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Originally Posted by redforever
The last 15 to 20 years, Phys Ed etc has almost vanished from a lot of North American schools and now the results of this (out of shape young kids) are starting to show. I think parents now are encouraging their children to be more physically active.
Plus, factor in all the video games, etc. We have raised a generation of couch potatoes.
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1964 Winter Olympics - 3 medals (of 103)
1972 Winter Olympics - 1 medal (of 105)
1976 Winter Olympics - 4 medals (of 111)
1980 Winter Olympics - 2 medals (of 115)
If those Baby Boomers didn't waste all their time sitting in front of the Television, driving around in their fancy cars, rotting their brains with Rock music and instead, worked their butts off in good honest jobs, we would have won more medals. Bunch of coddled slackers.
