"Bringing a single, healthy tennis player, who happens to be unvaccinated, into any country, in the midst of this wave is a moot event. There’s really no medical or epidemiological value to keeping Djokovic out of any tournament. Making him test daily and keeping him isolated from everyone would be a more than sufficient solution. The point is not to protect the players and fans, though. It’s to punish the lepers."
If countries have COVID regulations on the books and they let someone through just because they're a sports star, how many exceptions should those countries be prepared to grant if they (through their leniency) demonstrate that those regulations are less "rules" than "suggestions"?
Djokovic played a Stupid Game and won a Stupid Prize. (I'm also not going to shed a tear for a single Serb who may be "particularly sensitive to the smell of persecution".) I only wish that the American sports establishment had half the backbone of their Australian counterparts. If Djokovic wants to play tennis, I'm sure that there are plenty of countries with more lenient policies that would be happy to have him.
"In a few years, after the pandemonium has cooled down some, I think the world will be ashamed of how it is now treating modern lepers, just like the American government is ashamed of the way it has treated American Indians and those of Japanese descent who were interred during World War II."
There's a big difference between Native Americans or those of Japanese descent, and being unvaccinated. The former two groups did not make a choice to be members of those two groups: it is inherent in their very being, and actions taken because of that nature are abhorrent and bigoted/racist. Being unvaccinated is a voluntary choice made by the individual, and choices have consequences. That's the issue so often being seen as of late: people making a choice, and being unable to accept or deal with the consequences that occur. It makes you wonder who the real snowflakes are.
"Bringing a single, healthy tennis player, who happens to be unvaccinated, into any country, in the midst of this wave is a moot event. There’s really no medical or epidemiological value to keeping Djokovic out of any tournament. Making him test daily and keeping him isolated from everyone would be a more than sufficient solution. The point is not to protect the players and fans, though. It’s to punish the lepers."
If countries have COVID regulations on the books and they let someone through just because they're a sports star, how many exceptions should those countries be prepared to grant if they (through their leniency) demonstrate that those regulations are less "rules" than "suggestions"?
Djokovic played a Stupid Game and won a Stupid Prize. (I'm also not going to shed a tear for a single Serb who may be "particularly sensitive to the smell of persecution".) I only wish that the American sports establishment had half the backbone of their Australian counterparts. If Djokovic wants to play tennis, I'm sure that there are plenty of countries with more lenient policies that would be happy to have him.
"In a few years, after the pandemonium has cooled down some, I think the world will be ashamed of how it is now treating modern lepers, just like the American government is ashamed of the way it has treated American Indians and those of Japanese descent who were interred during World War II."
There's a big difference between Native Americans or those of Japanese descent, and being unvaccinated. The former two groups did not make a choice to be members of those two groups: it is inherent in their very being, and actions taken because of that nature are abhorrent and bigoted/racist. Being unvaccinated is a voluntary choice made by the individual, and choices have consequences. That's the issue so often being seen as of late: people making a choice, and being unable to accept or deal with the consequences that occur. It makes you wonder who the real snowflakes are.