Pros and Cons of Boycotting

Pros

1)Set as a platform for people to show their unhappiness
EG: Tibet,North korea,Africa,US etc.

2)Rare opportunity to seize the spotlight and address important world issues
EG: Like unhappy with certain rules,politics.

Cons

1)Not effective in achieving the aim of boycott.
EG: Cambodia, Egypt, Iraq and Lebanon did not help solve the Suez Crisis at all by boycotting the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.

2)More problems arises.
EG:The U.S.-led NATO countries’ boycott against the 1980 Moscow Olympics failed to persuade the “evil state” of the U.S.S.R. to back off, and only caused 15 Warsaw-pact nations to boycott the Olympic Games held in Los Angeles four years later.

3)Sacrifice the innocent party.
EG:The only victims penalized were the innocent athletes whose entire careers culminate in the Games. It’s easy for the rest of us to sacrifice the life-long efforts of someone else to satisfy our desire to “speak up,” but it’s unfair for all those athletes, their coaches and their families to be forced to give up pursuing their dreams. U.S. althletes was barred from competing after the Soviet Union refused to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan.

4)Strained relationships
EG: Cause conflicts among countries which participate in boycott with the country holding the Game.

Credits:

•http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/24324
•http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/01/pelosi.olympics/index.html
•http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=jo olyboycott041508&prov=yhoo&type=lgns