ps....Call me cynical but its a lot easier to display our support for the disabled over a 2 week event than it is to maintain that support over a long 4 years. Perhaps the Para Olympics, by offering us an outlet to display our support, at the same time provides a reasonable guiltless excuse for ignoring the issues at other times. I'd like to see some para olympians raise their fist at this event and demand recognition for those who can't compete. Its all very well creating equal opps and non-discrimination laws to protect the disabled , but the very fact that we consider this necessary is because the social bond has already been broken. It needs fixing in a way that an athletic event could never achieve.

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