Oscar Pistorius

[PhoenixFire]

I was stating that nobody with legs could fathom how it would be to live without them, that is all.

 

[open365]

Not meaning to be offensive, but i don't think it's that hard.

 

[PhoenixFire]

How so?

 

[short shorts]

As far as I see, if they are good enough to compete against able-bodied athletes they should. The IAAF can make regulations to make it as fair as possible.

Come on, you're just repeating yourself. What constitutes 'good enough' ? What sort of regulations ? What constitutes fairness ?

 

[open365]

How so?

Because you'd have no legs, an educated guess from myself would say that having no legs would make it a bit of a bitch to walk, the no walking bit being the main consequence of having no legs.

Of course there are other problems related to having no legs, but at the present moment in time i cannot be arsed listing them all.

 

[Matteh]

Alex Zanardi has no legs, but that was largely his fault.

 

[Fiery]

Alex Zanardi has no legs, but that was largely his fault.

 

[Piper]

Come on, you're just repeating yourself. What constitutes 'good enough' ? What sort of regulations ? What constitutes fairness ?

Being able to run as fast or jump as high/long as able bodied athletes constitutes being good enough in my opinion. The qualifying time for the Olympics is what 45seconds? Oscar's fastest time is 46seconds and he is getting quicker all the time. I'm sure the IAAF with all the ''research'' they have been doing into Oscar and his blades could come up with regulations that could be fair on the other athletes as well as Pistorius.

 

[short shorts]

Being able to run as fast or jump as high/long as able bodied athletes constitutes being good enough in my opinion.

So does this guy run as fast as the guy who would normally finish last in the event he wants to participate in?

The qualifying time for the Olympics is what 45seconds? Oscar's fastest time is 46seconds and he is getting quicker all the time. I'm sure the IAAF with all the ''research'' they have been doing into Oscar and his blades could come up with regulations that could be fair on the other athletes as well as Pistorius.

No, they can't. It would be like researching individual body structures and drawing up guidelines on which women should be allowed to run with men and which shouldn't. It would be going from a very satisfactory system to one riddled with controversy.

 

[jot1]

Alex Zanardi has no legs, but that was largely his fault.

Being his own fault doesn't make it any less tragic.
As for Pistorius, he doesn't have any competition among the paraplegics anymore. Most athletes are driven by the will to compete and win. That's their mentality and the reason why they participate. We all agree he is an athlete. So he has to look for someone else to compete against and to strive to win. That's how he's put together. Against able bodied people is really the only place he can go.

 

[Piper]

Being his own fault doesn't make it any less tragic.
As for Pistorius, he doesn't have any competition among the paraplegics anymore. Most athletes are driven by the will to compete and win. That's their mentality and the reason why they participate. We all agree he is an athlete. So he has to look for someone else to compete against and to strive to win. That's how he's put together. Against able bodied people is really the only place he can go.

I love you!

 

[jot1]

I love you!

Waiting for someone to post THAT smiley.

 

[Piper]

Hahaha for sure.. I guess they are a bit slow today..

 

[Langeveldt]

Being his own fault doesn't make it any less tragic.
As for Pistorius, he doesn't have any competition among the paraplegics anymore. Most athletes are driven by the will to compete and win. That's their mentality and the reason why they participate. We all agree he is an athlete. So he has to look for someone else to compete against and to strive to win. That's how he's put together. Against able bodied people is really the only place he can go.

So? I don't think the world of athletics should cater for one man looking for a challenge, when one day it could well be to the detriment of the entire sport..

Quite interesting to see how its a bit of a male/female divide as to opinion on whether he should be able to compete or not

 

[jot1]

Quite interesting to see how its a bit of a male/female divide as to opinion on whether he should be able to compete or not

Yes, women's attitude is "live and let live", men's is "compartmentalize." I mean, it was men who worked out the class system, apartheid................

 

[Matteh]

Dire. ***ist to boot.

 

[Langeveldt]

Yes, women's attitude is "live and let live", men's is "compartmentalize." I mean, it was men who worked out the class system, apartheid................

Yeah, but give a woman the gig, and what happens on the 28th day?

 

[Piper]

Yes, women's attitude is "live and let live", men's is "compartmentalize." I mean, it was men who worked out the class system, apartheid................

Again, me loves you

 

[Langeveldt]

Nothing worse than rampant feminists, unless that was tongue in cheek.. Most women are embaressed by them too..

Anyway, back to the topic..

 

[Piper]

I'm not really a feminist but anyway.. Didn't I read somewhere that the IAAF are going to do more research on him? Have him run against guys the same height, speed etc and see that happens.. I think they are feeling the pressure from certain areas.