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> Australia is really heading down the wrong path. It's already a long way down that path. This is another example of our vindictive govt that goes after anyo

> Australia is really heading down the wrong path. It's already a long way down that path. This is another example of our vindictive govt that goes after anyone who causes bad press for them.

version_five 5y ago
Australia certainly hasn't been distinguishing itself on the world stage these days, and personally its gone from a place I wanted to visit to a place I will never go. But there is still a question of equal application of the rules. It seems like this is a problem of miscommunication (he obviously had the impression he could enter) and then subsequent politicization. At the same time, we have a celebrity that doesnt think rules apply to him. There are lots of countries with rules I don't agree with, but generally I either don't go to them or suck it up and do something I don't agree with. I wouldn't expect them to put me ahead of anyone else, and I don't see why Djokovic feels differently. He could also have said "I'm not going to Australia, I don't agree with their politics, and I won't support them". I understand this is an opportunity for him to break a record, and so maybe that plays in to why he wants to go so badly. But it's not clear to me that Australia should just let him in because they screwed up, it is a complex case.
- josephcsible 5y ago
  > it's not clear to me that Australia should just let him in because they screwed up Why not? In general, the side that does something wrong is the side that shouldn't get what they want.
  - waffle_maniac 5y ago
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  - version_five 5y ago
    I don't know that that's a legal principle. In any case, I don't think a country's sovereignty over their borders is automatically undermined because of a mistake they made.
  - CogitoCogito 5y ago
    I might have missed something, but it seems like it was the tournament organizers who made the mistake. They were the ones who told Djokovic that he had a valid medical exemption, whereas the government's position is that he does not have a valid exemption. If that's the case, then Djokovic could potentially take the issue up with the tournament organizers, but I don't see why that would mean that he should simply be let into Australia.

> Australia is really heading down the wrong path. It's already a long way down that path. This is another example of our vindictive govt that goes after anyone who causes bad press for them.

version_five 5y ago

Australia certainly hasn't been distinguishing itself on the world stage these days, and personally its gone from a place I wanted to visit to a place I will never go. But there is still a question of equal application of the rules. It seems like this is a problem of miscommunication (he obviously had the impression he could enter) and then subsequent politicization. At the same time, we have a celebrity that doesnt think rules apply to him. There are lots of countries with rules I don't agree with, but generally I either don't go to them or suck it up and do something I don't agree with. I wouldn't expect them to put me ahead of anyone else, and I don't see why Djokovic feels differently. He could also have said "I'm not going to Australia, I don't agree with their politics, and I won't support them". I understand this is an opportunity for him to break a record, and so maybe that plays in to why he wants to go so badly. But it's not clear to me that Australia should just let him in because they screwed up, it is a complex case.

josephcsible 5y ago
> it's not clear to me that Australia should just let him in because they screwed up Why not? In general, the side that does something wrong is the side that shouldn't get what they want.
- waffle_maniac 5y ago
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- version_five 5y ago
  I don't know that that's a legal principle. In any case, I don't think a country's sovereignty over their borders is automatically undermined because of a mistake they made.
- CogitoCogito 5y ago
  I might have missed something, but it seems like it was the tournament organizers who made the mistake. They were the ones who told Djokovic that he had a valid medical exemption, whereas the government's position is that he does not have a valid exemption. If that's the case, then Djokovic could potentially take the issue up with the tournament organizers, but I don't see why that would mean that he should simply be let into Australia.