Norway Chess cancels Alexander Grischuk
I am always deeply disappointed with how little civic and ethical values the average person has left.<p>Whenever the common narrative finds a way to blame something or someone, the collective dehumanizes the target in a way that&#x27;s quite terrifying, actually. People love to parrot about how &quot;dictators are bad&quot;, &quot;hitler was bad&quot;, etc, but when they find themselves in trivial situations where they have to show what they&#x27;re made of not much more comes out of it.<p>Without saying much about it, let me remind you that there is a Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which, among other things, it&#x27;s pretty clear that no one should be discriminated because of their origin or nationality. Every single &quot;developed&quot; country shares a set of laws that guarantee similar rights to their citizens (and visitors!).<p>Whether you think that people who are in these situations are having their rights dishonored or not it&#x27;s up to you, I just want to remind people that some blades cut both ways so one has to be careful about which one is being honed today.<p>Disclaimer: I&#x27;m not Russian, never been to Russia, no friends in Russia either. I am a human being and have empathy for all other fellow human beings.