老实说这不是第一次,但也是难免有点让人失望
当年靠近北京奥运时有一个很著名的历史事件,也是今天有人告知我后我看了才知道当年
有这件事情
当年的情况是这样
以前Ira Newble在2008年曾为了抗议中国政府于苏丹达佛事件中一直不愿表态反对屠杀人
民,同时当时的安理会常任理事国反对联合国派驻维和部队进驻该地做出抗争行为,那时
候骑士的所有队友都签字帮忙声援了,只有两个人没写,第一个是Damon Jones(有中国球
鞋合约),另一个就是LBJ
当时LBJ还提到了一段很模糊的概念,就是他并不是不签署就代表他不在乎,他表示他会
亲自来说明,然后他提到了一段
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.
最终我们谈论的是人权,而人们必须要了解人权跟人们的生活正在受到危险,我们不讨论
钱,只讨论关于正在失去生活的人们,而这对我来说远比金钱跟合约还要重要
这是当年靠近北京奥运时,他对这件事情回应后,强调自己仍然会继续评论社会议题的访
问
然后,根据当年记者曝光的消息,最初的连署情况是这样
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.
当年所有人都签署了,只有这两个人没签,LBJ说因为他没有足够的资讯所以无法选边站
,Jones则不评论
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.
我们或许可以选择相信他们的言论,但我们可以追随$$$,Jones跟中国的球鞋以及服饰有
签约,James则有跟Nike 9000万的合约,而Nike在中国有巨大的商业利益
这篇文章也提到了James跟当年的MJ做了类似的事情
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当年拒绝在北卡支持民主党非裔候选人Harvey Gantt来帮忙打败共和党的Jesse Helms(
前歧视主义者),理由是因为共和党的人也会买鞋子
For the Damn money.
唉。
我要强调一件事情,LeBron他当然可以选择他要做什么,他要讲什么,他要选哪一边,他
要避重就轻,但同样的,他也要因此替自己的言论所带来的评论自己来负责
LeBron绝对是个很棒的黑人主义者,社会公益家,喜欢透过运动跟自己的影响力影响社会
但这不会掩盖他面对利益时,无法始终保持自己原本坚定人权,自由,信念的立场,而是
...很精明的商人,这点就算过了12年也没有改变。