That's the thing though, and I've said it multiple times over. The idea is that isolation puts pressure on Russia, not to show the fans they are displeased with the invasion - We have already seen the fact that companies are pulling out or pausing their Russia business having that effect, since Russia threaten to confiscate factories. We have seen Russia being deeply upset over sports boycotts and we're not even going to get into the economic sanctions. The idea is to put pressure on Russia, and Maiden can do that in a small way as part of a huge and broad boycott or social media influencing campaign (lots of companies are alraedy doing that willingly) and, as Azas said, use their influence with their fanbase to you know, defend the democratic values they and the rest of us enjoy. There's a reason why Russia is cracking down on social media. They fear informed citizens.
Maiden wouldn't be able to to what they do without millions of people sacrificing and risking things. The rest of us are seeing groceries, gas, electricity and so on get more expensive, small and big business will suffer and it will impact us far more than it will do to six well off English gentlemen. And that's quite alright with me. But I am bugged by the fact that Maiden sits this one out, because democracy and freedom is built by all of us. It's not a buffé where you just get to dig in. Without people defending it, we are not going to have democracy, territorial sovereignty or an international rulebook. But hey, everybody else can do the work so others can enjoy the spoils. Why risk annoying a few russian fans.
