The long:
http://www.news.com.au/sport/london-olympics/greek-jumper-kicked-out-for-racism/story-fndpu6dv-1226435261881
The short:
"The 23-year-old Papachristou had written that "with so many Africans in Greece, at least the mosquitoes of West Nile will eat homemade food". Although she subsequently deleted the message after a huge public backlash, the Hellenic Olympic Committee decided to drop her from the squad for London."
Let me get this straight... she said something to the equivalent of "These mosquitoes are from Africa, so are African Olympians. Marginal irony, lol", and was then kicked off a competition she's spent much of her life preparing for. Do you read this and think it's a terrible decision that panders to political correctness and general idiocy? I sure as hell do
http://www.news.com.au/sport/london-olympics/greek-jumper-kicked-out-for-racism/story-fndpu6dv-1226435261881
The short:
"The 23-year-old Papachristou had written that "with so many Africans in Greece, at least the mosquitoes of West Nile will eat homemade food". Although she subsequently deleted the message after a huge public backlash, the Hellenic Olympic Committee decided to drop her from the squad for London."
Let me get this straight... she said something to the equivalent of "These mosquitoes are from Africa, so are African Olympians. Marginal irony, lol", and was then kicked off a competition she's spent much of her life preparing for. Do you read this and think it's a terrible decision that panders to political correctness and general idiocy? I sure as hell do