craggy_steve Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 These news stories seem to get hidden away in the Sports section on MR, but worthy of note. IoM sent 17 athletes to the Special Olympics and 3 of them have won Gold Medals so far. Simply outstanding. https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-sport/another-gold-at-special-olympics/ 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Yay! The Dyslexic's won a glod and the Turettes team got a feckin silver. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uhtred Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 17 minutes ago, Albert Tatlock said: Yay! The Dyslexic's won a glod and the Turettes team got a feckin silver. That’s really inappropriate - so why do my sides hurt from laughing? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Is Tarne still banned here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 I honestly think it's great for someone born with an issue to be able to compete and achieve. However, part of me feels sorry for them being held to be different and becoming the butt of jokes. The other thing that irks me is that some one who is pronounced deaf or partially sighted competes with somebody with either Downs or a serious physical disability. Some deserve massive praise, but others don't. Just my opinion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
display name Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Is there anyone playing in the Cyborg Basketball? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 48 minutes ago, dilligaf said: I honestly think it's great for someone born with an issue to be able to compete and achieve. However, part of me feels sorry for them being held to be different and becoming the butt of jokes. The other thing that irks me is that some one who is pronounced deaf or partially sighted competes with somebody with either Downs or a serious physical disability. Some deserve massive praise, but others don't. Just my opinion. Unsurprisingly you are showing your ignorance here. Again. There are loads of classes in disabled sport designed to provide a degree of fairness. Examples https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/18934366 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Just now, Cheesy Wheezy said: It was never going to take long was it? So of all your irrational pet hates and prejudices that you spew out on these boards night after night it’s now the deaf or partially sighted which have got on your goat this evening? They’re not really disabled enough for your liking? Is that what you’re saying? Crawl back into your cave child. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 The butt of jokes........... We make fun of our perfectly able bodied friends, should less able bodied people be treated differently? Would they even want to be treated in a special way? Surely what everyone wants is to be treated the same as everyone else regardless of race, colour, disability, do they want to be regarded as ''disabled'' or simply as 'less abled''. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 1 minute ago, TheTeapot said: Unsurprisingly you are showing your ignorance here. Again. There are loads of classes in disabled sport designed to provide a degree of fairness. Examples https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/18934366 What about the cyclist with something like a missing finger who beat all the entrants with prosthetic limbs ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, Kopek said: The butt of jokes........... We make fun of our perfectly able bodied friends, should less able bodied people be treated differently? Would they even want to be treated in a special way? Surely what everyone wants is to be treated the same as everyone else regardless of race, colour, disability, do they want to be regarded as ''disabled'' or simply as 'less abled''. Did you actually mean to type that ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 1 minute ago, dilligaf said: What about the cyclist with something like a missing finger who beat all the entrants with prosthetic limbs ? What about the man with no brain who repeatedly types angry ignorant shit into a public forum? 2 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 (edited) There are lots of stories, some covered by the BBC. of athletes who have exaggerated their disability to gain an advantage in their chosen sport. Dilli is on the button with this, there is no need to take the cliches response to his observations. Edited March 19, 2019 by Kopek 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Just now, TheTeapot said: What about the man with no brain who repeatedly types angry ignorant shit into a public forum? Piss off. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 4 minutes ago, dilligaf said: Piss off. Well, perhaps not!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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