"I am gay. I am a Jew. My mother lost over a dozen of her family to
Hitler's anti-Semitism. Every time in Russia (and it is constantly) a
gay teenager is forced into suicide, a lesbian 'correctively' raped, gay
men and women beaten to death by neo-Nazi thugs while the Russian
police stand idly by, the world is diminished and I for one, weep anew
at seeing history repeat itself. 'All that is needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do
nothing,' so wrote Edmund Burke. Are you, the men and women of the IOC
going to be those 'good' who allow evil to triumph? The Summer Olympics of 2012 were one of the most glorious moments of
my life and the life of my country. For there to be a Russian Winter
Olympics would stain the movement forever and wipe away any of that
glory. The Five Rings would finally be forever smeared, besmirched and
ruined in the eyes of the civilised world." -
Stephen Fry, in an open letter to the IOC and British Prime Minister David Cameron.
You really should read
the full essay.
Reposted from Joe
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