'Blade Runner' will not compete...

...in China.

The IAFF asserts that Oscar Pistorius uses 25% less energy with the carbide blade prostheses, compared to able bodied runners.

I can see both sides. The carbide blades are his legs, and he has worked hard to compete. If he can compete with able bodied runners, why not let him? Yet, do the carbide legs give him and unfair advantage? I just don't know.

Pistorius is asking for independent tests to see whether he does have an unfair advantage.

I side with fellow blogger Matt Moscona:

Oscar Pistorius is an inspiration to many. He is a man who has accomplished more without the use of his legs than many of us with two good legs could ever dream of. Pistorius serves as an example to humankind that anything truly is possible. There is even a place where Pistorius and others who share the same afflictions and equal zest for life can compete. Pistorius belongs in the Paralympic Games. He should spend the Summer of 2008 in Beijing, but he should spend it defending the 200 meter crown he won at the 2004 Athens Paralympic games.

It is a tough call, because the my dream as a disabled person is to find things that I can do well enough that my disability is not a factor.

Sometimes we need to find grace and comfort in the greatness our differentness brings.