My sense of it is don't get too used to the idea of letting the Government telling you how to live your life. IMO mandates should only be used in very exceptional cases of National Emergency. We live in a democracy, and whether we take 10 or 10,000 steps a day is nobody's business.
Also it seems to me there are too many people these days trying to solve complex problems with simple solutions. Common sense seems to be in very short supply.
Last edited by flamesfever; 05-12-2023 at 07:42 PM.
Oh man. I remember going through the various exercises trying to get one of these. You were awarded the one based on your worst performance. You could get gold in almost everything but if you didn't hit your target time/count on one, you would drop. It happened to me. I ended up with the participation medal because I didn't do enough sit ups in the allotted time. It was the best looking one anyhow.
Ok I'm more impressed that you remember the details of the program's details. When did they stop this, 40 yrs ago?!
My sense of it is don't get too used to the idea of letting the Government telling you how to live your life. IMO mandates should only be used in very exceptional cases of National Emergency. We live in a democracy, and whether we take 10 or 10,000 steps a day is nobody's business.
Also it seems to me there are too many people these days trying to solve complex problems with simple solutions. Common sense seems to be in very short supply.
Found the fatty.
The Following User Says Thank You to PepsiFree For This Useful Post:
My sense of it is don't get too used to the idea of letting the Government telling you how to live your life. IMO mandates should only be used in very exceptional cases of National Emergency. We live in a democracy, and whether we take 10 or 10,000 steps a day is nobody's business.
Also it seems to me there are too many people these days trying to solve complex problems with simple solutions. Common sense seems to be in very short supply.
Sure but if you want to use shared resources you should at least partially pay when your behaviour impacts the system disproportionality more. So I agree that a mandate wouldn’t be appropriate but Sun Taxes based on the cost impact of those poor choices are reasonable.
Sure but if you want to use shared resources you should at least partially pay when your behaviour impacts the system disproportionality more. So I agree that a mandate wouldn’t be appropriate but Sun Taxes based on the cost impact of those poor choices are reasonable.
What about all the people whose obesity is not caused by lack of exercise?
Healthy people cost more. Obese people have a higher yearly cost but they die quicker and therefore require less healthcare spent on them than say a 90 year old person who lived a healthy lifestyle but now needs complete care givers for the next decade.
The Following User Says Thank You to OptimalTates For This Useful Post:
Oh man. I remember going through the various exercises trying to get one of these. You were awarded the one based on your worst performance. You could get gold in almost everything but if you didn't hit your target time/count on one, you would drop. It happened to me. I ended up with the participation medal because I didn't do enough sit ups in the allotted time. It was the best looking one anyhow.
That was me. Gold/Excellence in everything, but I couldn't hit the bronze time in the Endurance run, so I was a 'participant' - terribly demotivating.
__________________ You’re just old hate balls.
--Funniest mod complaint in CP history.
That was me. Gold/Excellence in everything, but I couldn't hit the bronze time in the Endurance run, so I was a 'participant' - terribly demotivating.
I remember in Grade 4 when if you were 10 you had to run 8 laps of the school field in under 8 minutes. If you were 9 you only had to run 4. I think we did it in May and I remember like 5 kids blatantly lying and saying they were still 9 when I'd been to their birthday party. There was me and two other fools who admitted to turning 10. The whole class enjoyed watching us struggle to get the extra 4 laps in. I did hit 7:57 to get the Excellent which I still remember to this day. By grade 7...the gravy caught up with me and I was Eric Cartman.
__________________ "Some guys like old balls"
Patriots QB Tom Brady
Oh man. I remember going through the various exercises trying to get one of these. You were awarded the one based on your worst performance. You could get gold in almost everything but if you didn't hit your target time/count on one, you would drop. It happened to me. I ended up with the participation medal because I didn't do enough sit ups in the allotted time. It was the best looking one anyhow.
Lol. In grade six I was off the charts on every category... But the long distance run, and it forever made me hate long distance running.... Probably the opposite effect of what they were looking for.
