Posted on 01/11/2022 6:11:42 PM PST by naturalman1975
The Novak Djokovic saga has a new twist, with fellow players starting to turn on the ‘selfish’ world No.1 amid accusations of favourable treatment over his anti-vaccination stance.
As British great Andy Murray called on Djokovic to come clean over the outstanding questions relating to his botched visa documentation, Portugal’s Joao Sousa spoke out on the double standards that have allowed the defending champion to “find a way around (anti-vaccination) rules”.
“I respect that he fights for what he believes and I can be empathetic with what he is going through in Australia, but it’s a bit selfish from him to arrive here as the only player unvaccinated,” Sousa said.
“It’s tough for us players to accept that.
“Many players – not my case – didn’t want to get vaccinated and were forced to do it to be able to play tournaments. He is finding a way around those rules.”
Sousa joined Wimbledon quarter-finalist Marton Fuscovics in publicly questioning Djokovic’s ‘right’ to play at the Australian Open ahead of next week’s tournament.
Fuscovics, speaking with Hungary’s M4Sport challenged Djokovic’s non-vaccination decision and argued that the health and safety of players was the most important aspect in this debate.
“People’s health is paramount, and there are rules that were outlined months ago, namely that everyone should vaccinate themselves – and Djokovic didn’t,” he said.
“From this point of view, I don’t think he would have the right to be here.”
(Excerpt) Read more at heraldsun.com.au ...
How many posts have you made about the political prisoners being held in Washington DC or about the FBI investigating parents? You have very serious problems in the USA and my fear is that it will only get worse. We used to travel to the USA every year, now we are afraid to enter the country because of the crime and the corrupt governments backing the criminals. How many post have you made criticizing the USA vaccine mandates and not allowing non-vaccinated people from coming into America(not count illegal immigrants).
The trouble is, it's not one government. It's nine separate governments. Some of which - like that of the state of Victoria - are incredibly authoritarian hard core socialists.
With nine different governments, with very different philosophies and policies, inconsistencies do happen.
Under Australia's constitution, the state and territory governments have all control and authority over public health matters. That means they each get to separately set their own rules. The federal government (Commonwealth government) has power over international entry.
Part of the reason this mess has occurred is actually because the Federal government has tried to come up with a single consistent definition for purposes of international travel - so we don't have a situation where a person would be allowed into Australia because they landed in Melbourne, but wouldn't be allowed in because they landed in Perth. The only way to do that is for that single definition to be based on the definitions of the most restrictive state. This has actually happened largely because the Commonwealth government is trying to introduce consistency to a system that the constitution has rendered chaotic.
Because he didn't follow the rules and he's been allowed in. It's not rocket science.
Got to admit.....although I can’t stand the guy.....I can now stand him...a little bit anyways for this. Disappointed Rafa went woke the vaccine too.
Its not fair he can find a way to remain unvaccinated while others could not
Adults are now children. Grow the eff up. Its torally fair for him to use whatever rules others have laid out and still be able to avoid doing something ge doesn’t want to do.
The otgers were not smart enough to find ways to avoid it, and if they didnt have the same rules where they were, thet decided it was more important to keep playing tennis than walk away and not be vaxxed.
Grow the g-d eff up.
Because the Judge decided to ignore Commonwealth law, and instead ruled on a procedural ground. He never actually considered the Commonwealth law. He released Djokovic before the hearing got to that stage.
You’re absolutely right and I agree with your opinion of the USA. See how that works? Try it once with Australia. Say “Australia and is a fascist medico-tyrant state just like America and most of the West and see how it makes you feel.
Are you brave enough?
I’m against all tyranny and the oppression of normal people.
That's the point...why is Australia so hell bent to denying entry to this one guy?
In other words, you’re taking your government’s word for it.
I wouldn’t take your government’s word for jack ****.
this
its not about safety
its not about actual science
if it was natural immunity would as it always has been, regarded as superior than vaxxes and there would be no problem uttered about these people
but you’ve all vecome brainwashed morons and stupid because you don’t,know real science and history anymore and the elite have taken advantage of your ignorance and stupidity
Sousa is afraid of his own fears..that he’s put his life on the line with an experimental gene therapy that may kill him…Djokovic studied the science, took alternate treatments and is 100% healthy. I feel bad for Sousa but he must live with his own choices.
Just wondering, you don’t state what country you are from, but if it is the USA, then that is now one of so-called “free-world’s” most authoritarian countries with a corrupt justice system. The USA has so many laws which are simply ignored by the President and Federal government, and a justice system which is so inconsistent, that people have no faith in the legal system in the USA.
Honestly, it's partly self inflicted.
One of the biggest news stories in Australia over the last couple of weeks was whether Djokovic was going to be able to play. I'm not saying it was front page news everyday, but it was in the newspaper virtually every day and constantly took up at least a minute or so of TV news most night.
It had been made very clear by the Australian government that he needed to be double vaccinated.
Suddenly, he posted something on the net - on Instagram, I believe - saying he had a vaccine exemption and was about to get on a plane to Australia. This was, I believe, quite late in the day here after normal business hours - but I haven't actually checked the exact timeline.
At this point, people in the Department of Home Affairs, and in Border Force saw the reports and their immediate reaction was - "Who gave this guy an exemption and why haven't we heard about it until now?" So while he was flying in overnight, people were trying to figure out how he'd got an exemption and nobody could find anybody who had issued one. So Border Force was ready, when he landed, to carefully examine the situation because they'd checked, having carefully rechecked what the rules were, and been told "As far as we know, he doesn't have one."
So they checked - and he didn't have a valid one.
If he had simply got on the plane without any publicity, he would have landed in Melbourne and walked up to Border Force. They probably would have asked him for evidence of an exemption, he would have handed over his letters from his Doctor, and they'd have read "Medical Exemption" seen it was signed by a Doctor, and just waved him through. It might have turned into a story, but I doubt it.
No. I'm not. I know what the law says.
Fuscovics can go fusc himself.
People become embarrassed, then angry when they find out the other guy got a better deal. THEY are the ones who sold out easily, now they are mad because there is someone with cojones who will stand on principle.
I noticed in several of your posts you repeat the phrase “he didn’t follow the rules” ...
this past summer, I ran into a woman from from Australia, and one of the things that struck me was her saying, “in Australia, it’s all about following the rules”
just curious ... are people in Australia like those in Asia, with a slavish obedience to whatever The Government says? Do they feel a need to demonize and punish anyone who doesn’t “obey the rules”?
My criticisms that I levied on the Australian people apply in many American states. But they don’t apply at all to the state that I live in, Texas, which is a place far greater than any of the states in Australia. We ignore COVID. We are better than COVID.
Where is your shining light in Australia? You have no Texas. It’s just cesspool through and through.
The Vaccine mandate to enter US applies only to non residents and also there are many exemptions.
The Australia vaccine mandate applies even to Australians who want to come back or leave the country. It is an extreme policy...not even comparablew with the rest of the world.
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