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The whole country is hating on Novak Djokovic right now because he had the courage to do what most of us did not – stand up for himself.

Novak’s principled stance has only served to highlight the fact that millions of Australians have allowed themselves to be abused for the past two years. And no one wants to admit that.

It is far easier to demonise a Serbian millionaire who took a stand than it is to agree that we have been bullied into submission by politicians and health bureaucrats.

How else to explain the unhinged reaction to the world Number One tennis player being allowed to defend his Australian Open title? And how else to understand the glee with which his subsequent visa rejection was greeted?

 

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When news broke earlier this week that Novak was going to be allowed to play in Australia, a Victorian journalist tweeted: ‘If we still have crowds at the Australian Open by the time it starts, it’s the duty of every Australian to boo Novak relentlessly between sets. Shit is absolutely f***ed.’

Urging 14,000 people under the Rod Laver Arena roof to exhale in unison to protest an airborne virus is the kind of dumb you can only be when you’re smack bang in the middle of a rabid mob.

Not to be outdone, a prominent Melbourne journalist tweeted that the Australian Open was ‘a tournament fans were scared to come to in the first place and won’t want to attend now’.

Really? People were scared that the medically cleared Grand Slam winner might walk onto a fenced-off court, cough during a rally, and infect everyone in the stadium with the plague? Get a grip. He’s a tennis player, not the Grim Reaper.

 

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We have to hate him… If Novak is not the devil, then we are all fools – fools for acquiescing to increasingly nonsensical demands and fools for agreeing to endlessly shifting Covid goal posts.

 

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Don’t think of Novak as a tennis player who got special privileges. He did not.

And don’t think of Novak as a selfish athlete who is disrespecting Australia. He is not.

Think of Novak as a mirror in whom we saw an unflattering reflection of ourselves. Our first response was to smash the mirror. Then we cheered that the mirror was to be marched onto a plane and sent back to where it had come from.

But there is no escaping what we have seen of ourselves – or the bad luck that’s sure to come with breaking that mirror.

 

 

 

15 minutes ago, alcesta said:

Ne razumem baš kome se ovde zahvaljuje, a ovo sa gubljenjem papira je sigurno neki španski izraz preko Google translatea :classic_biggrin:

mozda @vanjabarsa da pomogne oko prevoda

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Intervju s Čehinjom:

 

 

Escort. Interrogation. I felt like I was in an action movie, says Voráčová.


The wave that the monstrous Novak Djokovic affair caused among the opposing countries also swept away the Czech Renata Voráčová. The 38-year-old doubles player flew to Australia on a medical exemption for the unvaccinated granted by the organisers and the state of Victoria. After landing in Melbourne, she underwent checks and then entered the WTA preliminary tournament. But on Thursday she was detained, questioned and taken to quarantine because she said she did not meet the conditions necessary to stay in the country.

"I did everything they asked me to do," she said on the phone at the Park Hotel on Swanston Street. "Apparently the Australian Tennis Federation misled us, which is embarrassing. I wanted to concentrate on tennis here and not the visa, the quarantine. It's really strange that I spent a week here in peace, played a match... And then they came for me."

Can you describe how it all went down?
That would be a long story. But I can say that for two days I've been doing almost nothing other than sending emails to lawyers, the Australian Tennis Federation and people who are in charge of visas and helping me.

Is it true that your residency visa was cancelled on Thursday?
Yes. I'm in quarantine now.

What are you going to do now? Are you going to appeal?
Thursday's interrogation was enough for me to be honest. I spent hours on it late into the night. I wouldn't want to go through anything like that again. Especially when there's no certainty of overturning the decision. I'd have to apply for other visas and wait locked in a hotel for a week without training. Even if I succeeded, I'd be facing a fight two days later, which doesn't make much sense to me.

How did the interrogation go?
I can't say they were mean to me. But I wasn't prepared for the way everything played out. I felt like I was in an action movie and I didn't feel comfortable at all.

Why is that?
The various escorts, the uncertainty... And I had a coach and support from the Australian Tennis Federation with me.

When the hype about Djokovic's arrival and detention broke out, did you know that your continued stay in Australia was in jeopardy?
No, I didn't. The exemption committees treated each player individually. I don't know the details of Novak's application, but every case is a little different.

Your exemption was based on having a covid in the past six months?
Yes, it was. But I had it before Christmas, last minute. Plus I had some medical indications. So I met all the criteria set by the Australian Federation.

Did you experience any problems when you went through passport control in Melbourne?
They looked at my documents carefully everywhere, but they didn't make a fuss about it. The Federal Border Service let me in right away. I was only held up by Victoria state officials who sent my papers somewhere. But then they confirmed my entry without any problems.

Your case seems to have merged with the closely watched hunt for Djokovic. What do you think?
I don't know if I can say it outright. But I think it will. I don't understand why else they would come to me after a week and say, "Hey, what was valid is no longer valid."

How did the arrest go?
They came for me at the hotel.

What about you? They must have caught you by surprise.
They did. They really weren't being rude or vulgar. But some practices in quarantine are not pleasant. You have to report in, everything's rationed. I feel a little like I'm in prison.

How do you handle unexpected events?
It's been hard on the psyche. I felt the worst when they told me my visa would be cancelled. Even the lawyer who sat with me said I had all the necessary certificates in order.

So why don't you want to fight for your rights?
I have a certain view on the matter. I don't know if my presence would have made any difference. I hope Djokovic succeeds in court on Monday. But in my case, it would drag things out for a few more days. I don't want to waste my time with the political war going on behind the scenes. I think the feds have found a loophole in Victoria's protocol for Djokovic. Now his lawyers may find a loophole in the federal guidelines.

When are you going home?
It's not exactly easy. I don't know exactly how the travel process works. It's gonna take some time. You can't make a decision and drive to the airport in an hour. I'm waiting for clearance. Maybe Saturday.

Is the Czech embassy helping you?
All our officials are helping me. They also recommended a Czech lawyer, which made me realize that even after a week of waiting, I might not win the case.

What are the conditions at the Park Hotel? Some of the witnesses talked about bedbugs and moldy food.
I don't even know it's the Park Hotel. They brought me in early this morning. I'm in a room and I'm not allowed to go anywhere. The conditions are ordinary, the category of a better hostel. Not a tragedy, not a hit parade. I've been medically checked, they bring me food. There's an escort watching me in the corridor.

Are the guards strict?
They're fine. Not that they shout at me when I stick my head out the door. They're trying to be helpful. But, like, my window's shut tight and I can't open it five inches. And there's security guards everywhere - even under the window, which I found quite amusing. If they thought I was gonna jump and run... I don't know.

Do you see Djokovic's fans crowding around the hotel?
I don't have windows on the main street where they congregate, so I can't see them, just hear them. It was raining today. But as soon as it stops, they come. Singing, chanting. Even my name has come up. There are a lot of fans. They must be taking shifts. (laughs) Anyway, it's nice that Djokovic has such support from them.

Novak has become a symbol of freedom and the world's poor, Djokovic's father thunders

Do you wish him to succeed in court on Monday and be allowed to play in the Australian Open?
On the one hand, I ended up like this because of Novak. And I don't think I'm alone. There have been more medical exemptions issued. At the same time, I wish they'd let him play. We're athletes, we're here for the tennis, we're not here for the behind-the-scenes controversy. We've read the rules, we've met the conditions, and after a lengthy process, we've been granted a waiver. And so I don't see why we should be locked up in a hotel. That seems pretty sad to me.

Can you tell us the reason you didn't get the vaccine?
I didn't have time. I was planning on doing it weeks after the season, and unfortunately... Well, now, actually, unfortunately, that's when I caught covid. And there was no room to get the vaccine because I had to fly to Australia the next week.

So you're not a vaccine opponent?
I'm not. I'm not. I'm not, like Djokovic, totally anti-vaccine. Like I said, our cases differ in many ways.  

https://www.idnes.cz/sport/tenis/renata-voracova-australie-izolace-viza.A220107_171825_tenis_rou (prevod: Deepl)

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23 minutes ago, Zvezdinho said:

Gledate na sopstvenu odgovornost. Ono kad na svaki moguci nacin stetis sinu. Ladno je poceo da se svadja sa novinarom N1 nakon normalnog pitanja.

 

 

 

"Vi sa N1", sto mi je to nesto poznato :default_coffee:

a na pocetku je mnogo smiren, na nekim je on lekovima definitivno

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to ona sto pise o izgubljenim papirima nemam pojma sta joj znaci jer a.corretja nije rekao nista tome slicno :lol_2:.a zahvaljuje se njemu sto je podrzao novaka .

 

 

aha , to je drugi twit, pa rekao je da su ljudi poludeli od citanja novina ( clanaka po novinama )

papelas=novine , stampa

 

 

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1 minute ago, vanjabarsa said:

to ona sto pise o izgubljenim papirima nemam pojma sta joj znaci jer a.corretja nije rekao nista tome slicno :lol_2:.a zahvaljuje se njemu sto je podrzao novaka .

ona je to verovatno prevela preko googla. mozes mozda da prevedes tacno Korecin twit?

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"jasno je da su oko novakovog slucala poludeli i izgubljeni citajuci novine ( stampu) .konstantno nepostovanje, svadja,prozivanje. O (bez) obrazovani, 0 empatije .to je realni svet u kome zivimo.hvala svima koji to rade (odnosi se na ljude koji misle svojom glavom i  i na empate)

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'Once ostensibly science-based measures to stop the spread and eradicate the disease, they are now theatrical rituals intended to convey seriousness, reassure the compliant that their sacrifices have not been in vain, and punish the noncompliant...

 

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BBC-jev novinar bio je prilično neprijatan i naglasio da stvari izgledaju kao da je u pitanju politička reakcija na stav javnosti povodom Đokovićevog dolaska dok je intervjuisao zamenika predsednika vlade Australije Barnabija Džojsa, koji je sve vreme sugerisao da je Đoković lažno popunio papire, tvrdio da je Đoković jedini koji može biti odgovoran za novonastalu situaciju i rekao da situacija nije neprijatna po pitanju australijskog ugleda (od 14:00).

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172xv5jm5b5tnp

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5 minutes ago, Lil3LE said:

Sta mislite, koje su sanse da Djokovic zaigra na AO? Meni se cinilo 0, ali se mnogo prasine podiglo prethodna 2 dana.

Ovako besan, iznerviran Djoko će da pojede i reket i mreže i Rod Lejver arenu i samog Roda Lejvera ako se to desi da zaigra.

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9 minutes ago, erwin said:

BBC-jev novinar bio je prilično neprijatan i naglasio da stvari izgledaju kao da je u pitanju politička reakcija na stav javnosti povodom Đokovićevog dolaska dok je intervjuisao zamenika predsednika vlade Australije Barnabija Džojsa, koji je sve vreme sugerisao da je Đoković lažno popunio papire, tvrdio da je Đoković jedini koji može biti odgovoran za novonastalu situaciju i rekao da situacija nije neprijatna po pitanju australijskog ugleda (od 14:00).

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172xv5jm5b5tnp

 

Samo još jedan dokaz da su političari govna gde god da kreneš

 

Lik je 5 minuta ponavljao da je Đoković lažov i da takvi nemogu da uđu u Australiju. Neverovatno

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