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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
This sounds like a convenient cover-up for lousy parenting. Kids are more out of shape because they spend 4-10 hours a day in front of the computer or TV set or playing video games, whereas in the past didn't have these things to distract them. I think there are many statistics that show violent crime is lower now than it was in the 80s or 90s.
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I don't know if its fair to just say its lousy parenting. Its a society wide and cultural thing. Parents themeselves are probably spending 8 hours a day in front of a screen. People are being conditioned to spend long hours in front of screens, not just to play video games, but to work, read, shop, and spend lots of time online. Add to that fast food diets with multi million dollar ad campaigns and its a recipe for an obese society. Kids just do what the adults do.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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