Greek Olympian expelled from Olympics over racist tweets about Africans.

Political correctness throughout the world. You must think like we want you to think or you will pay the price. Ridiculous.

After reading what she said, i think they over reacted. What she said may have been in poor taste, but I've heard much much worse. They should let her back in.

what Africans was she mocking? the white ones or the black ones? did she break it down into skin colour?

Actually it was only one. The reaction is excessive

"Papachristou, 23, was preparing to head to London for her first Olympic Games when she posted a joke to her Twitter feed. It was about the West Nile virus, and appeared to mock Greece's African immigrant population.

"With so many Africans in Greece, at least the mosquitoes of West Nile will eat homemade food!!!" she tweeted Sunday.

http://abcnews.go.com/Interna...

And they expelled her after she apologized

what Africans was she mocking? the white ones or the black ones? did she break it down into skin colour?

I don't think she was really mocking any Africans. She might of been referring to how many have immigrated which I don't see as really mocking.

Banning her is racist!
She probably did´nt even say anything!

She wasn't banned because of her ethnicity, she was banned because she made some pretty tasteless remarks about another team, and that is exactly what the Olympics is all about. I though banning her was pretty harsh, but you saying banning her was racist....doesn't make any sense.

what Africans was she mocking? the white ones or the black ones? did she break it down into skin colour?

what Africans was she mocking? the white ones or the black ones? did she break it down into skin colour?

It doesn't matter if she broke it down or not. She said AFRICANS and that could mean white africans or black africans or asian africans or whatever. What she said was offensive to everyone on that continent.

I don't think there is any place for those type of comments in public but it should be up to the country she represents or the Olympic committee.

what Africans was she mocking? the white ones or the black ones? did she break it down into skin colour?

I know that is what hit me.

i know this will sound waay different but i am a console online gamer specializing in shooters and fighting games...i bash people base on skill and preffered characters and that is the same thing she did if she pointed out a flaw in african athletes its the same as me pointing out a flaw in a certain character u choose to fight me that is how compitition is no matter what u playing it will always have dirty players she should not be expelled

what Africans was she mocking? the white ones or the black ones? did she break it down into skin colour?

thats another good question but i dont even know about this situation but they should not ban her because trash talk will always be in competition

A missionary is sent into deepest darkest depths of Africa to
live with a tribe. He spends years with the people, teaching
them to read, write and good Christian values. One thing he
particularly stresses is the evil of sexual sin. "Thou must not
commit adultery or fornication!"
One day the wife of one of the Tribe's noblemen gives birth to a
white baby. The village is shocked and the chief is sent by his
people to talk with the missionary.
"You have taught us of the evils of sexual sin, yet here a black
woman gives birth to a white child. You are the only white man
who has ever set foot in our village. Anyone can see what's
going on here!"
The missionary replies, "No, no, my good man. You are mistaken.
What you have here is a natural occurrence - what is called an
albino. Look to thy yonder field. See a field of white sheep,
and yet amongst them is one black one. Nature does this on
occasion."
The chief pauses for a moment then says, "Tell you what, you
don't say anything about the sheep, I won't say anything about
the white baby."

Lol - am I being kicked off anything yet???

There was a tribe in Africa which was very fierce and warring...they would battle all the tribes in the area, and they always won. As a victory trophy, they would take the throne of the chief of the defeated tribe and carry it home, chanting victory chants and singing the whole way. When they got home, they would put the throne in the attic of the grass hut. This went on for quite some time, and soon the throne collection grew, adding to the prestige of the tribe.

One day, they battled a tribe of fairly large people, some might call them giants. They won, and they struggled to get the throne home...but the chanting and joyesness prevailed as usual. When they got home, they had the ritual of putting the throne in the attic of the grass hut, but the weight was too much. The ceiling collapsed, killing everyone on the tribe.

The moral: People who live in grass houses shouldn't stow thrones.

You be trollin'.

This was PC BS gone totally overboard yet again. The quote was not that bad and also, lol, was geographically funny.

what Africans was she mocking? the white ones or the black ones? did she break it down into skin colour? i read the joke, i still dont get the big deal?

Exactly. Kicking her off the team was an epic overreaction

That wasn't a time to do that. It was a bad joke anyway....

what Africans was she mocking? the white ones or the black ones? did she break it down into skin colour? i read the joke, i still dont get the big deal?

Heaven forbid anyone should say anything to upset a liberal.
The last I heard, being tacky isn't a crime. YET !!!

what Africans was she mocking? the white ones or the black ones? did she break it down into skin colour? i read the joke, i still dont get the big deal?

bet she was a threat to someone stealing the Gold

what Africans was she mocking? the white ones or the black ones? did she break it down into skin colour? i read the joke, i still dont get the big deal?

Like I said she must have been a threat to someone's gold medal

I guess apologies aren't accepted anymore,except when certain political parties use them for their own gain and forced to do so.
*ahem-liberals*

Another case of the Olympics being too political and too nationalistic.

what Africans was she mocking? the white ones or the black ones? did she break it down into skin colour? i read the joke, i still dont get the big deal?

But PC has made it to the Olympics.

Bow before the black and political correct reich or else!!!!

Wake up people before we lose our country and world.

what Africans was she mocking? the white ones or the black ones? did she break it down into skin colour? i read the joke, i still dont get the big deal?

My point exactly.

People using social media have got to learn that they can't spout off personal opinions like they would talking to a friend. She violated the Olympic Charter, and that could not be ignored. Whether on Facebook or here, I always keep the audience in mind. It may be my opinion, but it can have (unintended) consequences.