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Re: Should disabled athletes be able to compete with prosthetic legs in The Olympic Games? [Re: Tangerines]
    #14295983 - 04/15/11 02:38 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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Tangerines said:
I think a special super Olympics would be cool with people who are half robot and shit.



Fuck yes.


:bump: plz take survey in original post:

http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/Poll/Embed/WEB22C8VWEBAVX?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4da8907c000a7eff%2C0


zappa thank you so much for the video.


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Re: Should disabled athletes be able to compete with prosthetic legs in The Olympic Games? [Re: s0nny]
    #14297587 - 04/15/11 07:47 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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s0nny said:
fuck that. we would wind up with robots in the olympics.



:lolsy:
i second that shit


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Re: Should disabled athletes be able to compete with prosthetic legs in The Olympic Games? [Re: winningg]
    #14297958 - 04/15/11 08:56 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

I had to do an in class paper on this amputee guy in my KIN 480 class.    The guy is super fast with the prosthetics.


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Re: Should disabled athletes be able to compete with prosthetic legs in The Olympic Games? [Re: demon66]
    #14298445 - 04/15/11 10:42 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Project on Oscar somethin? :bump: Plz take the 2 second poll in original post :smile:



http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/Poll/Embed/WEB22C8VWEBAVX?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4da8907c000a7eff%2C0


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Re: Should disabled athletes be able to compete with prosthetic legs in The Olympic Games? [Re: PreparationH]
    #14298454 - 04/15/11 10:43 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Not totally related, but there was a parapalegic wrestler that competed a few years ago somewhere and made a killing...... because no one is trained to deal with limbless wrestlers. It was pretty much bullshit.


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Re: Should disabled athletes be able to compete with prosthetic legs in The Olympic Games? [Re: Azure Essence]
    #14299874 - 04/16/11 07:45 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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Azure Essence said:
Not totally related, but there was a parapalegic wrestler that competed a few years ago somewhere and made a killing...... because no one is trained to deal with limbless wrestlers. It was pretty much bullshit.




This is this year's (2011) NCAA Championship.



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Smith, P.  Bull. Menninger Clinic (1959) 23:20-27; p. 27.

...most subjects find the experience valuable, some find it frightening, and many say that is it uniquely lovely.

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Re: Should disabled athletes be able to compete with prosthetic legs in The Olympic Games? [Re: badchad]
    #14300390 - 04/16/11 10:58 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Ok regarding the fake leg will never get tired comment? This argument doesn't make much sense to me. Correct me if i'm wrong here but the fake leg doesn't just move on its own does it? I imagine that you would use muscles from you thighs and hips to make that fake leg move? and those muscles would get tired quicker since its doing the work of muscles in a leg that aren't there?

And i dunno where i stand on this issue but it made me wanna raise this question. What about people with mental disabilities or ailments that help them do things better than someone without those ailments. FOR example, i was listening to this Radiolab episode about a lady who suffered a really bad seizure that essentially made her lose her inner clock? her ability to perceive time and the passing which gave her great ease in running these like 400 mile marathons that "Ultra Runners" run, or it also made her loose her ability to read maps? so she would drop ribbons and stuff down to be able to track where she went and find the right paths. Oh and she came in first in most of these races too. Should she be allowed to compete with people who don't have these same disabilities? Where do  you draw the line with what a mental and physical disability gives you super human strength to do?

If you're interested in that radiolab episode here it is http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2011/apr/05/in-running/


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Re: Should disabled athletes be able to compete with prosthetic legs in The Olympic Games? [Re: Aninator]
    #14300396 - 04/16/11 11:00 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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Prosthetic-limbed runner disqualified from Olympics

Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee sprinter, has been denied a shot at the Olympics... for being too fast. The runner -- who uses carbon-fiber, prosthetic feet -- was reviewed by the International Association of Athletics Federations (or IAAF), a review which found the combination of man and machine to be too much for its purely human competitors. According to the IAAF report, the "mechanical advantage of the blade in relation to the healthy ankle joint of an able bodied athlete is higher than 30-percent." Additionally, Pistorius uses 25-percent less energy than average runners due to the artificial limbs, therefore giving him an unfair advantage on the track... or so they say. Oscar is expected to appeal the decision, saying a lack of variables explored by the single scientific study calls for deeper investigation into the matter. Our suggestion? Prosthetic legs for all!
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/prosthetic-limbed-runner-disqualified-from-olympics/





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Re: Should disabled athletes be able to compete with prosthetic legs in The Olympic Games? [Re: Aninator]
    #14300403 - 04/16/11 11:03 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Thanks for bumping this :smile:


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