Thursday, April 17, 2008
Do you agree with a boycott of the Olympics? Discuss.

Topic
Sports. Politics.

Issue
Do you agree with a boycott of the Olympics?

Context
Olympics in general.

Key Words
-do you agree?
-boycott
-Olympics
-Discuss

Stand
I do not agree to the boycott of the Olympics.

Topic sentences
1) I do not agree to the boycott of the Olympics. If a boycott is declared, it will cost activists whatever ongoing leverage they have over the host country.

2) Furthermore, a boycott will result in strained ties with the host country.

3) The boycott of the Olympics might also ruin the dreams of athletes who have been training for years just for it.

4) Another reason against the boycott is that the boycott itself holds no power, and the locals from the host country might suffer instead due to the drop in tourism.

Full paragraph for Topic Sentence 4

Point - Another reason against the boycott is that the boycott itself holds no power, and the locals from the host country might suffer instead due to the drop in tourism.

Elaboration - Tourism industry is responsible for the creation of jobs in the service sector. If a boycott is declared, hotels and restaurants, which have hired many more workers in expectation of the rush of tourists, will be forced to retrench the surplus amount of workers. This results in an increase in unemployment rates in the host country.

Evidence - An example would be the boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics due to the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The United States threatened to boycott the Olympics unless Soviet troops were withdrawn from Afghanistan. Moscow refused and the boycott was declared.

Evaluation - This showed that uselessness of the boycott in fulfilling the demands of another country. It is ironic that instead of improving the situation, the boycott has caused the suffering of the locals.

Link - From this, it is obvious that a boycott of the Olympics will not have the desired effect and might cause more harm than good.

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