9.8. Hearing Aids: The use of hearing aids is strictly forbidden during the time of match.
Just goes to show the absurdity of the regulations in the CISS/Deaflympics rule book. That's a serious infraction for the whole team because of one hearing aid? Can we say "poor sportsmanship" from the CISS/Deaflympics committee?
Awaiting further confirmation of this travesty of an incident......
UPDATE: Although not a confirmation but more idiocy from Deaflympic officials (well, they can't help but follow idiotic regulations by the CISS/Deaflympics) on disqualifying a deaf/hh tennis and track player for wearing a hearing aid. Gassspppp! You can almost hear a truck drop on the ground for the crowd to hear. Yep, that's cheatin' folks. Gives you a big edge over the other deaf tennis player whackin' that little green/yellow ball over the net back and forth, back and forth... Frankly, you don't have time to listen to anything to give yourself an advantage over the other player. You couldn't even cheat any more so running a track race, too, cause you're running man! Not listening. Lots of UNcommon sense by the CISS/Deaflympics rule books. Just like the U.N....UNcommon sense.
Kudos and congrats to the winners of Deaflympics! Hard work is well earned.
Thumbs down to CISS/Deaflympics officials and their kooky rules over the prohibition on the use of hearing aids and cochlear implants during a game and penalizing the whole team for one player's mistake for wearing a hearing aid so small and light you'd forget you have it on. What's next? Ban deaf/hh players who may one day wear self-powered, implantable hearing aids? That would be interesting to see.
Ya see folks...it's all about common sense. If they don't have it, well, then they don't have it.
8 comments:
Psstt! Learn not to reply. Your weakness is giving in oh mighty "Me is the powerful" one.
Just a note, if y'all insist on bashing that's one thing. If y'all want to critique constructively then that's another. If you don't have the intellectual capacity to think and opine in an honest debatable fashion, then don't bother. Consider that as a challenge to work on for your new year's resolution.
Note also my warning at the beginning of my blog website. That, too.
"Flagellating" oneselves and calling people names publicly in a blogsite isn't a pretty picture. Not exactly a badge of honor, either. Puts you in a few rung lower than Koko the Gorilla who knows how to sign.
I'm confused. Are you lying through your yellow teeth?
I didn't insult or used any cuss words. I said "good riddance and stop whining".
How can it constitutes you to delete?
Oops, it's your blog. Not so popular -- it's going to die eventually on its own with your pessimissm.
R-
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, which I'll probably regret, here but you did come in here just to bash me. That's a given. And you said that my blog is boring and yet you come and bash. WTF?
Here's what you said back in November 23, 2004 - "FYI, your blog is boring. I decided not to visit back -- it is incredibly full of pessimism."
http://kokonutpundits.blogspot.com/2004/11/are-you-deaf-or-hard-of-hearing.html#c110159589889091215
And you keep coming back, bashing away at the world. Hey, either keep your word and not make any comments (you're welcome to read, can't stop you from that) or just simply skeedaddle out of here. Yet, you want to come back and whine and complain. Just ignore the temptation not to look in here for a change.
Oy! - A man of willpower?
People, you be the judge on that.
Famous last words..."You bet it will be my last time to post -- and I do not think I'll come back again."
So much for the benefit of the doubt. He *had* to post it...again.
Don't even think about it.
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