Opposing the Unesco-Obiang prize is essential to show that the international community, including African countries, does not condone the actions of a brutal regime.
Using the logic of one letter writer, I would befriend and condone the actions of all those who drink and drive because I belong to the American Automobile Association.
Although they do not condone the actions of abusive priests or the church leaders who tried to hide what they did, Hispanic Catholics seem to have a greater tolerance of scandal than other Catholics.
Many such churches sanction aggressive forms of exorcism involving physical contact with the possessed subject, though the Pastor at Combat Spirituel told police he did not condone the actions of Kisanga and the others.
While the lyrics are opaque, at times even deliberately absurd ("And my mother is a good one, as they go/ She does not condone the actions that I do that she don't know") the overall effect is uplifting, yearning and joyful, particularly in the chorus, with its refrain of: "You remind me of something/ The song that I am/ And you sing me back into myself".
He said: "We are very disappointed that a brief moment of insensitive and distasteful chanting by a minority of supporters spoiled what was a great occasion at Pride Park stadium last night and we do not condone the actions of those individuals in any way, shape or form.
"The FIVB does not condone the actions of the Serbian team," the statement said.
"We can't control and don't condone the actions of anyone who alters the game so that it displays material that may be considered offensive.
I deeply regret that I chose this word, and I do not condone the actions I referenced, nor do I believe them in my heart.
I have always heard people on the Right try to call out all Muslims for not standing up to Islamic extremists, insinuating that they must agree or condone the actions of the extremists, proof being their silence.
