) the reasoning is that this will generate change from within. In a fair and just world the Olympic Committee wouldn't have entertained any Izraeli entries and athletes would not be put in the position of this competitor . He has refused to sacrifice his moral judgement. So should we all. While the world is watching Izraelis perform in Tokyo, back in Palestine they are killing Palestinians, shooting them with live fire, throwing stun-grenades into their places of worship, burning their crops, spraying sewage into their homes. The only visible punishment we see for these atrocities is a denial of Ben&Jerry's ice-cream service.
    In short, you're either with fascsim, racism and criminality or you're against. There isn't any middle ground, although moral cowards claim that there is.
    every Muslim that supports bombing school buses and firing random rockets without guidance systems that kill indiscriminately, agrees with you........it is unlikely that anyone else does.........
    Isaiah 6:5
    “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmortemProphylactic View Post
    every Muslim that supports bombing school buses and firing random rockets without guidance systems that kill indiscriminately, agrees with you........it is unlikely that anyone else does.........
    You know that you're just an outdated prosemitic hack whose been conditioned by repetition. Why don't you just fuck off and stamp on something.
    Preening idiot.
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    Are supporters of apartheid racists ? Of course they are.

    Why it is crucial to keep a spotlight on Israel’s apartheid
    Unlike his predecessors, Israel’s new prime minister, Naftali Bennett, is unabashedly embracing apartheid.


    In April this year, Human Rights Watch issued a report, titled “A Threshold Crossed”, condemning Israel for “committing the crimes against humanity of apartheid and persecution against Palestinians”.

    https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2...aels-apartheid
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    Quote Originally Posted by moon View Post
    stamp on something.
    aren't I?.......don't you like being stomped on?.....
    Isaiah 6:5
    “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    aren't I?.......don't you like being stomped on?.....
    Oooh- lookie- a delusional on the loose at JPP.


    Racist asshole.



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    Quote Originally Posted by moon View Post
    Oooh- lookie- a delusional on the loose at JPP.


    Racist asshole.

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    does not liking people who bomb school busses make me a racist?.....
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    PostmortemProphylactic;4564469]
    does not liking people who bomb school busses make me a racist?.....
    Supporting apartheid brands you a racist.
    Further, you're an asshole- hence ' racist asshole '


    Haw, haw...............................haw.
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