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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: BIG AL MCKECHNIE on September 01, 2012, 02:41:28 AM
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Well the olympics ended a couple of weeks ago and now the paralympics have started in London. Is anyone interested in it or getting excited by it?
I find it an exercise in PC patronisation.
One of them (cyclist Jody Cundy) had a meltdown yesterday after he tried to claim a false start in the cycling and was not allowed to restart.
I thought the special olympics was about goodwill and letting the handicapt people show what they could achieve. Instread we have to listen to this guy's foul outburst. I mean we have created a competition so they can show us what they can do with their one leg or whatever in a spirit of special people coming together from around the world and yet this guys swears like a real bad sport. I'm sure a normal athlete like Chris Hoy would not have had a meltdown like Jody did. I realise we need to take their special condition into account but WTF?
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It's nice and important to have this kind of event for them. I'm all supporting this.
This way the "para-athletes" from countries where being 'disabled' is still kind of "taboo" can get more visibility and therefore, I hope, more acceptance.
I also hope the athletes victorious in paralympics will get appropriate rewards from their governments.
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Can't wait for Polish Power's 20 page thread. ::)
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But the Paralympics are for people who are body mental, not head mental, that's the special Olympics.
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But the Paralympics are for people who are body mental, not head mental, that's the special Olympics.
Well if thats true then there really is no excuse for the outburst from the cyclist. I assumed he was a window licker. :o
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That south african that ran with the fake legs, is in that too right?
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Those paraplegic dudes go 100 meters in under 14 seconds using only their upper bodies! I would like to see pro bodybuilders race against them on foot and lose! ;D
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Fucking hell, Irish lad ran the 100m in 10:46 seconds.
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NBC couldn't give a fuck. Too bad Bauer's son isn't handicapped.
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political correct bullshit.
these games may have 0.001% viewers of the real olympics. how does this justify funding the event. it doesn't..
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One of the most interesting bench presses I've seen was at a paralympics event #290kgs/#638lbs bench press -
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No leg drive help, imagine that.
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political correct bullshit.
these games may have 0.001% viewers of the real olympics. how does this justify funding the event. it doesn't..
See my post, first reply on the thread. Highly justified.
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The Paralympics are giving a tremendous boost to both the confidence of people with disabilities and their acceptance in society. It represents the Olympic spirit as well if not even better than the Olympics themselves
Come to London and see for yourself
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Fucking hell, Irish lad ran the 100m in 10:46 seconds.
What was wrong with him though, maybe I am stupid but from what I saw he had both arms and legs
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What was wrong with him though, maybe I am stupid but from what I saw he had both arms and legs
Yeah, he looked totally ok. Looked it up, he's "legally blind".. One thing I don't like is that some people have no legs or arms but they are running against people with one eye.
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Well the olympics ended a couple of weeks ago and now the paralympics have started in London. Is anyone interested in it or getting excited by it?
I find it an exercise in PC patronisation.
One of them (cyclist Jody Cundy) had a meltdown yesterday after he tried to claim a false start in the cycling and was not allowed to restart.
I thought the special olympics was about goodwill and letting the handicapt people show what they could achieve. Instread we have to listen to this guy's foul outburst. I mean we have created a competition so they can show us what they can do with their one leg or whatever in a spirit of special people coming together from around the world and yet this guys swears like a real bad sport. I'm sure a normal athlete like Chris Hoy would not have had a meltdown like Jody did. I realise we need to take their special condition into account but WTF?
Dude trained 4 years for his chain to malfunction. But if he'd fallen over sideways he would have got a restart, is that fair?
I would have gone fucking mental too! haha
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Dude trained 4 years for his chain to malfunction. But if he'd fallen over sideways he would have got a restart, is that fair?
I would have gone fucking mental too! haha
Too right.
Hell i'd have slapped the nearest cripple.
But in all seriousness i can understand it totally
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They are classed in similar disability groupings.
E.g someone with a missing limb yet otherwise fine may be against those with mobility problems but 4 limbs. The rationale is that they both may have mobility and balance issues so they are grouped together. I do agree though that some things seem grossly unfair in the whole thing.
I was in teh barbers yesterday when that Brit cyclist had the dubious start. I kinda sided with him.
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Also cyclist with some fingers missing?
Hardly a hinderance to cycling is it?
That's fucking ridiculous.
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really?
Care to explain?
Prosthetic limbs these days can grip a set of handle bars, you do realise the cycles they use don't have brakes or gears don't you?
So care to explain how it would hinder?
Er...where did I say it would hinder?
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I think it would affect the balance.
One Brit girl missed out on the normal Olympics by a few 100ths of a second or something despite her disability and now she is bossing in the paras.
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And then let's also have a untested Olympics, see if they are any better full of drugs and hormones
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Watched a little here and there.
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they are all inspirational
be interesting to see if all the haters on here would step up if they lost a limb or just whinge about it in their moms basement
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they are all inspirational
be interesting to see if all the haters on here would step up if they lost a limb or just whinge about it in their moms basement
couldn't agree more
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they are all inspirational
be interesting to see if all the haters on here would step up if they lost a limb or just whinge about it in their moms basement
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There's a lot of war heroes competing - the original paralympics was built around wounded servicemen. There's guys competing who've lost several limbs and yet we have little queers on this website that don't even train legs.
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Yeah, he looked totally ok. Looked it up, he's "legally blind".. One thing I don't like is that some people have no legs or arms but they are running against people with one eye.
Sure u can fake blindness
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But the Paralympics are for people who are body mental, not head mental, that's the special Olympics.
What if you miss a leg and you are retarded too ? ???
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What if you miss a leg and you are retarded too ? ???
Special Olympics, head mental rules over body mental
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Jeez, now we have another Paralympia crying like a bitch. Oscar Pistorius, the Bladerunner, is complaining that another guys's artificial legs were too long when the guys beat him in the 200m today.
These guys are unbeliebeable bad sports. First Jody Cundy in the cycling and now Bladerunner in the sprinting.
I mean, I thought for the paralympians it was the taking part that counted and showing the world that their people were able to do stuff.
Now they throw it all back in our faces by abusing the spirit of the games. At this rate a lot of normal people will stop watching and patronising them for being so brave.
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Jeez, now we have another Paralympia crying like a bitch. Oscar Pistorius, the Bladerunner, is complaining that another guys's artificial legs were too long when the guys beat him in the 200m today.
Oscar wasn't crying like a bitch. He was voicing an opinion from the standpoint of someone who's been competing for a long time on the world stage. Oscar was royally screwed out of the 4x400m relay by a fellow teammate. Before the regular Olympics, Oscar's own country was against him competing in the 4x400m relay. They didn't want him running that race. He entered and as the baton was getting close to him, his teammate suddenly fell down... and stayed down... for the entire race. You NEVER see that happening from a simple trip. On orders from Oscar's own country, the guy took a dive to prevent Oscar from completing the race. This is what is happening at Olympic level. So... now you think Oscar doesn't have a point? If anyone has a point to speak about being royally screwed, it's Oscar.
The guy who won the 200m at the para Olympics was Brazilian. When have Brazil ever won gold in top class athletcs or para-athletics? The next Olympics is in Brazil. Doesn't take a genius to figure out what is going on. Odds are Oscar knows exactly what he's talking about and the athlete from Brazil was given longer artificial legs to ensure he won the race. He will be POSTER BOY for his home Olympics in 2016. He wouldn't if he came second. Making sense now? These things don't just happen by fluke.
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Oscar wasn't crying like a bitch. He was voicing an opinion from the standpoint of someone who's been competing for a long time on the world stage. Oscar was royally screwed out of the 4x400m relay by a fellow teammate. Before the regular Olympics, Oscar's own country was against him competing in the 4x400m relay. They didn't want him running that race. He entered and as the baton was getting close to him, his teammate suddenly fell down... and stayed down... for the entire race. You NEVER see that happening from a simple trip. On orders from Oscar's own country, the guy took a dive to prevent Oscar from completing the race. This is what is happening at Olympic level. So... now you think Oscar doesn't have a point? If anyone has a point to speak about being royally screwed, it's Oscar.
The guy who won the 200m at the para Olympics was Brazilian. When have Brazil ever won gold in top class athletcs or para-athletics? The next Olympics is in Brazil. Doesn't take a genius to figure out what is going on. Odds are Oscar knows exactly what he's talking about and the athlete from Brazil was given longer artificial legs to ensure he won the race. He will be POSTER BOY for his home Olympics in 2016. He wouldn't if he came second. Making sense now? These things don't just happen by fluke.
Jesus, if thats true it just sums up the dirty nature of both olympic games. Are you saying that politics and the making of money have infiltrated even the paralympics? What a sad state of affairs if that is the case. Wonder if there are any other brazilian "poster boys" waiting to use unfair technology over the coming week.