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Reply to "I disagree with the decision to let Semenya and Chand compete"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why not disallow freakishly tall people from playing basketball or freakishly tiny people from gymnastic because they have a genetic advantage, too?[/quote] Exactly. Why is this so hard to understand? Everyone at the Olympics is exceptional, many because of biology. You're just squeamish because you can identify some specific abnormality that might be helping her. Most sprinters have an OD of fast twitch muscles. Why not ban them too for their genetic "abnormality" and give us "normal" athletes a chance? [/quote] You're being disingenuous. Allowing intersex athletes to compete affects only women athletes, not all Olympic athletes. Semenya did nothing wrong, I agree, but with undescended testes and much higher testosterone she has an unfair advantage over women who were born without testes. And yes, testosterone DOES make that much of a difference, as one PP it is a tested-for substance. [/quote]
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