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I disagree with the article and posted this at the bottom of the article:
Until the steroid issues at the Olympics are truly resolved, the concern over
double amputees competing is a bit premature at best and prejudiced at worst.
The same issues have arisen with the new swim suits for swimmers that give, one
could say, an unfair technological advantage to people with the money to buy
them as opposed to diving with just speedos. And there is a difference between human power prosthetics and self-powered prosthetics that artificially recreate muscles. That's a pretty simple line. Artificial recreation of muscles allows one to make a stronger and faster prosthetic that will easily beat a human. A self-powered
prosthetic that does not artificially recreate the muscles in the foot can
hardly provide an advantage.
Agree or disagree, all constructive comments welcome.
