Comments on: Wonders Never Cease: Double Amputee Barred From Olympics For Having An Unfair Advantage

By: Christopher

Christopher — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:05:56 +0000

wow, I stumbled into a circle jerk of you guys!

Look, Dodd presented the post in such a way that he was astonished that a ruling was made to disallow this guy competing. I naturally assume that Dodd therefore disagrees with the decision, hence my calling him a lib.

Gee, Dodd, I guess if you don't write what you mean, then it is hard for people to actually know what you mean! Heck, I don't even know who you are since I haven't seen you post on OTB before (where I have failed to find anyone of you that is a true conservative thinker, so again, I have to assume...)

By: Tano

Tano — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:51:47 +0000

Don't sweat it Dodd, I think everyone understood your point. Except Christopher, but that is hardly surprising.

By: Dodd

Dodd — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:00:32 +0000

Seeing Dodd called a "bleeding heart liberal" cracks me up. Indeed. First time for everything, I suppose. But it won't last. Doubtless someone will call me a fascist before the week's out and restore the world to its proper balance. For the record, it's Mr. Pistorius's story I find astonishing, not the IAAF’s ruling (which seems entirely reasonable to me; certainly more reasonable than the US Supreme Court deciding that they're better qualified than the PGA to make that organization's rules and ordering them to let Casey Martin ride in a golf cart to play in their tournaments). I would have expected that my titling this post "Wonders Never Cease" would have made my overall impression on the matter clear; apparently I was mistaken.

By: grampagravy

grampagravy — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:26:06 +0000

McGehee,
People who think "you're a bleeding heart liberal" is the same as presenting a cogent, well-balanced argument based on valid premises--crack me up!
Most of the time, if you ask these morons what ad hominem means, they'll tell you it's about a room addition.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:35:23 +0000

Seeing Dodd called a "bleeding heart liberal" cracks me up.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:42:13 +0000

Why so astonishing, Dodd? Bleeding heart liberals like you crack me up! If he expends less energy and is able to move his replacement legs faster, then that is an unfair advantage. Period. What's next? Would you let a guy in a pedal or motorized wheelchair in? What about a rolling bed? Heck why not a car if he can prove he can't walk!

Running races are for people with legs. It is tragic the guy lost his legs, but that's part of the tragedy: not being able to run in races. End of story.

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:54:10 +0000

It was only a matter of time before technology caught up with the Hollywood hype of the $6 million dollar man. If they didn't ban this, then some ultra competitive person would have his legs amputated to get the edge.

On the other hand, I suspect it won't be to long that we start having sporting events geared towards these sort of man-machine fusions.