tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post6836918243950297911..comments2024-03-16T16:44:18.220-07:00Comments on Bad Cripple: Paralympics Highlight Giant Cultural dividewilliam Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00223601480542461802noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-17339252522409753522012-08-30T10:32:47.629-07:002012-08-30T10:32:47.629-07:00This is a great blog. I came here because of MeTaF...This is a great blog. I came here because of MeTaFilter.<br />I am disabled as well. You make some very good comments on the Para-Olympics. I never saw them until my year in Sarajevo, when I watched coverage on BHT1 of the ParaOlympics in Beijing.Katja R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17813405984067905779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-24126521737577991692012-08-29T06:32:23.711-07:002012-08-29T06:32:23.711-07:00Elizabeth, I think the International Paralympic Co...Elizabeth, I think the International Paralympic Committee really screwed this up. I suspect at the elite adaptive athlete level there is a disconnect from what the daily lives of ordinary people with a disability. Perhaps the disconnect is similar to those in disability rights and those in disability studies--the gulf between these two groups is very wide. Regardless, the sponsorship in this case is wrong--very wrong. william Peacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00223601480542461802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-3167992591227326192012-08-28T22:05:47.132-07:002012-08-28T22:05:47.132-07:00Hideous.
I'll venture to say that much of the...Hideous.<br /><br />I'll venture to say that much of the Olympics is a giant farce, too. Think the "glory" of the first Saudi women entering ("allowed") the Olympics, permitted by a country that doesn't let them drive. The rampant commercialism, the bullshit -<br /><br />But the picture behind England hosting these games and what they're doing socially is so awful, I can barely read about it.<br /><br />What are we all going to do if this is the wave of the near future?Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.com