HOW SICK IS THE WORLD?

Sochi shame...

The wanton disregard by the ‪#‎IOC‬, their sponsors and Governments around the world, of the hideous laws enacted by ‪#‎Russia‬ to criminalize humans because of their sexual preference and supposedly wanting to enforce these laws at the ‪#‎Sochi‬ Winter Olympics 2014, bodes exceedingly disastrous for mankind as a species. 

There is absolutely no difference between the 1936 games giving Hitler his world stage, than this one. The only difference is that it is yet more gross human rights abuse in the extreme, forcing the LGBT community and their athletes into the cul-de-sac of the 21st Century. 

The LGBT athletes may as well sew on an upside down pink triangle on their clothing as forced to do in the death camps of Auschwitz and other penal enclosures of the Third Reich. Maybe they may have to do so in defiance and sympathy with the thousands killed by the Hitler regime and the thousands still to be persecuted in Russia.

The really sick thing is, public support of products and services of the sponsors of these hellish Olympic Games, will only reap $-million incomes for Coca Cola, Samsung, McDonalds, General Electric, Omega, Atos, Panasonic, VISA, Yamaha and others. 

So far, no "voice of reason" has emanated from these corporates. They turn a blind eye for financial gain, yet in the end, should they be hard hit by public sanctions, they will sit in their walled boardrooms and ask themselves "how they could have been so stupid and wrong" to back human rights abuse.

There is something intrinsically wrong with this whole picture. Everyone is pu$$yfooting around the issue. The USA and UK governments as example, believe that there is no point in boycotting the Sochi Games - the very people supposedly carrying the torches of freedom of association, the ones who say they fight for liberty and freedom for all humanity? 

The IOC is another sad example of furthering the aims and ideals of the Olympic spirit. Are they so ensconced in their ivory towers not to give a damn? To put it in a nutshell...

"Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, will and mind. Blending sport with culture and education, Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy of effort, the educational value of good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles. The goal of Olympism is to place sport at the service of the harmonious development of man, with a view to promoting a peaceful society concerned with the preservation of human dignity.

The practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the possibility of practising sport, without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play."

Turning a blind eye? Where is the "human" in human dignity or in humanity?