First Date

It was his first date. He exuded charm. He radiated confidence. He oozed sexuality... Then he wiped it off with a tissue and apologised.

Paralympics

1. It seems a bit harsh to say this, but surely the Paralympics are far more elitist than the regular Olympics. Specialised equipment and facilities, as well as an environment which fosters an athletic culture among disabled people must mean that these are mostly events that only rich countries can afford to take at all seriously.
2. Good performances generally indicate large talent pools from which to draw gifted players. So does that mean that countries that do well in the Paralympics have a large supply of disabled people (at the time of writing, Russia, a notoriously violent country, is dominating the medals table in the 2010 Winter Paralympics, which must mean something) !?! Given that most countries that do well in the Paralympics must be rich, Western nations with great medical facilities, especially A&E, (Point 1), why do they have large disabled populations !?!
3. If the disabled populations aren't large in most of these rich countries (meaning small talent pools), does that mean (and again, this sounds harsh) that the performances are actually mediocre !?! I'm not saying they are (I've certainly been very impressed with what I've seen so far), but the fact that these athletes represent the best of a very small population (disabled athletes who can afford specialised training facilities/equipment), that is a possibility.
4. One way to test/refute Point 3, and simultaneously promote disabled sports (especially sledge hockey, which looks really interesting) would be to open the sports to regular people. This would inflate the talent pool hugely and simultaneously draw the attention/money of a great many more people to the sports. And then, when disabled athletes win gold (which would be often), everyone will know that they are the best in the world at their sport.