Has Gina said anything about her father’s quote?
Herd the worst of the Aborigines into one area, and put a chemical in their water that sent them sterile.
I think this would be a great place to start..she should denounce this.. If she has, well I don’t know what the problem is..
Now just on point about politics and sport.. I posted this in another thread..
However, unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on your point of view..politics and sport have a long association.. I mean we had the suffragette Emily Davidson in 1913, who ran on the racetrack while the Epson Derby was running and lost her life trying to disrupt the King’s horse, in an effort to get England to give women the right to vote..1936 Berlin Olympics with Jesse Owens highlighting the Nazis regime..i must note here Owens had more human rights in Nazi Germany than he had in in his own home the United States..the 1968 Olympics after the 200 meters sprint was over when African Americans medalists Tommy Smith (gold) and John Carlos (bronze) raised their fists covered by a black glove, and our Australian medalist Peter Norman, who wore a badge in solidarity with them, evoking Human Rights in US for African Americans.. We also saw Sth Africa who were not allowed to participate in international sport, eg Cricket and Rugby because of their Apartheid government.. Push to today we have had the Russian athletes banned from Tennis because of the Ukraine Russian conflict..and finally I’ve left this one to last, Muhammad Ali, no other athlete, or political figure, has fused sports and politics so close together. A sportsman who was admired and revered as a sporting athlete and human rights proponent for racism both in his own country and internationally, and became universally known as the Greatest.
Sport, rightly or wrongly, has been a platform for political statements..I guess it comes down to the fact that it reaches out to so many people..and has the ability to influence them..
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