I did like what Weir wrote about the human cost of the Olympic boycott, and it did make me think twice about supporting such a thing. I'm fine with boycotting any and all Russian products from here on out (I reserve the right to continue to enjoy Tarkovsky Eisenstein Prokofiev and Tolstoy).
I don't think there'll be an official U.S. boycott of the Olympics, but I do think there needs to be an official demand for protection by gay athletes. Lives are in danger here. And if lives are in danger, maybe a boycott really is the way to go. There's no easy answer to this.
But I do believe that the IOC and the U.S. Government really need to issue some kind of statement about the safety of gay athletes during the Games.
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
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