It's said a sports boycott helped push South Africa in the right direction politically.

[sandyRoe]

Why shouldn't the free world give Bahrain the same help in moving towards democracy?

[bibblebub]

formula 1 + money > bahrain + democracy

[DTCwordfan]

what sport does Bahrain have. other than soccer and an annual world jamboree called F1, that has only run once or twice. Scubadiving is not exactly a recognised sport...

[Sqad]

\\\It's Said A Sports Boycott Helped Push South Africa In The Right Direction Politically.\\

by whom?

I didn't ...in fact isolating S.A by a sports boycott for all those years......tended me to support apartheid.

Is S.A any better off?.......Soweto is STILL a sh1thouse.

[commoner]

...mmm....aparteid was an abomination and needed to go but black rule alone doesn't guarrantee success for SA. In fact If it follows many of the countries in Africa it has a more than even chance of going down the plughole.

As for sticking our oar in in Bahrain..mmm...IMHO we do that in too many places already.......our own democracy is more democratic for some than for others and the inequalities here need addressing first.