Kottke.org has collected some great links capturing the debate around South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius and his carbon fiber blade-legs. Pistorius is a double amputee that may end up in the Olympics. While I empathize, I think this is a very slippery slope... How do we evaluate what constitutes resolving a handicap vs. what provides mechanical advantage across all sports and for all forms of disability?

Quoted: What's clear is that the seemingly politically correct replacement of "disabled" with "differently abled" is not only warranted but perhaps doesn't go far enough. How about "super abled" or "superbly abled"? Lengthen or add a bit more spring to those blades and Pistorius may win every race handily and take first in the high jump to boot.