Posted on 01/24/2022 10:00:31 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Another tennis controversy emerges in Australia and this has nothing to do with the pandemic.
It has been a common expression when watching the news out of Australia that the country has become a lost cause when it comes to personal freedoms. The government in panic mode, or eyeing an opportunity at more oppression, has put on a stunning display of oppression in the name of public safety. Videos of people being arrested over masks are just the start; there have been manhunts for vaccine scofflaws and internment camps set up for those denying the chance to get vaccinated.
This extended to a flare-up weeks ago where the authorities went after tennis pro, Novak Djokovich. After initially allowing him into the country the government decided to make an example out of the unvaccinated athlete. His travel credentials were rescinded, then restored, but he was detained anyway and ultimately became deported, all over his vaccine status. That he is a professional athlete with both physical considerations and has already been tested positive and contains antibodies were not something they would factor into the decision. He was made a scapegoat.
Now, a new tennis controversy has been found in the former penal colony of Australia, and it has nothing to do with COVID. During a match, security came out to address some fans and the police were ultimately called, due to the shirts these people wore. On them was the phrase, Where is Peng Shuai? This is in reference to the female Chinese player and former grand slam doubles champion who has gone missing in recent months after charging a Chinese government official with sexual abuse.
This is a rather bad look for Aussie tennis, which has already sported a black eye over the Djokovic issue. Peng Shuai was ranked in the Top-20 worldwide when she came forth with her accusations in November. Since then, she has not only disappeared from social media but has no longer appeared on the tennis tour. Some videos emerged of her in China but were released by state-run sources, indicating to many that she was possibly physically well, but prevented from travel and kept in a condition of control.
The Aussie tennis authorities stated the fans had been instructed that rules are in the palace preventing such slogans, and the police confirmed that the security was in their right to confiscate the clothing, as well as banner that also had the phrase. The explanation was given to ESPN by the body Tennis Australia.
Under our ticket conditions of entry we don’t allow clothing, banners or signs that are commercial or political,” a spokesperson said. “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.”
This statement raises more questions than it provides answers. The asking of the whereabouts of an individual is hardly a political statement. It is not taking sides in any fashion but raises a question about the wellbeing of an individual. If Tennis Australia is concerned about the safety of Peng Shuai, would they not want to highlight the issue? And the fact that they declare curiosity behind the safety of a player to be a political statement sure shows they are bowing to the impressions of the Chinese government on the matter. This also means their lip service to the player’s condition is compromised, to say the least.
After all of the totalitarian displays seen over the past year or more, it can hardly be a surprise that the government and the athletic authorities would bow to the totalitarian Chi-Com dictates. Oddly enough, despite this clampdown on fans, the players appear free to give voice to concerns for Shuai. It has not been uncommon for some to bring up the topic in post-match press conferences.
This could indicate the sport’s global authority, the World Tennis Association, has more of an outward concern on the matter. If the players are supported and free to discuss the situation then it appears that Australia wants to muzzle any references that it can, under its purview. It says plenty when they address a human rights issue as being a political statement, considering the way the nation has steamrolled individual rights over the past years.
So the Australian quarantine camps and the Australian police casing down those that escaped, and doing contact tracing and such to fill them in the first place, what was that?
Nobody was 'doing contact tracing and such to fill' anything.
And there is only one place in all of Australia that could be called a 'quarantine camp' - not camps plural, but one, and that only exists because the NT government happened to have a former mining camp available for use and decided that would be a more secure and comfortable place to keep a very small number of people who could not safely and reasonably quarantine in their own homes.
Three teenage boys climbed a six foot wire fence and left - over the objections of their parents as it happens. Yes, the police tracked them down and returned them.
The Northern Territory took the approach they did, because due to the large size of the territory (about twice the size of Texas) and its low population (about 250,000 people) often living in tiny isolated communities of less than 100 people, hundreds of miles from any town, it was not safe and practical to provide necessary health care to sick people in those tiny isolated communities so bringing them somewhere where they could be treated if necessary makes sense. They also have only about 20 ICU beds in the entire territory, and other states were closing their borders so they could not guarantee being able to provide ICU support in the even of a large outbreak, so they were very intent on limiting things. You may still disagree with the choices they made, but it's a very different situation from the one people seem to imagine applied.
this has riled a few Aussie today. this is the virtual WEF which Xi Jinping spoke at recently. Morrison is known for his smirk, but it’s particularly obnoxious in this clip:
24 Jan: xyz.net.au: Evidence that (Australian ‘Conservative’ Prime Minister) Scott Morrison is a WEF Shill
By David Hiscox
The Liberal Party was reelected in 2019 specifically because the Labor Party’s environment policy was downright insane and would destroy our economy. Morrison’s commitment to “net zero” is essentially the same policy, if not worse...
This makes the following clip, of a WEF spokesperson congratulating ScoMo for pushing along Australia’s “digital transformation” and “energy transformation”, very interesting...
VIDEO 42secs Tweet: Syrian Girl
This is the Prime minister of Australia being congratulated by the WEF for introducing Digital ID by using Coronavirus as an Excuse.
This was his priority not the virus #MyGovID
Look at disgusting smirk on his face! So proud making his Paymasters happy...
Look at that smirk.
The psychopaths who run the World Economic Forum want to destroy Western industrialised civilisation. To do this, they are using the “climate change” scam as a pretext to destroy our energy production, and the Covid scamdemic as a pretext to destroy our freedom.
They are determined to implement their Great Reset, a policy which nobody wants and nobody asked for.
https://xyz.net.au/2022/01/evidence-that-scott-morrison-is-a-wef-shill/
Unlike the USA where companies don’t back down the protests by the public and our conservative politicians, Tennis Australia is now allowing the “where is....” t shirts.
I was more impressed with the story from the lady the police tracked down.
Yes, I know she admitted she lied, but now is a good time to be sensitive to
the dangers posed by a bio-medical surveillance state. Especially a global one.
In any case, it’s good to hear things were not nearly as bad as what is being
done to our January 6th political prisoners here.
And while we don’t have camps yet, we did have nursing homes that a few
murderous Governors turned into death camps, so advantage Australia, there.
More advantage Australia if they are not mandating masks and vaccinations,
along with vaccination papers, especially on children. Are they?
Would love to hear a full blown Aussie speaking Chinese, bet the house it is down right hilarious.
Current western governments and corporations obviously prefer China methods to traditional western freedoms and competition. It’s up to us to replace them.
If you're talking about the person I think you're talking about, I'm really not impressed with her story. Basically quite a lot of what she described seems to have been very unlikely to be accurate - she named organisations as being involved for example, that don't actually exist. So it's difficult to assess exactly what did and didn't happen. I mean, I'm sure the core of what she said is true - but there's a lot of missing detail. And if she hadn't lied, her situation would have been different, and I don't really think she lied as any sort of protest. I think she was just dumb enough to think nobody would check.
More advantage Australia if they are not mandating masks and vaccinations, along with vaccination papers, especially on children. Are they?
There are no vaccine mandates that apply to children in Australia. The only vaccine mandates we have (which differ from state to state) are ones relating to employment - there are some jobs (in my state, a lot of jobs, in some other states, less so - I'm fairly sure, the only group that is mandated across all of Australia is aged care workers).
Masks - again, depends where you are. My state generally has the strongest rules (because our state government is genuinely authoritarian). Right now, we need to wear masks in indoor situations where social distancing is not possible. There have been times when the rules were stricter than that - having to wear them outside as well - and times when they were more relaxed - we were pretty much mask free about a month ago, before they used the Omicron surge in numbers as a reason to reintroduce stricter rules. But again, there are other states, where masks are pretty much gone, and some places where they've rarely been required - there may even be some that have never required them, but I'm not sure on that point. It really does depend what part of Australia you are in.
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