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Kick our asses out. As a nation, as a feckless society, we dont deserve to rejoice in international sports competitions. We are now a pariah in the worlds eyes.
tritsofme
(19,918 posts)Igel
(37,552 posts)Nope.
You want to wear a hairshirt, feel free. Don't call for mandatory hairshirts to be worn in public to show penance. And the obligatory ashes sprinkled liberally on one's person, I'm not into "Just say now!" but, rather, "Just say no!"
It's fine to say "Trump doesn't deserve" but I'm not into collective guilt or collective punishment.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(28,493 posts)deserve to be punished for something they had absolutely nothing to do with.
Of course. Makes perfect sense.
Attilatheblond
(8,984 posts)Punishing people for what bad leaders do is the typical result of the people having bad leaders.
TnDem
(1,390 posts)The Arab world is by and large more scared of Iran with a nuclear weapon than Israel is.
Attilatheblond
(8,984 posts)TnDem
(1,390 posts)Who are you referring to?
Attilatheblond
(8,984 posts)sarisataka
(22,704 posts)All Americans are responsible for the actions of Trump
All Palestinians are responsible for the actions of Hamas
All Jews are responsible for the actions of Netanyahu
All of them, none of them or some of them?
Dreamer Tatum
(10,996 posts)Ping Tung
(4,370 posts)Joan Baez
LexVegas
(6,959 posts)MarineCombatEngineer
(18,106 posts)MarineCombatEngineer
(18,106 posts)but hang on, it's still early.
Zohran25
(31 posts)Russia is currently barred by the World Cup and Olympics. The same standard should apply to the United States and Israel.
MarineCombatEngineer
(18,106 posts)MarineCombatEngineer
(18,106 posts)welcome to DU............I think.