My thoughts on Djokovic:
1. The first time he had his visa revoked and was held in detention was complete bullshit. He secured all the necessary documentation he needed in order to be admitted into the country. A judge ordered his release on procedural grounds, but it's fine. Justice prevailed.
2. The second time is all on Novak. Did the Morrison administration revoke his visa because it's an election year and the majority of the Australian public is upset about an unvaccinated celebrity being allowed intothe country when they have faced some of the toughest covid restrictions in the western world? I would imagine that's the main reason they revoked his visa, yes.
You can argue whether or not they were right in saying he was a threat to public health. That point is moot imo.
It's moot because Novak should have known his visa revocation and subsequent deportation were possibilities before he got on the plane to Australia. He should have known months ago when he had the chance to get vaccinated and avoid this mess.
If he didn't know about it, he's an idiot with a shit manager.
If he knew about it, he's an idiot for not realizing the media shitstorm his admission into the country would create.
In the end, the courts applied Australian law fairly, on both occasions. Get upset about the law if you want. That's understandable.
But the law is the law and nothing unjust happened. The only person Novak Djokovic has to blame for all of this is himself.
This whole thing has pretty much convinced me that a lot of people would have cried basically no matter what happened.
Kick him out? Boo hoo, activist PM, cheap election year public pandering, singled out, etc etc.
Let him play? Boo hoo, corruption, greedy elites just see the money he brings to their international glamour event, they'd never make up these bullshit exemptions for the little guy, etc etc.
Don't let him appeal and don't change any rulings? Boo hoo, it was a kangaroo court, he never had a chance, it was a fix from the start, etc etc.
Change rulings on appeal /as new evidence comes to light? Boo hoo, useless incompetent cunts, look at them, none of them even have a clue what they're doing, etc etc.
But, maybe I'm wrong about that.
Myself, I didn't bother to really look into it or read the relevant documents /legislation. I just found the whole stink to be quite amusing.
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