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For example, just because Americans win more gold medals per capita than say the French (maybe they do, maybe they don't) it does not follow that the average American must be more fit than the average Frenchman.

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I agree with you here, but it isn't the same. What you are not saying is that because Americans win more gold medals per capita than say the French (maybe they do, maybe they don't) it does not follow that the average American must win more gold medals than than the average Frenchman. Yes they do (well they probably do [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] ).