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> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On
Behalf
> Of Apptech
> Sent: 19 May 2008 09:03
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: Re: Olympics gets even sillier "feel good" takes over
> 
> > What does it look like to you ?  If you were the sole
> > judge of
> > whether he should compete, what would you say ?  Where
> > would you draw
> > the line, if ever ?  Paraplegics in wheelchairs are not
> > allowed to
> > compete in marathons because they trash the able bodied
> > competition.
> 
> No doubt a quick glance over suitably presented material
> could convince me to make an on the spot a decision.
> I haven't spent the time required to form a decision that I
> would consider would make vast sense to most other informed
> people, and I know that attempting to do so would be a waste
> of my time and theirs. But, fwiw (variable) I would see the
> wheelchair marathon issue as a quite different one. Which
> doesn't mean it is. Wheels change things in a way which is
> clear to many. Any lawyer who couldn't argue that case well
> enough would be highly incompetent. One thing that "helps"
> his case is the small body of relevant example material to
> call on.
> 
> I know one paraplegic wheelchair triathlete and he would
> outcompete me in just about any competition you could name,
> given equipment suited to his physical arrangements, and
> mine. I may be able to survive in a fight to the death if I
> could escape instantly. If it was held in a locked room I
> would die in seconds. He is so much more physically capable
> than me that any contest would be a non contest. I'd have to
> disqualify him from any competition that I was ever entered
> in to make it a fair one :-).
> 
> "Blades" bear some comparison with pole vaulting poles -
> where the change from stiff poles to glass transformed  the
> records. It has been estimated that carbon nano tube poles,
> when/if available, may add 1/3 to the current record of
> slightly over 6 metres. The 1912 record was 4.02 metres.

If these blades were wearable by able bodied people (and I'm sure I have
seen then before), surely these should be now legal for use in the
Olympic events?

Regards

Mike

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