Why just be around their own kind when they can beat their kind and our kind? I'd double dip too if they let me.

I suspect you'dd do quite a bit if they'd let you, but that's beside the point. The fact is, this man is competing despite his disability. He is NOT double-dipping, since he is not competing in the Paralmpics -- you know, that competition for all those people you look down upon because you don't realize that two mintes from now you could be one of them....or much worse!

I think that your own post disproves the bold.

 

I say what people want to say and the bold was sarcasm anyways. I don't live my life worrying about what people think of me. I have better things to do.

WOe! You really are mixed up! :eek:

 

So you can be sarcastic and I can't? I believe it was your sarcastic post about being with their own kind...wasn't that you? Yeah that was you. Don't get mad because my sarcasm is more biting than yours.

You obviously have never hads to have the strength of character it reqquires to acheive against great odds and to overcome a true challenge. Otherwise, you wouldn't be making these nonsensical and bigoted remarks.

 

You might be right. I still wouldn't think that the bionic man should be allowed in the Olympics.

I suspect you'dd do quite a bit if they'd let you, but that's beside the point. The fact is, this man is competing despite his disability. He is NOT double-dipping, since he is not competing in the Paralmpics -- you know, that competition for all those people you look down upon because you don't realize that two mintes from now you could be one of them....or much worse!

 

Who said I look down on them? Show me where I said I looked down on them. You are way too sensitive. I said he should go to the Paralympics. If that is considered looking down on him then so be it.

While I don't work with someone with his type of disability, I do work with those with disabilities that partake in sports. My guess is that none of you would be willing to trade places with this gentlemen on a daily basic, having to deal with his disability.

 

It's easy to say no but my guess is that he has worked harder to get to where is at, than anyone on BGP's who has played any sports at all.

 

Quite frankly and I go back to the Freshmen Tourney at CovCath in the 2012 season, where I was thrilled by the young man and his teammates at Conner and the other team (who BTW escapes me now) and how they dealt with his disability in the game!

 

Shame on you! :madman:

Fantastic words TOG!! And I know how difficult it must be to restrain from saying much more when faced with this kind of misguided arrogance. It's the people who look down upon others who are least prepared to cope with a time of great adversity.

So you can be sarcastic and I can't? I believe it was your sarcastic post about being with their own kind...wasn't that you? Yeah that was you. Don't get mad because my sarcasm is more biting than yours.

I'm not being the least bit sarcastic....and neither are you.

I say what people want to say and the bold was sarcasm anyways. I don't live my life worrying about what people think of me. I have better things to do.

 

No, you DON'T say what people want to say. I DON'T want to diss on people with physical challenges. I'm not alone. If that's how you get your jollies, that's up to you.

Who said I look down on them? Show me where I said I looked down on them. You are way too sensitive. I said he should go to the Paralympics. If that is considered looking down on him then so be it.

It's your own words that we are reading, not anything we are reading into them. You made the statements, you should stand by them. Claiming sarcasm is just a way out.

I'm not being the least bit sarcastic....and neither are you.

 

Yes, we must get those types out of OUR Olympics! Wouldn't they rather be around their own kind anyway?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's not sarcasm?

I'm not being the least bit sarcastic....and neither are you.

 

It's your own words that we are reading, not anything we are reading into them. You made the statements, you should stand by them. Claiming sarcasm is just a way out.

 

I do stand by my statements. Sarcasm included.

No, you DON'T say what people want to say. I DON'T want to diss on people with physical challenges. I'm not alone. If that's how you get your jollies, that's up to you.

 

Where did I diss anyone with physical challenges? I'm not the only one who says 'No' to the Blade Runner.

While I don't work with someone with his type of disability, I do work with those with disabilities that partake in sports. My guess is that none of you would be willing to trade places with this gentlemen on a daily basic, having to deal with his disability.

 

It's easy to say no but my guess is that he has worked harder to get to where is at, than anyone on BGP's who has played any sports at all.

 

Quite frankly and I go back to the Freshmen Tourney at CovCath in the 2012 season, where I was thrilled by the young man and his teammates at Conner and the other team (who BTW escapes me now) and how they dealt with his disability in the game!

 

Shame on you! :madman:

 

Either keep up with the debate or move on.

 

Let's break down the above nonsense as it relates to this debate:

 

You work with and know people with disabilities. God bless you. Noble work. The fact that we would not want to trade places is like saying I wouldn't want to be obese and try to run in the Olympics. It has no bearing on this discussion.

 

Yes, he has worked incredibly hard. So has the cat who comes in last. So what? Again, irrelevant.

 

The kid from Conner made a free throw from the free throw lane. Didn't use a special ball. Didn't shoot from 5 feet. Didn't get extra tries. Made it on his own with his own God-given body. Again, irrelevant to the argument being made.

 

So your shame should be self-directed.

 

Lastly, you're trying to turn this into a pity party (oh, they work hard, no one wants to trade places, they have a disability). I GUARANTEE you Oscar would tell you to shut the hell up since all he wants to be treated like is an athlete.

Thing is, he is good enough with his "Fake Legs" to compete.

 

Just wondering who on this board wear glasses? Seems to me if you need glasses to hit a pitch, make a basket, heck to be a stripe, than you should have no problem with this gentlemen needing to overcome his handicap as you do in wearing glasses! I can go on.

 

Who do you know that tapes their ankles before a race/game?

Who do you know that wears a long sleeve on their shooting arm in basketball?

Who do you know that wear a batting glove when batting or fielding?

 

All that and more offer an advantage....and no one seems to care!

 

Irrelevant.

While not 100% consensus this article details the advantages that Mr Pistorious gains due to the Cheetah Flex-Feet.

 

Key: He is off the ground for less time than elite runners and his leg swing time is less than elite runners. A quote from the article is "His limbs are 20% lighter and he swings them 20% faster." This is key. This allows him to overcome a disadvantage that he has. He can leave his foot in contact with the ground longer which overcomes the disadvantage.

 

Another disadvantage is that he has to start in a standing position. However, one expert said that even factoring that in Pistorius "is still seven seconds faster over 400 meters than he would be if his limbs functioned as intact biological legs do." "The technology is enabling him to do something that nobody else can do. that's the definition of an advantage."

 

Does Oscar Pistorius have an unfair advantage? Answer unclear - David Epstein - SI.com

 

I'm still waiting on some other than Sweet 16 to address the scientific data that says an advantage exists.