Stephen Fry, an English writer, recently wrote a letter to the prime minister of England and the IOC (international Olympic comity) demanding that England boycott the 2014 Winter Olympics. His Letter states that the Russians have instituted many demeaning anti-gay laws. Fry says that the Russian government constantly turns a blind eye towards the mistreatment of gays, with beatings, murders, and even extremes such as rape happening to these Homosexuals. Fry also compares Putin’s treatment of gays in Russia to Hitler’s treatment of Jews in berlin in 1936 saying that the two events are eerily similar.
Personally, I think that Fry is overreacting. While I am Under the Belief that Russia is wrong in creating there anti-gay laws, I do not think that one country, even one as notorious as England, boycotting the Olympics will make a big enough difference. England also is known for being bad at the winter Olympics, having only won 22 medals in 21 Olympics, meaning some viewers might not even notice England is not there. I also believe that comparing the holocaust to the Russian treatment of LGBT is far too extreme. The holocaust killed 7 million Jewish people, and while the Russians might have killed a couple hundred gays. Yes, none of those deaths should have happened, but one cannot just say it is the Holocaust 2.0, as Fry is saying. In Conclusion, I think the LGBT Russian issue should be resolved as quick as possible, but there are other, more efficient ways to do this as opposed to boycotting the Olympics.
Personally, I think that Fry is overreacting. While I am Under the Belief that Russia is wrong in creating there anti-gay laws, I do not think that one country, even one as notorious as England, boycotting the Olympics will make a big enough difference. England also is known for being bad at the winter Olympics, having only won 22 medals in 21 Olympics, meaning some viewers might not even notice England is not there. I also believe that comparing the holocaust to the Russian treatment of LGBT is far too extreme. The holocaust killed 7 million Jewish people, and while the Russians might have killed a couple hundred gays. Yes, none of those deaths should have happened, but one cannot just say it is the Holocaust 2.0, as Fry is saying. In Conclusion, I think the LGBT Russian issue should be resolved as quick as possible, but there are other, more efficient ways to do this as opposed to boycotting the Olympics.
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