The handicapped should be given jobs on organic farms

Ploughs are very large and heavy pieces of equipment [1]. Your typical wheelchair looks like this [2]. There's no way that a thing like that can get enough traction to pull a beast of a plough. Cripples are also very stubborn and don't like being helped. " I just want to re-iterate that the wheelchair users will be harnessed together, rather than working individually, to pull the ploughs, just like a team of horses: . http://www.britishfestivaloftheworkinghorse.co.uk... However, I do recognise that in any team there will be some slackers so in order to ensure everybody pulls their weight I suggest they are supervised by a burly gentleman with a whip, which is a tried and tested staff-motivation technique that I borrowed from ancient mariners: . http://img.tfd.com... "This is crazy dangerous. You cant just have the visually impaired walking around willy-nilly. They would run into stuff and step on things. If you couple this with putting SPIKES on their feet your farm will be lawsuit and injury-leave city. Not to mention that blind people would not know when they were done. " Actually, I suggested that the spikes should be screwed into the bottom of the blind people's white sticks, but I see my opponent's point. However, he clearly isn't aware that blind people's hearing is far superior to that of sighted people and, like bats, they are able to make sounds that are inaudible to normal people, which bounce of fixed objects, animals and other humans that enable them to fix their location to within a fraction of an inch. Therefore, there is no risk of a collision, and as far as not knowing when they are done is concerned, the farmer will tell them – they are blind not deaf! "Everyone knows that those of a slow persuasion do not have the kind of focus required to evenly spread the seeds. We're talking about a lot of waste with this idea. Also, the mentally retarded don't understand social mores, therefore they would be very hard to direct. " I should have pointed out that the distribution of seeds by the mentally handicapped will be directed by the farmer who will use his shotgun to fire at the frothing funny-farmhands' feet. Of course, he will occasionally miss and hit their legs by mistake but this will be no problem as their legs will be protected by all the seeds in their trousers (pants) and the holes created in them by the shot will just let a few more seeds out. "These ones are usually locked up in the loony-bin. Hey are locked up because they're dangerous. Your plan calls for giving them some semblance of freedom. This is the point where escaping becomes a problem. I personally would not want an unstable looney running around in my neighborhood. " I agree that seriously mentally disturbed people are a nuisance and a potential danger in the towns and cities but, as anyone who has visited the countryside will know, most people who live there are out-and-out, unmitigated nutjobs themselves. . http://www.literarynorfolk.co.uk... This is because they are all inbred – see entry under ‘NFN'. . http://en.wikipedia.org... Furthermore, since these surrogate scarecrows will be securely tied to posts, the danger to normal members of the public will be negligible. "I'd like you to elaborate on this idea. I don't see how putting knives on wheels would effectively cut crops. Even if you show a way that it would work how would they effectively gather all of the cut crops. " I will elaborate with pleasure. As the wheels turn, knives fixed perpendicularly will cut the crops, which will be collected in bags by mental cases walking behind them. You see, it's all very straightforward if you just use a bit of lateral thinking. In conclusion, the human race has progressed from simple hunting and gathering to today's sophisticated civilisations only through innovative schemes such as the one outlined above and if we are to continue to advance we must embrace new ideas like this one and not try and find faults at every opportunity as my opponent has done. I, therefore, implore you to vote Pro. Thank you.