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ShirazS

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    All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.

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  1. Not sure if it's the same but I know many South African anti-apartheid activists were very close to Cuba and Castro as well. It had a lot to do with Cuba being one of the few countries that supported and helped them fight the South African government.
  2. I do think teams should have boycotted if they genuinely wanted to bring about change. I totally understand drawing a line somewhere and it is logical but it's disappointing that any risk to a football match result is more important than showing a small symbol to support inclusion. I really do think that if the captains of all the 7 teams did it anyway, FIFA would have caved so it probably would not have affected on field performance.
  3. I don't think it needs to be only one of them that have done things wrong. FIFA shouldn't have tried to stop them from wearing the armbands but also the teams should not have backtracked at the first sign of more substantial consequences. The whole point of a protest is to have courage and do the difficult thing in spite of the consequences. If anything, doing it after the threat of "sporting sanctions" would make the action so much more significant.
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