The Para-what? Olympics

Patriotism skyrockets whenever the Olympics come rolling around. We celebrate the winners and we wish the best until next time to the runner-ups and forgotten. Many people hold their compatriot competitors in high value, but it seems like there is one specific group that remains unrecognized.

The 2010 Vancouver Winter Paralympics were held a few weeks after the regular 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony. From March 12 to March 21, numerous of courageous people went out to the snow overcoming any setback or disability. This year the Winter Paralympic Games held 64 events in 5 sports with 506 athletes representing 44 nations.

Paralympic Games athletes have either cerebral palsy, amputations, blindness, mobility issues, or any other physical restraints. Why such an inspiring event receives very little media coverage baffles me. As BBC Sport reports, "Despite the Canadian hosts enjoying a record-breaking Games, in many ways the Winter Paralympic party in Vancouver never really got going."

Hopefully for the next Paralympic Games more news outlets will take charge and decide to broadcast or feature it. Many of these people prove to contain such high sportsmanship and emit such positive energy and inspiration, and they try even harder than any regular person with a full functioning body. Every four years after the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games are held and ran by International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

The images above are not mine. They belong to The Boston Big Picture and I encourage you to check out the rest of the pictures and read the descriptions, which can be found here. (http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/03/2010_winter_paralympics.html)

I AM NOT A SEX OBJECT

I'm tired of seeing advertisements everywhere objectifying women as sex objects. No, if you buy Axe cologne women won't swarm all over you lavishing your scent. And you eating that double cheeseburger from Carl's Jr. will definitely not get you a one night stand with a super model. Why am I seeing almost naked women in the cover of Sports Illustrated? What does her exposing everything but her nipples have to do with sports?

There is an unnecessary pressure being built on females from a young age to fit 'the image'. Girls are beginning to feel inadequate and "unsexy" at a younger age now than before
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Yep, you guessed it. Wearing D&G won't get you hot, steamy sex. That leads me to my next question: What are they trying to sell? Are they trying to sell sex? the image of women? or... their clothing?
Because now you totally want to buy one their subs.

I'm not saying males don't get pressure from our current culture either. With such things as Viagra, men are expected to last longer in bed. Don't you think your grandparents should stop having sex already?

The book I recommend for better understanding of the female development and how they are being "girl poisoned" read Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher. For better understanding of boys and the emotional straitjackets they are being forced into read Real Boys by William Pollack.

Line between humanity and inhumanity?

NP: King Crimson - Cat Food

Observe the pictures and see how they collide or relate to the one above or below it.

And another nice blog I found...
CEOs make 50k per hour

self-destruction