Should we boycott the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia?

I dont think we should boycott these olympics, as far as i know its not a crime to be gay in Russia so why should they be boycotted.

Adding to this, what the hell does boycotting them achieve, an annoyed population that has to wait another 4 years?

The world cup is in Qatar in 2022, homosexual acts between men are illegal in Qatar, no one is screaming to boycott them.

Hypocrisy at its best from Fry and Co. If you ask me.

Gay people really do have alot of influence dont they?

Why not boycott the 2008 games in China? Would we boycott games in Egypt for their persecution of Christians? Turkey for clamping down on protesters? Saudi Arabia where homosexuality can lead to the death penalty?

Gay people in Russia arent being rounded up and put into camps FFS, Russians just dont accept public displays of homosexuality and dont accept it being promoted in schools. Putin is not bringing these measures in against the peoples wishes, they are popular. Russia is not Islington, it has its own traditions and concept of decency and we are not to interfere in that. And if eventually Russians decide to change, fair enough but lets not have this obnoxious liberal mafia running around the world shrieking at what it perceives to be wrong.

Another new born activist regurgitating nonsense bespoken in the media

What's your opinion about hosting the world cup in the summer- at a time where it disrupts loads of football leagues around the world..........

I agree, all the fuss over this yet we've heard next to nothing about Qatar, which is much worse. All the detail and intricacy that goes into these bids, stadiums, hotels, transport systems and so on... At no point did anyone turn round and say "hang on it might just be too hot to play football in the desert in June."

A country with just two existing stadiums won the World Cup bid. What a farce. It is being played in summer in 50+ degree heat (there is talk of building 10 new air conditioned stadiums but that isn't a definite yet, either that or they are actually going to stop the world's football leagues and move the tournament to the winter ). Imagine the **** storm if a player collapses and dies out there? The fans are going to absolutely ****ing melt outside the stadiums, the Qataris themselves move out in the summer to cooler climates, you can't actually be outside in daytime in the summer there. There's talk of fans having to fly in from Dubai for every game .

And what if a player is out as gay by then, is he going to be deported or executed? Not only is it a backwards country it's just stupid on every level. There is no reason for it to go there, nobody will gain anything from having a World Cup in Qatar. It's such a blatant bribe to get it there, and yet **** all is being done about it.

Btw the other bidders included England and Australia. And 2018 went to Russia .

If you're pissed off about this, I suggest you take a look at the World Cups.

Gay people really do have alot of influence dont they?

Why not boycott the 2008 games in China? Would we boycott games in Egypt for their persecution of Christians? Turkey for clamping down on protesters? Saudi Arabia where homosexuality can lead to the death penalty?

Gay people in Russia arent being rounded up and put into camps FFS, Russians just dont accept public displays of homosexuality and dont accept it being promoted in schools. Putin is not bringing these measures in against the peoples wishes, they are popular. Russia is not Islington, it has its own traditions and concept of decency and we are not to interfere in that. And if eventually Russians decide to change, fair enough but lets not have this obnoxious liberal mafia running around the world shrieking at what it perceives to be wrong.