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Subject: calls to ban Saudi
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urvoice1 5.04.12 - 08:43pm
The president of the Saudi Arabia Olympic Committee has ruled out sending women to London 2012, leading to a call for their exclusion from the Games. Sue Tibballs, chief executive of the Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation, said the Saudi stance was unacceptable. We would expect the International Olympic Committee to exclude Saudi Arabia, she said. * +
nolisto1 5.04.12 - 08:53pm
So they can only participate if they ignore their morals and beliefs? * +
err 5.04.12 - 08:57pm
they should be banned along with a few other countries. * +
urvoice1 5.04.12 - 08:57pm
no, Saudi Arabia's current refusal to send sportswomen to the Olympics puts them directly at odds with one of the IOC's fundamental principles as laid out within the Olympic Charter. * +
urvoice1 5.04.12 - 08:58pm
if they opt to go against the charter, they exclude themselves, obviously * +
nolisto1 5.04.12 - 09:01pm
Okay. Then you can't call it an international competition then, cause you exclude nations that don't tow the line when it comes to certain things. * +
err 5.04.12 - 09:04pm
no ones forcing them to accept the IOC's policies and I somehow doubt the international integrity of the games will be jeopardized with no saudi arabia present. * +
urvoice1 5.04.12 - 09:08pm
@ err * +
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