The recent Nick D’Arcy scandal to flood our news is a naming and shaming whirlwind of nothing. Are he and Kenrick Monk’s actions of taking a photo in which they are both holding guns (taken at a recent Olympic swim team function in the US) and then posting it to a personal facebook page, really worthy of such a reaction? I really don’t think so. I also struggle to see how such a photo could be labeled as offensive; they weren’t campaigning for the right to bear arms in Australia, what I see are two men displaying the typical tendencies of a young male tourist. Although we claim to be a laidback, accepting country, it seems we are ready to condemn others the moment they make a mistake.
Yes the photo displays a significant lack of maturity and yes I do realize that both swimmers should have known better, as Olympic athletes and public figures. However I really do believe there has been a huge over reaction. If Nick D’Arcy had not been in the photo, if it was just Kenrick Monk, would the photo have even been made public? Would he have been banned from staying in London after his race? I think not.
Journalists, and much of the Australian public were ready and waiting to pounce on any mistake Nick D’Arcy made, Monk was simply collateral damage.
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