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    Default Olympics judo: Saudi Arabia judoka could pull out in hijab row

    The father of a female Saudi Arabian judo competitor says his daughter will pull out of the Olympics if she is not allowed to wear her hijab during bouts.

    Her father Ali told Saudi Arabia's al-Watan newspaper that his daughter "will not compete in the Judo Games on 3 August if the committee insists that she removes her hijab".
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19046923

    These people are seriously backwards on womens (and others) rights.

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    The same way you are backwards on gay rights?

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    No one chooses their gender.

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    Quote Originally Posted by david1987 View Post
    No one chooses their gender.
    No one chooses their sexuality, either.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fireweaver View Post
    No one chooses their sexuality, either.
    100% correct.
    My avatar is an autograph of Coronation Street's Philip Lowrie (Dennis Tanner, an original character) which he personalised for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fireweaver View Post
    The same way you are backwards on gay rights?
    You may be correct in this statement but why would you do the one thing that David is always doing in that you are turning a thread that has nothing to do with anything gay into one that does like he does constantly

    Anyway why would an arab woman enter a competition where it is known ahead of time she wouldnt be able to compete wearing that head to toe garb?
    I think I just answered my own question

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eyeshotjr View Post
    You may be correct in this statement but why would you do the one thing that David is always doing in that you are turning a thread that has nothing to do with anything gay into one that does like he does constantly
    I hear your point, but this crap has to be fought tooth and nail.

    Anyway why would an Arab woman enter a competition where it is known ahead of time she wouldn't be able to compete wearing that head to toe garb?
    I think I just answered my own question
    I don't know. But if she can win a fight wearing that thing, she'd be up there with the greats.

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    The truth is, the young lady had no business actually competing in the Olympics. She was sent for political reasons, as the first Saudi female Olympian, or something like that. She'd never actually competed before; she wasn't allowed to train with the boys in Saudi Arabia, so her father, a judo referee, taught her at home. Her lack of experience was reflected in her performance on the mat.

    Sorry if this is slightly off-topic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fireweaver View Post
    The same way you are backwards on gay rights?
    It always comes down to the gay agenda doesn't it??

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    BTW I hear they are throwing around the idea of having american football becoming an event..

    Really??

    Could you imagine the excitement when the USA lines up against Finland??

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    I wish they'd bring baseball back.

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    Lets face it... The Olympics is run by the USA and designed for them to win...

    Baseball didn't work because american players made so much money and were such and investment to their franchises that they were never allowed to play in the olympics..

    So therefor the USA baseball team usually consisted of unsigned star college players or retired major leagers..

    The rest of the world brought their best talent...

    So if the USA could not compete (even though I do remember them winning the gold before) They eliminated it...

    Look how basketball works.. they never used pros and the USA would win anyway.. Once the russians took the gold it was game on.. Bring on Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson ect ect.... and you got real competitive games with scores like 934679827528937589 -16


 

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