As I saw this on BBC News24 earlier I felt that an landmark had been reached, here's the Guardian's report of itPistorius's unfair advantage keeps him out of Olympics in which we are told that "The findings of a two-day independent investigation into whether Pistorius's prosthetic running limbs constituted an unfair advantage over other athletes were announced this morning.
An IAAF statement said that the South African's 'cheetah' running blades were technical aids and as such were in clear contravention of IAAF rules. This means effectively that he is banned from competing against able-bodied athletes."
There you have it: a prosthetic that enhances a human over their able-bodied counterparts. This is the road to the cyborg. Wait till it can be done by tinkering with your genetics ....
Nous like scouse or French -oui? We wee whee all the way ... to mind us a bunch of thunks. Too much information? How could that be?
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