Disappeared
Posted on 01/23/2022 6:20:38 AM PST by shadowlands1960
A group of fans at the Australian Open were asked by security to remove custom T-shirts that read, “Where is Peng Shuai?” on Saturday.
The shirts — referencing the disappearance of the Chinese tennis player after she made sexual assault allegations against a retired government official in November — were apparently a violation of the tournament’s policy.
"Under our ticket conditions of entry we don't allow clothing, banners or signs that are commercial or political," a Tennis Australia spokesperson said, via ESPN. "Peng Shuai's safety is our primary concern. We continue to work with the WTA and global tennis community to seek more clarity on her situation and will do everything we can to ensure her well-being."
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“Australian Open fans asked to remove ‘Where is Peng Shuai?’ shirts by security”
If they want to seriously get attention with their protest, the (decent looking) women in the group should comply, with nothing under their shirts.
You guys down their are going to have to get your own deep state under control. You are on the edge of the return of a feudal state with absolute power over the peasants.
She made some fine body parts.
So Australia hired Chinese security to work an Australian tennis tournament? How global of them.
Lets go to war against Russia but heaven forbid someone should offend the Chinese with a T shirt.
Too bad they don’t have a constitution like ours where we still have the right to freedom of speech. Don’t even get me going on J6. For those that trespassed, you should have known better.
They don’t allow clothing that mentions tennis players? At the tennis tournament?
Your link isn’t working for me. Says document ‘doesn’t exist’ on this server...’
I had seen where she made an appearance and spoke to members of the IOC requesting her privacy be respected and walking back her allegations. She said she was living in Beijing...
Your Borg analogy is apt in this case... she has been reabsorbed...
I’m not sure what you did, but your link doesn’t work. Try this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWcMivIRbBk
How about……….”Make Peng Shuai Great Again”
Australia has really gone to the dark side of the force.
Why is it news when communists act like communists? Prayers for this unfortunate woman but this scenario happens almost daily in China.
I typed it wrong on the iPad - happens all the time. :)
The feudal state is an inevitable consequence of people giving up their guns.
I believe a baker or a wedding photographer should have the right to refuse business. Thus, in my book they shouldn’t have to perform for gay weddings. Following that reasoning, you go into someone’s business, and they ask you to wear a mask, you can either put on a mask or leave. The tennis match is a business. They tell you to do something, you either do it to enjoy the fruits of their business, or you don’t.
If they want to raise awareness about something going in what is essentially a terrorist regime then they need to find a way to do it that does not impact someone else’s business.
My go-to would be to visit my government representatives and ask where they stand. Here’s what I’ve found to be true. You as an individual have no standing when it comes to dealing with your own government. Take being wrongfully put on a terrorist watch list, or, even having some black mark against your driver’s license that wasn’t due to something you did. You’ll run into no end of bureaucratic dead-ends and no one will help you. You’ll end up in infinite phone jail. You have to go sit down with whatever elected arm of government overseas that portion of the bureaucratic organization. So, the first place to start is telling your representative that you’re concerned. It helps if you have a petition with a lot of “voter’s” signatures.
Failing that, you can work with a PR firm if you’ve formed an organization, or you can work with the media. Then, stage your public protest. I guarantee a suitably loud but lawful protest on the public access to any event will get coverage, especially if you work with the media.
What you don’t want to do is alienate the public like Black Lives Matter has done. A t-shirt, even if it does get worn is a pretty weak and ineffective form of protest. It reminds me of an idiot I worked with who had a “Free Tibet” bumper sticker on his van. I was shocked as he had the political awareness of a brick. So I asked him what it meant. He told me how he’d thought long and hard about what sort of image he wanted, and that bumper sticker had colors really matching with the color scheme on the van. (I had to rest my head in my hands for several minutes.)
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