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Rules exist.

by Copenjin 5y ago

Rules exist.

ls15 5y ago
Draconian ones
- SideburnsOfDoom 5y ago
  Well maybe. There's a unprecedented pandemic on, it would be surprising if the rules were not proportionate to that.
  - ls15 5y ago
    Djokovic had Covid in June (that's still accepted, right?). He is in the highest risk group for myocarditis from the vaccination. Omicron is dominant. Vaccine efficacy against Omicron is low. What is the scientific basis for mandating that he must be vaccinated in order to participate?
- deleted 5y ago
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- mhh__ 5y ago
  If it's true the that he lied on the form and was going around doing press stuff while positive with COVID then they're seeming pretty reasonable. You or I would get the book thrown at us in this situation.
  - rosndo 5y ago
    No, the truth is that nobody would care about you or me doing this stuff. Djokovic is facing increased scrutiny because he is famous. Nobody would think twice about what some nobody wrote on their COVID forms.
    - SideburnsOfDoom 5y ago
      > No, the truth is that nobody would care about you or me doing this stuff. Rules that are applied hit and miss is not the same as no rules. If the arrest rate for burglaries is 20%, does that mean that burglaries should be not a crime? Of course not. The truth is that nobody would care about you or me being arrested for doing this stuff, or less, and languishing in border detention for months or years. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/01/time-can-break-your-heart-the-harsh-toll-of-eight-years-in-australian-immigration-detention https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/01/time-... The famous get more scrutiny? Well yes, "more scrutiny" is a working definition of "famous".
- schleck8 5y ago
  Literally 1984 or 1989 or something like that
  - ls15 5y ago
  - DonHopkins 5y ago
    Don't you hate it when you're an evil big-brother dictator giving a frenzied political rally, with your menacing visage projected onto a gigantic monochromatic screen towering above the audience, in a dystopian, industrial setting in blue and grayish tones, with a line of people of ambiguous gender marching in unison through a long tunnel monitored by a string of television screens, and a full-color nameless running female competitive track and field athlete wearing an athletic "uniform" with red athletic shorts, running shoes, a white tank top with a cubist picture of Apple's Macintosh computer, a white sweat band on her left wrist, and a red one on her right, runs in carrying a large brass-headed sledgehammer, striding past rows of marching minions evoking the opening scenes of Metropolis, while you continue to speak inspiringly to your raptured audience about the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives, as your four police officers, presumably agents of the Thought Police, wearing black uniforms, protected by riot gear, helmets with visors covering their faces, and armed with large night sticks, chase her towards the large screen with the glaring image of your Big Brother-like facade as you give your speech, and then close to the screen, she hurls her hammer towards it, right at the moment you announce, “we shall prevail!”, gob-smacking you right in the nose, and in a flurry of light and smoke, the screen with your face is destroyed, leaving the audience in shock? Yeaaaaah, I HATE it when that happens to me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_(advertisement) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_(advertisement) Aired January 22, 1984: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtvjbmoDx-I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtvjbmoDx-I Aired November 10, 1984: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im1aXFYoedg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im1aXFYoedg ...Djokovic's self-inflicted butt-hurt and heart-break must be unbearable. Very painful. Yeah, very painful.
guilhas 5y ago
And the government is breaking them by going back on the exemption they gave him

Rules exist.

ls15 5y ago

Draconian ones

SideburnsOfDoom 5y ago
Well maybe. There's a unprecedented pandemic on, it would be surprising if the rules were not proportionate to that.
- ls15 5y ago
  Djokovic had Covid in June (that's still accepted, right?). He is in the highest risk group for myocarditis from the vaccination. Omicron is dominant. Vaccine efficacy against Omicron is low. What is the scientific basis for mandating that he must be vaccinated in order to participate?
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mhh__ 5y ago
If it's true the that he lied on the form and was going around doing press stuff while positive with COVID then they're seeming pretty reasonable. You or I would get the book thrown at us in this situation.
- rosndo 5y ago
  No, the truth is that nobody would care about you or me doing this stuff. Djokovic is facing increased scrutiny because he is famous. Nobody would think twice about what some nobody wrote on their COVID forms.
  - SideburnsOfDoom 5y ago
    > No, the truth is that nobody would care about you or me doing this stuff. Rules that are applied hit and miss is not the same as no rules. If the arrest rate for burglaries is 20%, does that mean that burglaries should be not a crime? Of course not. The truth is that nobody would care about you or me being arrested for doing this stuff, or less, and languishing in border detention for months or years. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/01/time-can-break-your-heart-the-harsh-toll-of-eight-years-in-australian-immigration-detention https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/01/time-... The famous get more scrutiny? Well yes, "more scrutiny" is a working definition of "famous".
schleck8 5y ago
Literally 1984 or 1989 or something like that
- ls15 5y ago
- DonHopkins 5y ago
  Don't you hate it when you're an evil big-brother dictator giving a frenzied political rally, with your menacing visage projected onto a gigantic monochromatic screen towering above the audience, in a dystopian, industrial setting in blue and grayish tones, with a line of people of ambiguous gender marching in unison through a long tunnel monitored by a string of television screens, and a full-color nameless running female competitive track and field athlete wearing an athletic "uniform" with red athletic shorts, running shoes, a white tank top with a cubist picture of Apple's Macintosh computer, a white sweat band on her left wrist, and a red one on her right, runs in carrying a large brass-headed sledgehammer, striding past rows of marching minions evoking the opening scenes of Metropolis, while you continue to speak inspiringly to your raptured audience about the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives, as your four police officers, presumably agents of the Thought Police, wearing black uniforms, protected by riot gear, helmets with visors covering their faces, and armed with large night sticks, chase her towards the large screen with the glaring image of your Big Brother-like facade as you give your speech, and then close to the screen, she hurls her hammer towards it, right at the moment you announce, “we shall prevail!”, gob-smacking you right in the nose, and in a flurry of light and smoke, the screen with your face is destroyed, leaving the audience in shock? Yeaaaaah, I HATE it when that happens to me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_(advertisement) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_(advertisement) Aired January 22, 1984: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtvjbmoDx-I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtvjbmoDx-I Aired November 10, 1984: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im1aXFYoedg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im1aXFYoedg ...Djokovic's self-inflicted butt-hurt and heart-break must be unbearable. Very painful. Yeah, very painful.

guilhas 5y ago

And the government is breaking them by going back on the exemption they gave him