World News @lemmy.world jeffw @lemmy.world 4 wk. ago

Ukrainian Olympic weightlifter Oleksandr Pielieshenko dies in war with Russia

www.usatoday.com Ukrainian Olympic weightlifter Oleksandr Pielieshenko dies in war with Russia

Ukrainian Olympian and two-time European champion Oleksandr Pielieshenko has died on the frontlines of Russia's war in Ukraine at age 30.

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Maybe ban Russia from the Olympics? Totally, none of this Russian Olympic committee bullshit.
- Sure if we ban israel from the Olympics too.
  
  Sounds like a win win to me
  
  Yeah I'm down.
  
  I wonder if the reason Greek stopped conflict during the Olympics was because everyone kept banning eachother.
  
  Yeah, any moment now ...
  
  Sounds a lot like US House of Representatives, but in this case I don’t see why not.
- Maybe ban Russia from the Olympics?
  
  They're already banned from the Olympics. Their athletes compete under the "Olympic Athletes from Russia" banner and represented by the Olympic Flag.
  
  I think that's what OP is referring to.
- That will teach them 😎
Needless.
- BlacRock and JPMorgan disagree.
  
  Surprise, Sue-fucking-prise.
  
  Politicians hide themselves away
  
  They only started the war
  
  Why should they go out to fight?
  
  They leave that role to the poor, yeah
  
  Time will tell on their power minds
  
  Making war just for fun
  
  Treating people just like pawns in chess
  
  Wait till their judgement day comes, yeah!
RIP Oleksandr
RIP
o7

Slava Ukraini
Putin gives a rats ass
They're even drafting Olympic athletes?
- He volunteered.
- Why would Olympic athletes not be drafted?
  
  Because Olympic athletes getting blown up in a dumb war is bad for morale.
- See Mohammed Ali. See Elvis Presley.
  
  Ali was convicted of draft dodging when he very publicly burned his draft card and refused enlistment. He was arrested, in Houston, after repeatedly refusing to acknowledge his name during induction. Then he spent the next eight months fighting the charge of draft dodging as a conscientious objector, ultimately appealing and winning his defection in a SCOTUS decision. Along the way, all his titles were revoked.
  
  Presley got an absolute sweetheart deal and spent his two years "at war", living in a West German hotel, recording for RCA in his ample downtime, getting addicted to amphetamines thanks to a ahem helpful senior officer, and then being discharged with honors after being promoted to sergeant as part of a giant photo-op.
  
  It does not look like Pielieshenko's experiences were comparable in either respect.
  
  In both cases, they were seen as subversives who reactionaries were glad to be rid of.
  
  It's not an automatic system, they stood in front of a draft board who ruled they'll either join the army or go to prison.
- Nah, dude went out Patrick Tillman style.

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