• MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      I don’t know, maybe because they’re athletes and not the cause of the conflict?

      What a monumentally stupid fucking comment.

      • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
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        6 hours ago

        The nation with a three-century history of military action whenever we need a resource or our corporate overlords demand a better profit margin.

    • jimmy90@lemmy.world
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      13 hours ago

      lol i find it hilarious that you get downvoted for pointing out the obvious; why are 2 nations at war are playing football for entertainment in the nation with which you are at war

      it’s fucking bizarro

        • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
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          I don’t want it here either. Don’t come to Meadowlands Stadium. It would send a clear message if the final game (and any others held there) has zero attendance and zero viewers.

          We’re already jammed on weekends. Don’t come to NJ. Don’t attend the games.

        • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
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          Until the US Congress declares a war, we’re committed to a limited armed intervention. They’re calling it a war. The Iranian authorities don’t consider it being policed or limitedly intervened. For them, it’s a war.

    • frongt@lemmy.zip
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      21 hours ago

      Sports should be above that. We had the Olympics in Nazi Germany.

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        13 hours ago

        Why are we banning Russia then? But seriously, are you good with a team representing a country that is commiting a genocide or an offensive illegal war even as they play a game?