(January 16, 2014 at 7:45 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: And the disabled can do that by participating in regular athletic activity, special Olympics encourages segregation"Special" competitors being crushed by pro athletes would not encourage them in any way. One or more of them crushing a pro athlete would be rare, and would justify the "special" athlete being placed among equal peers within a regular competition. If they were able to compete at that level, they'd be placed in the "regular" Olympics or some such similar event.
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The "Special" Olympics is dumb
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