Meanwhile Japan sends home a young woman for the big bad crime of smoking a cigarette. (Yes, I know she’s “underage” for smoking in Japan and it breaks their rules etc etc, I’m making a point at how diff countries handle ethics and rules.)
How the Netherlands Olympic sporting committee thought it would be okay to send this POS to represent the country is beyond me.
Ah yes, Van de Velde, the Child Rapist. THREE COUNTS OF CHILD RAPE.
The IOC has been trying to shift this to the Dutch Olympic Committee. Problem is it hasn’t been helpful and only caused further frustration.
And he has STILL not been told he has decided he stays home?
My faith in the Dutch are sinking.
IOC would like to be inclusive and allow for the possibility of Donald Trump competing in the future
I hope every crowd spends the entire game chanting scum or rapist at him, constantly.
> calls for investigation into inclusion of child rapist at Olympics
¿¡¿When did the Olympic committee make *that* an event?!?!?
NL had 2 golfers that qualified and they decided not to send because they thought they wouldn’t win (for example, CT Pan was almost the 200th best golfer in 2020, and he medaled)
They had no issue sending this pedo tho. Disgusting.
I think anyone without a spotless record should not be allowed to compete. And it should not be up to individual countries.
But that is a lot more difficult than it seems. His actions would constitute a crime in most jurisdictions. But that can’t he said for all actions. Staying in theme, the age of consent is not the same across the world. It can be 18, it can be 14, etc. What about driving under the influence? Assault? Tax evasion? Treason?
It would be extremely difficult, because you would mostly be looking at national convictions. So do you think a dictatorship would convict someone that might win a gold medal in some sport?
Again, not talking about this specific case. But it’s not easy to implement a system that would work for every competing country.
I hope the crowds give him so much stick. The fact he’s there in the first place is disgusting. Never let him forget what he did.
I wonder if he would have serious problems getting a visa if the Olympics were being held in a non-EU country. I know some people who can’t get into Canada because they have a DUI on their record.
Competitions aren’t just tests of how fast one can get from 0 to 100 kilometers an hour. We cheer for athletes, we follow their socials, we get sad when they are injured. They get sponsorship deals based on image, values, and likeability because companies know it’s not just about muscles and technique.. It is virtually impossible to separate the athleticism and the person who demonstrates it, their acts inside and outside the court, the field or the track together define a complete image. This is why some of us are not OK with him being put on a stage, and on one of the most marketed and televised stages in the world, too. We will be watching an athlete and a rapist, not just the first of those two. Because those two are one, the athlete and the person behind are one and the same. He should just do something that is not in the public eye, many athletes take up alternative roles in sports once they are past their prime anyway. He deserves a chance to process his crime, to feel sorry, come to peace with it and move on. Just not on a stage where achievements and sportsmanship are to be watched and celebrated. People are already commenting he is not the first felon to compete at the Olympics: Is the bar already that low? How much lower will it get once he is allowed to compete? Today world record was broken in archery, Lady Gaga will perform tomorrow at the opening ceremony. The day after, are we really going to watch a child rapist score aces? I mean clearly one of these three is not a spectacle to be celebrated. Is this what the Olympics came to be? For the love of whatever you hold dear do not normalize child abusers chasing glory on stage.
Edits. Spelling, spelling, grammar. More spelling.
The Rapey Olympics
The IOC will investigate this, but not the steroid cheating by Chinese swimmers.
Good. This can;t be allowed to happen.
Daddy, who’s that volleyball player?
Oh he’s a Dutch child rapist darling. But don’t worry, the Dutch say he has been rehabilitated, even though he has shown zero remorse, and that is why he is allowed to represent his country at the Olympics.
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This should never have gone this far.
Meanwhile Japan sends home a young woman for the big bad crime of smoking a cigarette. (Yes, I know she’s “underage” for smoking in Japan and it breaks their rules etc etc, I’m making a point at how diff countries handle ethics and rules.)
How the Netherlands Olympic sporting committee thought it would be okay to send this POS to represent the country is beyond me.
Ah yes, Van de Velde, the Child Rapist. THREE COUNTS OF CHILD RAPE.
The IOC has been trying to shift this to the Dutch Olympic Committee. Problem is it hasn’t been helpful and only caused further frustration.
And he has STILL not been told he has decided he stays home?
My faith in the Dutch are sinking.
IOC would like to be inclusive and allow for the possibility of Donald Trump competing in the future
I hope every crowd spends the entire game chanting scum or rapist at him, constantly.
> calls for investigation into inclusion of child rapist at Olympics
¿¡¿When did the Olympic committee make *that* an event?!?!?
NL had 2 golfers that qualified and they decided not to send because they thought they wouldn’t win (for example, CT Pan was almost the 200th best golfer in 2020, and he medaled)
They had no issue sending this pedo tho. Disgusting.
I think anyone without a spotless record should not be allowed to compete. And it should not be up to individual countries.
But that is a lot more difficult than it seems. His actions would constitute a crime in most jurisdictions. But that can’t he said for all actions. Staying in theme, the age of consent is not the same across the world. It can be 18, it can be 14, etc. What about driving under the influence? Assault? Tax evasion? Treason?
It would be extremely difficult, because you would mostly be looking at national convictions. So do you think a dictatorship would convict someone that might win a gold medal in some sport?
Again, not talking about this specific case. But it’s not easy to implement a system that would work for every competing country.
I hope the crowds give him so much stick. The fact he’s there in the first place is disgusting. Never let him forget what he did.
I wonder if he would have serious problems getting a visa if the Olympics were being held in a non-EU country. I know some people who can’t get into Canada because they have a DUI on their record.
Competitions aren’t just tests of how fast one can get from 0 to 100 kilometers an hour. We cheer for athletes, we follow their socials, we get sad when they are injured. They get sponsorship deals based on image, values, and likeability because companies know it’s not just about muscles and technique.. It is virtually impossible to separate the athleticism and the person who demonstrates it, their acts inside and outside the court, the field or the track together define a complete image. This is why some of us are not OK with him being put on a stage, and on one of the most marketed and televised stages in the world, too. We will be watching an athlete and a rapist, not just the first of those two. Because those two are one, the athlete and the person behind are one and the same. He should just do something that is not in the public eye, many athletes take up alternative roles in sports once they are past their prime anyway. He deserves a chance to process his crime, to feel sorry, come to peace with it and move on. Just not on a stage where achievements and sportsmanship are to be watched and celebrated. People are already commenting he is not the first felon to compete at the Olympics: Is the bar already that low? How much lower will it get once he is allowed to compete? Today world record was broken in archery, Lady Gaga will perform tomorrow at the opening ceremony. The day after, are we really going to watch a child rapist score aces? I mean clearly one of these three is not a spectacle to be celebrated. Is this what the Olympics came to be? For the love of whatever you hold dear do not normalize child abusers chasing glory on stage.
Edits. Spelling, spelling, grammar. More spelling.
The Rapey Olympics
The IOC will investigate this, but not the steroid cheating by Chinese swimmers.
Good. This can;t be allowed to happen.
Daddy, who’s that volleyball player?
Oh he’s a Dutch child rapist darling. But don’t worry, the Dutch say he has been rehabilitated, even though he has shown zero remorse, and that is why he is allowed to represent his country at the Olympics.