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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think comparing indoor dining to gyms is not very fair. Yes, I know "huffing and puffing" freaks a lot of people out, but there really have been very few outbreaks at gyms worldwide. In addition, there are actual health benefits to going to the gym and exercising (both physical and mental health benefits). Indoor dining... not so much.
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We're actually comparing schools to restaurants and gyms. [b]You know who isn't getting the health benefits of going to the gym and exercising?[/b] School kids! A lot of kids are reporting many of the physical ailments normally found in adult office-workers -- joint stiffness, sore back and necks, eye strain. Because DL treats small children like middle-aged corporate drones. Next time you are at the gym, feeling good as you improve your body and mind, please take a moment to think about how there are thousands of kids in this city who are struggling to find a similar outlet because of the way we have failed to prioritize them.

I would be fine opening gyms before indoor dining... after we open schools. And if anything has to close, it would be fine to keep gyms open longer than indoor dining because they are lower risk... but they should both close before schools, which serve a much higher social purpose.[/quote]

If your kids aren't getting regular exercise (for which, of course, they need no equipment and sure as hell don't need to go to a gym), you are failing as a parent.  There are 24 hours in a day and seven days in a week, not all of which are consumed by DL.  Use them.  [/quote]

Well guess what. A lot of people are failing as parents right now, then. I guess we don't care about their kids. Good plan, this will never backfire.

Oh wait, did you think public schools existed for [i]parents[/i]? What do you think society would be like if we didn't have a way of educating and caring for children whose parents lack the time, resources, or interest in "supplementing"? [/quote]

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