Should Sochi olympics be boycotted or moved somewhere else or neither and why?

Should Sochi olympics be boycotted or moved somewhere else or neither and why?
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No gay athletes of ours (or any country’s, really) should go to a batshit country like Russia’s working hard on becoming. I suppose each country should decide on their own and they should decide to protect their citizens.
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