To think that the paralympics should happen...

[Secrecy]

... before the Olympic Flame is extinguished and the flag is handed over!

Spot on, Freddos

Are there liads of channels like with the Olympics?

The seating policy for wheelchair users and families was quite, um, flexible, at Eton Dorney. The staff there were great

I don't know if there will be loads of channels because channel 4 have the rights not the bbc. I guess it depends what channel 4 plan on doing. Apparently Clare Balding is fronting it all.

My view obviously doesn't tally with the 'general populus' - OK - interesting to know that. I still disagree (in the best tradition of AIBU!!!) and I really have read your arguments. But hey - most disagree. Question answered! Thanks all!

Watch 'the best of men' on iplayer secrecy.

Yes you are unreasonable why should the paralympisna have to share their event in order to let the world become mor pc.

AIBU?

Yes YABU.

No I'm not!

Euphemia, I don't know what C4 coverage will be like, but overall C4 is the most highly funded channel on UK tv at the moment and it shows.

The C4 coverage of the Paralympics at Bejing was brilliant and 5 live are covering it on radio as they did so well at the Olympics.

We need to make it as big and not allow it to be overlooked! I'm very excited about the Paralympics. We have Excel day passes and athletics tickets and we are going to a special celebration for the opening ceremony - whoop whoop

They have Paralympics t shirts in Sainsburys

I'm sure it'll be a big event...hopefully the biggest ever.

But it won't be as big or as glitzy as the Olympics as it is a smaller event with less athletes and less countries taking part.

As long as people understand that, they shouldn't be too disappointed.

Instead of comparing the Paralympics to the Olympics, they should compare it to past Paralympics and then see if we've done a good job.

Well on that, Worra - we can agree!

I heard on the telly that there were 120 thousand Paralympic tickets sold at Beijing. London has sold over 2 million!

It's going to be awesome!

It's a bit odd that Channel 4 were happy with Frankie Boyle taking the piss out of disabled people and yet they are hoping to promote disablity positively via the Paralympics

Well I've been watching 'the best of men' for a while now... It's excellent.

I didn't realise that's why the Paralympic mascot was called Mandeville, after Stoke Mandeville Hospital.

We certainly can secrecy!

I still fear we're going to get a whole heap of threads accusing the organisers of 'dumbing it down' because they'll be comparing it to the Olympics we've just had...rather than comparing it to past Paralympics.

For a start, it would be nice if the spell check on Google chrome recognised it as a real friggin word

I've got my bunting ready.
Ds2 is going to the last day of the men's athletics.
Lucky tyke.

They sold 1.8m tickets in Beijing.

It runs into the first week of back to school tho. Bit of an issue for kids

Really?

Well that pisses all over my fire then bisjolympics.

I'm having to take ds2 on the night before he goes back to school because those were the only tickets we could get. But hey, he's 10, he'll be tired, he'll live.

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