[ExI] Pistorius

[Stefano Vaj]

On 31 July 2012 16:40, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Stefano Vaj wrote:
> > The crucial issue is that the word "natural" in this stance does not bear
> > closer inspection. Certainly not with regard to modern athletes.
>
> Especially with the genetically modified Chinese dolphin-human hybrids
> this year. No drugs detected, but they communicate underwater with
> clicks and get fish thrown to them after the race.  ;)
>

One can well imagine an arbitrary system of limitations or handicaps, such
as that we already have with racing horses, or for weight categories,
gender, age and golf proficiency with humans.

But this would not have anything of especially "natural".

-- 
Stefano Vaj
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