Posted on 01/17/2022 5:02:41 AM PST by Kaslin
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Novak Djokovic becomes the first professional athlete in history to be banned from a major sporting competition for not taking drugs.
5:22 AM · Jan 16, 2022
“And no other players objected on principle and left the country too?”
With Djokovic out of the way, the others’ chances of grabbing the trophy improved. It’s about the win, fame and the money that they expect to follow. So “no”, no principles - not in an unprincipled world.
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Countless Australian lives were probably saved by keeping Novak Djokovic out of the country. / s
Yeah, now we can say misery loves forced company.
“It ain’t fair that he didn’t have the death jab and we cowered to the tyrants and he didn’t. Throw the bum outta here, we don’t wanna have to look at ourselves. Whew, we are safe now”.
“What if the U.S. decided to ban Chinese citizens from entering due to COVID concerns?”
Every nation gets to control its borders, is not in dispute.
It seems this case points a new angle in border control in a country long thought to have political freedom of thought and expression. Also, as reported, and like in the US (illegal aliens vs citizens), non-citizen AUS visitors had process to seek virus exemptions not available to AUS’ own citizens. Djokovic, a person presumably with the natural antibodies, went through the legal process for exemption, which was so granted before it was rescinded. The reasons appear to be based on his expression of the virus issue which counter what the political powers’ are saying and doing. Apparently they fear that his presence may cause a domestic disturbance from within. Is shutting down the internet content on the horizon for Australia? After all, they control their borders - real and virtually, no? Can it happen here too?
Rumor has it that several other players were complaining about chest pains.
If vaccines are safe and effective, why do people have to be kept under literal house detention to force them to take them, and why is it repeatedly called an “enormous personal sacrifice” to take 2 shots?
Novak Djokovic’s career is probably over, because many other countries will not allow him to enter for the same reason. No jab.
Since the aussie government made crystal clear that this is a political issue, and Novak was on the wrong side, it’s time to relegate this tournament, and the entity known as australia, to the junior leagues for 40 or 50 years.
Maybe they can petition to get back to the adult table then.
RE: Their country, their rules.
No one, not even Djokovic himself disputes that. But is it based on sound science? Not really.
Rules can also be unscientific and illigical, which is the case in Australia.
“Their country, their rules.”
“That’s what I said about Germany in 1939.”
So true. What allows evil to prosper is for good men to just shrug their shoulders and do nothing.
No, and that's precisely the point. Even though their rules were in effect, I would have been morally bound to assess their import, rather than simply dismiss the whole thing with a casual "well, that's the way they do things in Germany." Now whether I, or anybody else, ought to have participated in the tournament is a completely different question.
And? Australia is free to set whatever criteria it wants based on whatever standards it wants.
If you are alluding to the following:
"A nationwide travel ban from China took effect on January 31, 2020, with a few confirmed cases in the United States. This ban was only for non-U.S. citizens who had been in China within the last 14 days and were not the immediate family member of U.S. citizens or/and permanent residents."
This was not a political targeting of Chinese individuals. Stop buying into the Dim talking points.
Djokovic's case was political. He was granted an exemption, then denied do to the fear that he would pose a "bad example" to the fans. From the article:
"This was affirmed by Chief Justice Allsop, who stated that he accepted Djokovic could be seen as “an iconic sports star that is setting an example that is not ideal to be followed.
“If Mr Djokovic won the Open, as he has in the past, there is an example embedded in the Minister's reasoning that this is an example for young and not so young fans of tennis.”
Of course, that wouldn't fly and they'd be rightly exposed as hypocrites. These athletes make fortunes playing in countries like China and radical Islamic kingdoms in the Middle East.
I never said it was. It is a decision the U.S. made that it thought best for its own security. Australia is free to make the same kind of decision.
Yes, but that was not the issue under consideration, and you're making my point for me. The issue was whether anyone should simply shrug his shoulders and dismiss the evil being done on the basis of the fact that it's "their country, their rules." Obviously the answer is no.
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