Comments on: Technology Wins: Blade Runner Amputee Barred From Olympics

By: bugy

bugy — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:35:30 +0000

It is my professional opinion that “Blade Runner” should not be allowed to compete with the rest of the Olympic runners because robots are not humans.
No, really, they have different classes for men and women, so why can”t they add another class for “Blade Runners.” This is because adding those prosthetic legs does give him a different chance in the Olympics, just like men are more likely to win over women (sorry ladies, but it’’s proven).
Plus, with his prosthetic legs it is not an accurate measure of Oscar’’s physicall ability, it’’s a measure of only some of his physicall ability and some of his mechanical ability. Normal runners don”t have mechanical abilities.

This may seem unfair to Oscar, and it is, but life is unfair.

By: dairy

dairy — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:48:44 +0000

hmm - never seen a horse running with a backpack full of rocks before… could start a whole new trend..!

By: David

David — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:18:54 +0000

How about a little horse style handicapping? He could run with a backpack filled with rocks.

By: dairy

dairy — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:29:07 +0000

it’s a shame after all the hard work and effort the guy has put in, to deny him the possibility of competing - if they can measure so precisely what his advantage is, then surely they could sort it out…?

By: Paul Wainwright

Paul Wainwright — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:29:01 +0000

Sure beats performance enhancing drugs by the sound of it.

By: Will

Will — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:49:53 +0000

Bet he gets pissed off with all those cheating bastards running with a full compliment of complete limbs. It’s a diabolical f**king liberty!

By: tabloidbaby

tabloidbaby — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:46:24 +0000

Unfair advantage? That’s what we said about Heather Mills and Dancing with The Stars