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The world that those kids have grown up in, both within sports and outside of sports, have taught them that the most profitable thing is the only thing that matters. We have created language that ridicules those that do the right thing over the profitable thing.
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"Do not be indifferent in the face of historical lies. Do not be indifferent when you see the past being exploited for the needs of contemporary politics. Do not be indifferent when any minority suffers discrimination. For it's the essence of democracy that the majority wields the power, but at the same time, the rights of the minority must be respected."
Marian Turski- former prisoner of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and death camp
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