Well it is all over for another 4 years, I will admit to never watching them before, mostly it is down to the fact of time difference, and I am rarely in when they show the highlights. However, it was a fantastic show cost us millions, but what the heck, we do know how to throw a party. It was so exciting to watch Mo Farah, Jessica Ennis and all the team strive to win their medals, especially the paralympics, they get second billing to the able athlete's we are told about their hard work, and I am not denying what they go through is tough, and the sacrifices they and their families have to make, but you have to admire and respect the parlympians, they have to go through the same sacrifices, and more they are often battling against extreme disabilities, the prejudices, of those living in their communities, and for the vast majority, they are coming to terms with being fit able-bodied one day, and then due to horrific accidents, waking up the next day with a terrifying disability. I am hoping that the 'Weirwolfe' Ellie Simmons et al, coming into our homes each day and showing the strength of human endurance, will finally break down some of the narrow minded thinking that exists, and people will see beyond the disability, and to except people for who they are and not what they look like, for they are all champions.
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