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    Default Re: Oh, Canada, what the hell are you doing?

    Most definately yes.
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    Tree Killer Senior Member Beirut's Avatar
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    Default Re: Oh, Canada, what the hell are you doing?

    Good question.

    But I think not. Having a fully abled person putting themselves in a wheelchair to win a medal just seems insulting, if not insultingly self-centered.

    Also, there are lifestyle factors that make training for a wheelchair athlete much more difficult than for an able bodied athlete. I just don't think it would be fair.
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    Well in that case in the interests of fairness they should make men and women compete in the same events and not have separate races for each of the sexes. I don't understand why that is still allowed. After all, so much of the world these days is about enforcing equality that things like the Olympics fly in the face of it all. It is almost like admiting that there are actually differences between men and women...

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    Default Re: Oh, Canada, what the hell are you doing?

    Quote Originally Posted by Sir Chauncy
    Well in that case in the interests of fairness they should make men and women compete in the same events and not have separate races for each of the sexes. I don't understand why that is still allowed. After all, so much of the world these days is about enforcing equality that things like the Olympics fly in the face of it all. It is almost like admiting that there are actually differences between men and women...

    *rolls eyes*
    There are differences between men and women. Not what you mean, though...
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