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Kenya’s Foreign Minister said:
The decision by the IOC not to ban New Zealand [the USA] would give "comfort and respectability to the South African [Israeli] racist regime and encourage it to continue to defy world opinion."
48 years later, and the effort to ‘depoliticise’ sport seems to have won.
The decision by the IOC not to ban New Zealand [the USA] would give "comfort and respectability to the South African [Israeli] racist regime and encourage it to continue to defy world opinion."
48 years later, and the effort to ‘depoliticise’ sport seems to have won.
Just a reminder of history to fellow NZers. In 1976 over 25 African countries boycotted that years Olympics because of us! Yes, us! New Zealand! Because we had refused to cut sporting links with South Africa.
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BBC ON THIS DAY | 17 | 1976: African countries boycott Olympics
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July 28, 2024 at 8:25 AM
Kenya’s Foreign Minister said:
The decision by the IOC not to ban New Zealand [the USA] would give "comfort and respectability to the South African [Israeli] racist regime and encourage it to continue to defy world opinion."
48 years later, and the effort to ‘depoliticise’ sport seems to have won.
The decision by the IOC not to ban New Zealand [the USA] would give "comfort and respectability to the South African [Israeli] racist regime and encourage it to continue to defy world opinion."
48 years later, and the effort to ‘depoliticise’ sport seems to have won.
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Tesla out there just making the survivorship bias meme.
October 21, 2023 at 2:39 PM
Tesla out there just making the survivorship bias meme.