Legless

[Tribesman]

because, let's face it, unless you're Stephen Hawking, there is no way a legless person can be more productive/beneficial to society than a whole person (and one example in 6 billion people does not make a case).

Cynical or not Blodrast , that is walking on very dodgy ground .

Possibly, but donor limbs are still dodgey. Appearntly from what I've seem/read donor limbs have a high rate of rejection. And by reject I mean just stop working.

Plus you have the added problem that arises with the anti rejection drugs .

[Husar]

Cynical or not Blodrast , that is walking on very dodgy ground .

Yes, this is an austrian company producing clothes for people in wheelchairs, some of the people running the company are bound to wheelchairs themselves which is why/how they got the idea.

[Beren Son Of Barahi]

I have heard a story on this on the radio, very strange indeed.

i found some links, if your interested.

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[Mooks]

Freak.

[Kanamori]

Yeah!

[Blodrast]

Cynical or not Blodrast , that is walking on very dodgy ground .

What do you mean, Tribesman ? Could you elaborate a bit, please ?
Not being contrary or anything, I'd just like to hear other points of view.

Husar: Please read my statement again: I did not say legless people can not be beneficial to society AT ALL. I said that I don't see how a legless person can be MORE beneficial to society than a person with two functional lower limbs.

And while I agree there are exceptional cases (e.g. Hawking), they are just that: exceptions.

Note again that this does not necessarily reflect my personal views, like I said, I think that the multitude of perspectives this issue can be approached from may warrant a deeper analysis than a superficial dismissal (either pro or con).

[Tribesman]

Well Bloodrast , its like this , out of all the amputees I know only one is less productive /beneficial to society than fully limbed people , and he happened to be a walking bollox who was no use for anything anyhow before the tiger took both his arms off .

[Blodrast]

And the others are as productive as "whole" people ?
I should probably mention that I don't think I know any people with missing limbs...
Anyway, I didn't mean to derail the thread (wherever it was going)...