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Wimbledon Contamination

It's disgusting that barbarians have been allowed to play at Wimbledon this year. They should be sent back to their benighted country and told to stay there.

Despite my great love for Wimbledon I will not be watching any matches that include a barbarian.

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Ontheroad · M

Assuming you mean Russian and Belarusian players, I have to agree. No international game should allow them until they leave/stop supporting the invasion of Ukraine

newjaninev2 · 56-60, F

@Ontheroad The Wimbledon organisers think that sneaking them in by omitting their nationalities makes it all OK, but in fact it merely highlights that special arrangements are made for them.

KiwiBird · 36-40, F

You have my support. Orcs playing any international sport should be banned.

emiliya · 22-25, F

Did you watch your precious Wimbledon last year? Russian players were allowed to play then too. The ban on Russian and Belarusian tennis players was not widely supported, and a number of very successful and prominent players have condemned it since it was introduced. It was the British government, not the AELTC, who wanted a ban. Its lack of popularity and the very clear neutrality of Russian tennis players are why it was dispensed with. Most of these individuals have not lived in Russia for a long time. One of the females playing at Wimbledon lives in Spain, and another lives in Italy. Some live in Kazakhstan. One of them has grandparents from Ukraine and resides in Miami! There are several Russian and Belarusian players who live in USA. Daniil Medvedev lives in Monaco! Another named Karen Khachanov lives in Dubai!

I will not be watching any matches that include a barbarian.

You will not be watching a match that includes one of the many Russian players who have trained for most of their lives, who are not fighting in the army or advocating Russian interests, and who with the exception of two players do not live in Russia?

Racist fool.

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newjaninev2 · 56-60, F

@KeysToMyBeemer I take it you're a big supporter of russia's invasion of the sovereign democracy of Ukraine... or are you just trying to earn this week's potato?

KeysToMyBeemer · 36-40, M

@newjaninev2 All of the above 😜

ineedadrink · 51-55, M

I'm sure they shall be devastated to learn of this. 😅

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newjaninev2 · 56-60, F

@emiliya When will you get to:

"some of my best friends are Ukrainian"

"I had no idea what was being done in Ukraine"

"I personally didn't do anything... it was all putin"

Do you understand that russia will be despised for generations because of their brutal war against the sovereign democracy of Ukraine?

KeysToMyBeemer · 36-40, M

@newjaninev2

some of my best friends are Ukrainian"

"I had no idea what was being done in Ukraine"

"I personally didn't do anything... it was all putin"

Diverting aren't we? 🤣😂

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MrAverage1965 · 61-69, M

Who are these barbarian of whom you speak.

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ffony · M

@emiliya

What is wrong with you?

A very god question. Don't expect an intelligent answer! 🤣

emiliya · 22-25, F

@newjaninev2

Nor are they... despite the pretence

Do you know who they are? Can you name any of them? What are you basing this accusation of "pretense" on?

They live in the West? That's parasitic

Why? If you don't want the tennis players in Russia where they could be conscripted, where should they go? Should they go to Donetsk and Lugansk, places that have not been governed by Ukraine since 2014? Is this their home?

they claim 'neutrality? That's merely disingenuous.

Evidence?

emiliya · 22-25, F

@ffony It is a troll

ffony · M

Obsession with sports is almost as unintelligent as rabid nationalism.

ffony · M

@ffony And the Olympics is just another big scam to make more money for the already wealthy; by feeding egotistical, largely fake, pumped-up national rivalry.

newjaninev2 · 56-60, F

@ffony Absolutely! It's entertainment, and big business

smiler2012 · 56-60

@newjaninev2 🤔 no way i can endorse what putinis doing but this is about sport not politics,those russian and belarus plays may even think the same you know

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helenS · 36-40, F

@emiliya You can, of course, criticize Western leaders any way you want, but French president Emmanuel Macron, or British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, or German chancellor Scholz are not warmongers. They do not violently attack foreign countries, they do not kill or abduct children. They do not bombard cities.

emiliya · 22-25, F

@helenS All attacks are violent in some way. Why do you think that western attacks are nonviolent? Do they not destroy infrastructure and kill civilians? USA and UK both support Israel, and the estimated death toll in Gaza since the start of the war in October last year is 40,000 civilians.

Do you recall the Iraq and Afghanistan wars? They happened in recent years, and the combined death toll is hundreds of thousands of civilians. Some estimates suggest millions. At least 300,000 civilians were killed in the war in Iraq. USA and UK said they needed to invade due to the existence of nuclear weapons, but these weapons were never found. What did these people die for? Did you express the same hatred toward these countries at the time, helen?

Moreover, what do the actions of the Russian government and military have to do with athletes who no longer reside in Russia and do not appear to support the war? If they support Russia, why aren't they living there?

newjaninev2 · 56-60, F

@emiliya I

f they support Russia, why aren't they living there?

Good question, and exactly the point... they denounce russia's barbarism, or we send them back to their beloved russia.

Works for me!

GypsyKiss · 31-35

Sport has nothing to do with Politics and shouldn't be used for political purposes if you can't have the best players participating in a tournament the tournament itself ends up being the loser and valueless itself.

ffony · M

@GypsyKiss I just despise people thinking 'sport' has to mean competition for bragging rights.

helenS · 36-40, F

I would like to inform you that somebody considered this post of yours as racism and hate speech.
https://similarworlds.com/culture-race/racism-discrimination/disliking-racism/5046236-Are-racism-and-hate-speech-permitted-on-Similar-Worlds

emiliya · 22-25, F

@helenS She refers to neutral Russians who do not support the war as "barbarians" and says their presence, as Russians, is "contaminating" another country. What makes you think this is not racist?

newjaninev2 · 56-60, F

@emiliya

What makes you think this is not racist?

I have not addressed 'neutral russians', but principally because 'russian' is a nationality, not a race.

Your reference to 'russians' is nationalistic... please stop it.

You should speak only about people generically, otherwise you're a nationalist

newjaninev2 · 56-60, F

@emiliya I also note that you don't deny the veracity of what I wrote.

Ynotisay · M

I totally get it but...
Athletes aren't countries. And professional tennis players don't play for their country. It's an individual sport. So it's a tricky issue.

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

I wouldn't blame you for not watching that one match.

Yet why not the other matches?

I would think it speaks louder if EVERY single match was packed but that one!