老實說這不是第一次,但也是難免有點讓人失望
當年靠近北京奧運時有一個很著名的歷史事件,也是今天有人告知我後我看了才知道當年
有這件事情
當年的情況是這樣
以前Ira Newble在2008年曾為了抗議中國政府於蘇丹達佛事件中一直不願表態反對屠殺人
民,同時當時的安理會常任理事國反對聯合國派駐維和部隊進駐該地做出抗爭行為,那時
候騎士的所有隊友都簽字幫忙聲援了,只有兩個人沒寫,第一個是Damon Jones(有中國球
鞋合約),另一個就是LBJ
當時LBJ還提到了一段很模糊的概念,就是他並不是不簽署就代表他不在乎,他表示他會
親自來說明,然後他提到了一段
At the end of the day we're talking about human rights," he said. "And people
should understand that human rights and people's lives are in jeopardy. We're
not talking about contracts here. We're not talking about money. We're talking
about people's lives being lost and that means a lot more to me than some mon
ey or a contract.
最終我們談論的是人權,而人們必須要了解人權跟人們的生活正在受到危險,我們不討論
錢,只討論關於正在失去生活的人們,而這對我來說遠比金錢跟合約還要重要
這是當年靠近北京奧運時,他對這件事情回應後,強調自己仍然會繼續評論社會議題的訪
問
然後,根據當年記者曝光的消息,最初的連署情況是這樣
James's teammate Ira Newble recently helped draft an open letter to the Chines
e government, condemning its role in the ongoing genocide in Darfur. Everybody
on the Cavaliers signed the letter except for James and Damon Jones. James sa
id he didn't have enough information about the issue to take a stand. Mr. Jone
s wouldn't comment.
當年所有人都簽署了,只有這兩個人沒簽,LBJ說因為他沒有足夠的資訊所以無法選邊站
,Jones則不評論
We can choose to take them at their word, of course – or we can follow the mo
ney. Jones has an endorsement contract with an up-and-coming Chinese shoe and
apparel company. James has a $90 million deal with Nike, which has huge busine
ss interests in China.
我們或許可以選擇相信他們的言論,但我們可以追隨$$$,Jones跟中國的球鞋以及服飾有
簽約,James則有跟Nike 9000萬的合約,而Nike在中國有巨大的商業利益
這篇文章也提到了James跟當年的MJ做了類似的事情
Here James echoes the dominant hoopster of his youth, Michael Jordan, who has
a record of putting profits over principles. Mr. Jordan refused to endorse Afr
ican-American Democrat Harvey Gantt in his bid to unseat Republican (and ex-se
gregationist) Jesse Helms in a racially tinged 1990 Senate race in Jordan's ho
me state of North Carolina. "Republicans buy sneakers, too," he explained
MJ當年拒絕在北卡支持民主黨非裔候選人Harvey Gantt來幫忙打敗共和黨的Jesse Helms(
前歧視主義者),理由是因為共和黨的人也會買鞋子
For the Damn money.
唉。
我要強調一件事情,LeBron他當然可以選擇他要做什麼,他要講什麼,他要選哪一邊,他
要避重就輕,但同樣的,他也要因此替自己的言論所帶來的評論自己來負責
LeBron絕對是個很棒的黑人主義者,社會公益家,喜歡透過運動跟自己的影響力影響社會
但這不會掩蓋他面對利益時,無法始終保持自己原本堅定人權,自由,信念的立場,而是
...很精明的商人,這點就算過了12年也沒有改變。