Dont show that Bacon!

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  1. Crawdadr

    Crawdadr Well-Known Member

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    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-47444107

    Found another interesting one on the BBC

    So you cannot have advertising for food not good for you or something in the subways. So they had to remove the bacon, eggs, butter, and jam. Would this kind of law fly in America you think and what do you think about it?
     
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    Pointless and ineffective nanny statism.
     
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    cd8ed Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    To anyone interested the Transport for London (TfL) who oversees ads in the stations and trains are pushing a "high fat, sugar and salt (HFSS)-compliant" program.

    Last month TfL issued a ban on all junk food advertising. But McDonals has an exception...

    Interesting...

    So eggs and bacon on their own are bad but a triple bacon egg breakfast mcsandwich is a-ok
     
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    Darthcervantes Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Eggs, bacon and butter are healthy if you don't eat carbs
     
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    I think this wouldn't fly in America. More and more people are opening their eyes to what foods are healthy for us and all the low fat/carb laden/processed junk is not it. Bacon and eggs are great. I eat it daily and am a healthy weight with no health problems. Diets like keto are taking the country by storm and those crazy food pyramids full of unhealthy grains and sugars (fruits) are not taken seriously any longer.
     
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    billy the kid Well-Known Member

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    The ban was introduced as London mayor Sadiq Khan said he wanted to tackle the "ticking time bomb" of child obesity in the city......
    Wouldnt have anything to do with a muslim mayor banning bacon would it.....of course not....
    Cant offend the muslims now can we........
     
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    Spooky Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    They don't use real meat or eggs though.
     

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