Are the Special Olympics bad for criptards?
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Are the Special Olympics bad for criptards?
Aren't insane asylums and orphanages doing more harm than good?
I think we should go back to the good old days, when criptards were pressed into lifelong hard labor constructing masoleums for the pharoahs.
I think we should go back to the good old days, when criptards were pressed into lifelong hard labor constructing masoleums for the pharoahs.
I think what bugs some people is that a seperate special olympics seems to imply that disabled athletes would not be able to compete against fully able ones, and that comes off as a bit as a freak show.
The difficult thing must be devising sports which able and disabled people can participate in. Horsecarriage sports look like a natural choice, extra sports could be derived from that by adding things like archery/marksmanship. Blind sports could also work, it should give a limited advantage to people who are actually blind, but there still would probably be a lot of people who'se hearing and athletic ability are naturally good. There's probably a lot of normal sports that blind people could compete in, like rowing.
The difficult thing must be devising sports which able and disabled people can participate in. Horsecarriage sports look like a natural choice, extra sports could be derived from that by adding things like archery/marksmanship. Blind sports could also work, it should give a limited advantage to people who are actually blind, but there still would probably be a lot of people who'se hearing and athletic ability are naturally good. There's probably a lot of normal sports that blind people could compete in, like rowing.
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Re: Are the Special Olympics bad for criptards?
If we made everyone work, it wouldn't take their whole lives to do it! Plus, we have enough mausoleums already. Give the guys a break.IsaacKuo wrote:I think we should go back to the good old days, when criptards were pressed into lifelong hard labor constructing masoleums for the pharoahs.
And about this whole special olympics thing... why can't I take part just because I have the use of four limbs? It's discrimination of the worst kind - the kind against me! If everyone could compete in the same event, wheelchair-bound or otherwise, then we'd only need one olympics, and I'd only feel half as bad because only one olympic team rejects me.
Just do it. Don't even think about it.sthayashi wrote:Is this anywhere near a point? The urge to lock and/or delete is strong.
Lock it, leave it there for half an hour, then delete it. Then gag the original poster temporarily. Then, go to his house, and install several Thermaltake products in his computer case, and set his browser home page to be THG.
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I get it...
Hello Isaac,
I get the joke, but I'm not sure that it is worth pursuing -- it is pretty hard to convince those who have already decided...and in the attempt to be fair and balanced, I think this thread needs to be locked, too.
I get the joke, but I'm not sure that it is worth pursuing -- it is pretty hard to convince those who have already decided...and in the attempt to be fair and balanced, I think this thread needs to be locked, too.