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Hi Maria Yes, it seems many other countries are not really giving the paralympics any tv coverage. A case of 'same old, same old' I'm afraid. It's a real pity because the programming is/could have been available had non-UK tv stations wanted it. Balancing this just a tiny bit is that the para/lympic village has, for the first time ever, been built for Disabled people rather than has been the case previously where the villages have been built to non-Disabled people specifications then stripped (and marginally adapted) for the Disabled athletes once the olympics has finished. However, if you want to follow events, the tv channel providing the UK coverage also has footage of quite a few of the events on its website. Just go to www.channel4.com. They have live coverage and recorded events (via their 'on demand' programming), with links available on the home page. For recorded events follow the links to 4oD. Hope this helps you - the performances have been incredible this year, with new world records being set right, left and centre! Laura On 3 September 2012 13:45, Maria Barile <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi David, > Without doubts, you are right, sport, like politic, by the very nature are > exclusionary. Whereas, I must say with much disappointment, those of us in > Quebec are deprived from following the London event, compared to what I > recall of the Vancouver games. There paralympic got lots more media > coverage. > > It seems to me, it would make sense to at least have the opening and > closing Olympic/ paralympic ceremonies together. It would allow general > population to gain a different perspective. Vancouver did that a little, > and already it achieved some recognition. > > All I have seen in Quebec media about the London paralympic is how > unprepared your transport system has been, I think, however, that is meant > stop those of us who complain about our transport system; interesting > strategy for politicians in mist of a divisive election campaign . > Maria > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Howe" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]**AC.UK<[log in to unmask]> > > > Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 2:16 AM > Subject: Re: The Paralympics represents apartheid in sport. > > > Hi, >> >> By its very nature sport is exclusionary. It has always been based on >> achieving the aims: higher, faster and stronger. Not all impairment groups >> are included in the Paralympic Games and certainly not all those eligible >> will have the physical talent to be involved at the highest level. >> Combining the Olympics and Paralympic into one movement does not remove the >> exclusion associated with high performance sport. >> >> The Paralympic Movement is far from perfect. It is my belief that there >> need to be more former Paralympians involved in the running of the movement >> and the stars of London 2012 have to be encouraged to take an interest in >> the movement during their time as athletes so that in retirement they can >> harness their energies on making the movement better! >> >> Best >> >> David >> >> >> Dr. P. David Howe >> Senior Lecturer in Anthropology of Sport >> Sport Culture and Policy Lead >> Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport >> School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences >> Loughborough University >> UK LE11 3TU >> >> http://www.**peterharrisoncentre.org.uk/**David_Howe.html<http://www.peterharrisoncentre.org.uk/David_Howe.html> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: The Disability-Research Discussion List [mailto: >> DISABILITY-RESEARCH@**JISCMAIL.AC.UK <[log in to unmask]>] >> On Behalf Of Keith Armstrong >> Sent: 02 September 2012 05:18 >> To: [log in to unmask]**AC.UK<[log in to unmask]> >> Subject: The Paralympics represents apartheid in sport. >> >> The Paralympics represents apartheid in sport. If they really want to >> address the issue of exclusion of disabled people in society, we need to >> have one Olympics that includes all sports played by people who are >> interested in sport. Of course for the events we have to be fair and all >> contestants need to be roughly equal, so there needs to be women's events, >> men's events and events with people with physical impairments. >> >> To allow a company that is implicated in the deaths of over thirty >> disabled people to be one of the sponsors of the Paralympics is >> unforgivable. This fact alone reveals that the organizers of Paralympics do >> not want any real positive change in society for the vast majority of >> disabled people. >> >> Much is made (by the media) of the origin of the Paralympics being the >> Stoke Mandeville games, however they used to break the Glenn Eagles >> Agreement and allowed wounded South African soldiers to participate in the >> sports, many of the South African team got their physical impairments in >> Anglo while trying to invade. 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