There is no other choice

There is no other choice

The Sochi2014 Winter Games are set to sow division in a world already divided. Silent Governments and official Sponsors will be complicit to gross human rights violations and even murder of innocent human beings. 

The "civilized" world should reject these draconian laws and the individual Nations that embrace them. By allowing the Games to continue under this cloud where LGBT citizens and athletes are oppressed will send a clear signal to any future world events, where other horrible measures may be implemented. 

The IOC turning a blind eye and going along with the Games in Russia in this current format, will have blood on their hands and so will the rest of humanity by not speaking up for the right of an athlete to compete freely and fairly.

I abhor the fact that people are not more vocal about this issue. It speaks of intolerance in the extreme. Will we see future Games where the IOC will approve a hosting city and nation with a clear record of human rights violations? 

To even contemplate sending athletes to Sochi in Russia next year, is a slap in the face of everything we learned about our moral obligations as a species. LGBT athletes contemplating attending Sochi must realize that they will be supporting the persecution of their brothers and sisters in Russia and in nations elsewhere.

The persecution is happening right now and will continue after the Games. There is only one outcome and only one moral obligation. Boycott the Sochi 2014 Games - there is no other choice. The IOC must move it to another venue, or cancel it.