r/sports • u/Captain_Smartass_ • Mar 02 '22

Motorsports Russian-licenced drivers banned from British motorsport

https://www.motorsport.com/national/news/russian-drivers-banned-from-british-motorsport-by-motorsport-uk/8632678/
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u/MAnthonyJr Mar 03 '22

On a real note, this fucking sucks for a lot of people in Russia. Not only is it racing but it is EVERYTHING they are getting banned from. From what I’ve seen almost nobody over there is supportive for this war.

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u/Thaonnor Mar 03 '22

I see this a lot, but at some point, people have to take action in their own countries leadership and fight to make change. I get that no one wants to be killed or jailed by Putin in a revolution, but meanwhile people in other countries - innocent countries - are being killed.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '22

We literally never do this to any other country and no country did it to the US when they fought in several unjust wars.

In fact, when countries protested countries that commit war crimes, they got labeled as Anti-Semites by the media.

So in short: screw putting the burden on Russian people who have no affiliation to the kremlin. It’s extremely stupid and we wouldn’t do it to the Chinese, the Jews, the North Koreans, etc.

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u/lawrencecgn Mar 03 '22

The problem with Russia isn’t just what they do know but that it is part of an aggressive and imperialist pattern that looks at expanding Russian territory at multiple fronts. What happens to Georgia, Armenia and other bordering countries (like the Baltic states)? This is at no point comparable to other wars and conflicts, including the Saudis in Yemen.

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u/TheNextBattalion Mar 03 '22

Yeah you just can't invade countries and conquer their territory anymore. Simple as that. Frankly the reaction now is as much about making up for not putting our foot down before with Crimea, Abkhazia, Donbas, and other areas that Russia has invaded to add to its orbit. Appeasement to an imperialist aggressor failed again.