Matthew Syed writes a thoughtful piece about last weekend's Paralympic World Cup (which I've so far shamefully neglected to mention) -- but then blows it all in the final paragraph.

After rightly noting the single-mindedness and competitive nature of Paralympic athletes, Syed pats the crips on the head with the old patronising line that "elite sport for the disabled merits funding because it provides the most vivid manifestation of the indomitable nature of the human spirit."