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    #26
    Can I just state my unease with the Paralympics?

    trimster wrote:
    Originally posted by Sam
    Yep, I'm aware of what happened. It was the implication that the other athletes in the competition weren't 'normal' that I was objecting to.
    I'd prefer to write "normal" then "non-intellectually impaired" its quicker.
    On behalf of my son who is 'learning disabled' (and 'normal') I apologise for the inconvenience.

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      #27
      Can I just state my unease with the Paralympics?

      trimster wrote:
      Originally posted by Sam
      Yep, I'm aware of what happened. It was the implication that the other athletes in the competition weren't 'normal' that I was objecting to.
      It was referred to as "intellectually impaired basketball" in the Olympic histories. I'm simply trying to put my info over in as few words as possible- I'd prefer to write "normal" then "non-intellectually impaired" its quicker.

      Seriously Sam, get a life.
      Why worry about wordcount? It's not Twitter or a university essay. Just don't be a twat, is all I was saying. And possibly don't tell people to get a life when they point out that intellectually or physically impaired folk are normal people too.

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        #28
        Can I just state my unease with the Paralympics?

        N est à? wrote: Huh. Clearly the details of the Spanish basketball controversy passed me by. So what did they do, send a team with no physical disability, and claim they were intellectually impaired when they weren't? I presume they still had to use wheelchairs, right?
        What would an intellectually impaired person need a fucking wheelchair for?

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          #29
          Can I just state my unease with the Paralympics?

          Had you bothered to read the whole thread when dredging it up, you'd have seen on this page that N est à? thought the only paralympic basketball was wheelchair basketball - as I believe is the case since the Spain incident.

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            #30
            Can I just state my unease with the Paralympics?

            Sam wrote:
            Originally posted by trimster
            Originally posted by Sam
            Yep, I'm aware of what happened. It was the implication that the other athletes in the competition weren't 'normal' that I was objecting to.
            It was referred to as "intellectually impaired basketball" in the Olympic histories. I'm simply trying to put my info over in as few words as possible- I'd prefer to write "normal" then "non-intellectually impaired" its quicker.

            Seriously Sam, get a life.
            Why worry about wordcount? It's not Twitter or a university essay. Just don't be a twat, is all I was saying. And possibly don't tell people to get a life when they point out that intellectually or physically impaired folk are normal people too.
            Yep, this.

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