Do you like watching the Paralympics?

cm1179 said:
you started the thread and have the problem here.
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I stated in the first post that:

a) I know I can choose not to watch it.

b) The nature of why I feel uncomfortable watching it.

You display a singular lack of reading and comprehension abilities.


ps3ud0 said:
I watched the set of shows C4 had last year on the British Paralympic team and my it was inspiring - looking forward to watching the basketball and blind football in particular (maybe the shotput and javelin too). Dont feel any different in watching it, as far as Im concerned Ill be watching some of the best athletes in their favoured discipline and rue how inept I am compared to them...

Like the other Olympics its got a few events Im interested in but most Im not...

ps3ud0 :cool:
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Blind football? Seriously?

EDIT - Just googled it and it seems it's "visually impaired" (ie: not completely blind). I was wondering how that would work for a minute.
 
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I admire anyone that overcomes any disability so I find a lot of the events/participants inspiring and very interesting to watch. However the 5 a side blind football is unfortunately hilarious .
The first 7 seconds is all i need to giggle like a little girl for 20 mins
 
Wheelchair tennis is incredible to watch, really is, I enjoy certain sports, the cycling is also a really good watch
 
Richdog said:
Blind football? Seriously?
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Google it and youll find it, unlike yourself, I dont have such hang-ups. I kinda feel sorry for you, moreso than the paralympians :(

Richdog said:
EDIT - Just googled it and it seems it's "visually impaired" (ie: not completely blind). I was wondering how that would work for a minute.
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EDIT: They use a bell inside the ball, so you can be registered blind to play it AFAIK. In addition they wear eye masks too...

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
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rogan said:
Wheelchair tennis is incredible to watch, really is, I enjoy certain sports, the cycling is also a really good watch
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To be fair the wheelchair rugby also sounds pretty brutal... people getting cracked ribs etc.

arch said:
I admire anyone that overcomes any disability so I find a lot of the events/participants inspiring and very interesting to watch. However the 5 a side blind football is unfortunately hilarious .
The first 7 seconds is all i need to giggle like a little girl for 20 mins
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What the... :eek:
 
ps3ud0 said:
Google it and youll find it, unlike yourself, I dont have such hang-ups. I kinda feel sorry for you, moreso than the paralympians :(

EDIT: They use a bell inside the ball, so you can be registered blind to play it AFAIK...

ps3ud0 :cool:
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Don't be such a drama lama with the "I feel sorry for you" nonsense. I just stated I felt uncomfortable watching the Paralympics (and seems im not the only one) and I stated why as clearly as I could... t's not as though I have anything remotely personal against disabled people. You big knee-jerker.
 
Richdog said:
Don't be such a drama lama with the "I feel sorry for you" nonsense. I just stated I felt uncomfortable watching the Paralympics (and seems im not the only one) and I stated why, not that I have anything remotely personal against disabled people. You big knee-jerker.
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But Im not, its an honest emotion that I feel bad for you that you feel uncomfortable watching disabled people trying to achieve great things within their discipline. Hell Im confused why it even does :confused:

LOL Richdog, you wanted a discussion, yet as always you decide to derail it when people dont share the same view as you or treat you with kid gloves. Bless...

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
Does this uneasiness some people get come from the realisation that most of these disabled people are actually more able than they are ??? :confused:

I like to think I'm pretty good at sport but these disabled Olympians would hand me my ass in most sports let-alone the one they specialise in.
That makes me even more amazed and impressed at the level of skill they have managed to reach considering the obvious disadvantages.
These are exceptional human-beings that you're not normally lucky enough to witness in everyday life, I personally cannot wait for it all to start :D
 
ps3ud0 said:
But Im not, its an honest emotion that I feel bad for you that you feel uncomfortable watching disabled people trying to achieve great things within their discipline. Hell Im confused why it even does :confused:

LOL Richdog, you wanted a discussion, yet as always you decide to derail it when people dont share the same view as you or treat you with kid gloves. Bless...

ps3ud0 :cool:
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Ahh yes of course, "as always"... because we so frequently have discussions, don't we. I don't think it's unusual to feel some psychological discomfort seeing badly disabled people... hence why I think you saying "I feel sorry for you more than the disabled people" is such a drama llama statement.

I've never asked to be treated with kid gloved and I certainly don't do it in my discussions, so your comments in that department are also frankly silly, and clearly designed to goad. But hey, you carry on if that's your thing. ;)


C.R.A.Z.Y said:
Does this uneasiness some people get come from the realisation that most of these disabled people are actually more able than they are ??? :confused:
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Yes of course, that's exactly it.
 
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estebanrey said:
By that logic we might as well get rid of most of the women's events.

The 100m female champion won't ever be the fastest person over 100m either.
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There is a reason the mens 100m sprint is the premier event in the Olympics, a reason the mens Tennis gets far more views than the womens, a reason mens rowing gets all the glory and we're not even getting into the Rugby and Football.

I'm not arguing not to have it, however pointing out one of the reasons it has a much lower viewing figure and prestige than the able bodied olympics.
 
Dimple said:
I asked my daughter about this who has just got a degree in Sports Science and she led me onto a bloke called Gert-Peter Bruggemann.
This led me onto this - http://www.technologyreview.com/news/410167/amputee-gets-a-shot-at-the-olympics/
According to that, the main governing boards reckon there is zero difference :confused:
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Yeah I'm aware of that argument (and is why the IOC overturned the ban on him running) but I don't really how you can prove that without using conjecture and unreliable estimations.

The only way you could prove it is if you could somehow reproduce an exact copy of Pistorius but without the disability and have them run against each other given the speed and times people post heavily rely on the uniqueness of that person's body.

But even if it could be proven that it doesn't give him a speed advantage, there's still the argument about him not getting cramp or injuries to the lower part of his legs which able bodied athletes have to endure and ask if that is fair.

I have a lot of respect for Oscar Pistorius and believe him to be an inspiration but I don't think he should be competing at the regular Olympics, if anything else it also belittles the Paralympics if he is considered 'too good' for them.
 
Richdog said:
Ahh yes of course, "as always"... because we so frequently have discussions, don't we.
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So you started this on the knowledge it would never be a discussion? Were you looking at an opportunity to derail it when your own beliefs in your OP were questioned? Seems a bizarrely defeatist attitude to have...

Considering its you that have such 'natural' hang ups, perhaps it might be easier to look into your own upbringing than anything evolutionary. We play sports to be at our physical prime, whatever that means, I just dont think its evolutionary to find such things distasteful as you imply...

Far more an issue within yourself than anything to do with the general human psyche - otherwise why would we have the Paralympics in the first place if that view was innate in all/most of us?

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
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estebanrey said:
Yeah I'm aware of that argument (and is why the IOC overturned the ban on him running) but I don't really how you can prove that without using conjecture and unreliable estimations.

The only way you could prove it is if you could somehow reproduce an exact copy of Pistorius but without the disability and have them run against each other given the speed and times people post heavily rely on the uniqueness of that person's body.

But even if it could be proven that it doesn't give him a speed advantage, there's still the argument about him not getting cramp or injuries to the lower part of his legs which able bodied athletes have to endure and ask if that is fair.

I have a lot of respect for Oscar Pistorius and believe him to be an inspiration but I don't think he should be competing at the regular Olympics, if anything else it also belittles the Paralympics if he is considered 'too good' for them.
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Hardly, it can also be seen as the time when science and technology bridges the gap.

Some day all Paralympians will be equalled to Olympians, i think it would quite a nice day, really is no need for pessimism.
 
Watching the wheelchair racers crash is always amusing, but other than that. No.

Watching athletics (and all the other stuff) is about watching what the human body can do when pushed to its very limits. Watching the disabled mob feels like a some sort of right on moral duty, hence why I avoid it like the plague
 
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