DavidA

• This is a complicated issue. While I agree that Oscar Pistorius deserves a great deal of respect for the hard work he's put into his athletic career despite his handicap, I wonder: where do we draw the line? The Olympics (posted to A Victory For Diff-able Athletes Everywhere)
• I agree that HGH/steroids is another category altogether, but I think the point of Evan's and my comments were more about the implications of this move. The point is that competitions are just that: competitions. They're not "everyone's a winner" (posted to A Victory For Diff-able Athletes Everywhere)
• Dave, Thanks for your comment, which was admittedly more developed and thorough than my original post. I had not delved beyond the sources I found, not because I am a "terrible simplifier", but because my interest in this story and (posted to Towards a Post-Racial America)
• Thanks for the comment. That's an important distinction. I've corrected the post accordingly. David Alm (posted to Hold The Tomato)
• She really does look evil. Most unsettling. (posted to Photo Finish: Jethro Soudant)

• I like it David. Well done. I am glad to see that you have challenged people on "your side" of the issue. I am also glad you did no demonize (sp?) those above who were more upset with your article. (posted to America Still Loves Guns)
• I had heard about this man while the arbitration was ongoing and this is an issue that I am torn on. On the one hand, the CAS found no evidence of advantage, which I believe was mostly based on a (posted to A Victory For Diff-able Athletes Everywhere)
• Ok, I know David here runs marathons. I can't, but I used to be an athlete in high school and sprinting was my thing; but you don't need to have been or be an athlete to understand the radically different (posted to A Victory For Diff-able Athletes Everywhere)
• I do not believe that David nor I mentioned sterioids or HGH in our comments. However, the fact that our words caused you to bring up that issue, makes me think that it hit close to home. I think that (posted to A Victory For Diff-able Athletes Everywhere)
• Here it is: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2008/04/mexico-reconque.html (posted to Absolut Redraws Mexican Border, Angering the US)

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