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Re: Weak logic...
Amy, If you read it, the last thing it says before the list is ''politicization,'' so yes technically she is not including Munich as a ''successful protest'' as I summarized it. However what is politicization other than the outcome of protest? My point is unchanged. The murders of Munich were not political hay, they were an act of murder, ...
Posted to Foreigners by Ygalbot on March 25, 2008
Weak logic...
Boycott has not done much. To say the Russian boycott of the '84 games was a ''success'' seems like a bit of a stretch, and to say that the American boycott in '80 was a success has more weight, but is still pretty damn thin. Whether or not it weakened Soviet propaganda efforts significantly is debatable, but what is not debatable is that the ...
Posted to Foreigners by Ygalbot on March 25, 2008