NANNY-STATE NONSENSE FROM THE UK: THEY DECIDE WHAT IS FOOD, AND WHAT IS "JUNK"

TELEGRAPH (VIA NRO/STUTTAFORD):

New advertising rules that will officially label cheese as "junk food" were condemned yesterday by the dairy industry as unfair, misleading and counter-productive.

Under regulations coming into force this month, broadcasters will be banned from advertising cheese during children's television programmes or in shows with a large proportion of child viewers

.... The ban is part of a government drive to crack down on junk food adverts on television, which is designed to reduce the exposure of children to foods high in fat, salt and sugar.

HERE'S A LIST OF BANNED FOODS:

Marmite, Flora Lite, half-fat cheddar cheese, Dairylea triangles, bran flakes, camembert, sugar-coated puffed wheat, instant hot oat cereal, Jaffa cakes, reduced calorie mayonnaise, multi-grain hoop cereal, half-fat creme fraiche, takeaway chicken nuggets, potato waffles, Greek yoghurt (sheep), ham, sausages, bacon rashers, low-fat spreads, peanuts, cashew nuts, pistachio nuts, peanut butter, raisins, sultanas, currants, low-fat potato crisps, olive oil, butter, pizza, hamburgers, tomato ketchup, chocolate, brown sauce, cola, lemonade

HERE'S WHAT MIGHT ALSO BE BANNED - BASED ON IT'S FAT CONTENT: MOTHER'S BREAST MILK.

SAY NO MORE. THEN AGAIN, I WILL SAY THIS:

IDIOTIC LISTS LIKE THESE ARE WHAT ONE ALWAYS GETS WHEN A "POLITBURO" DECIDES WHAT INDIVIDUALS OR MARKETS MAY OR MAY NOT DO.

Why not let people eat what they want? Why not let parents feed their own children the way the way they deem fit? Why have the State make these decisions for them?

The reason is the State pays for the health care of these people, and the COST of health care for obese people is higher than for skinny people.

THEREFORE.... the ultimate PROBLEM here is NOT what people eat, but WHO PAYS FOR IT. Socialist states - with "universal" healthcare - are states that inevitably tell people what they can eat, drink, and smoke. And whether they can have a gun to defend themselves. It's ALL part-and-parcel of the same thing: STATISM - nanny-statism is only the SEEMINGLY benign way it starts... "YOU SEE, IT'S FOR YOUR OWN GOOD!"

Yeah. Like: "We're from the government, and we're here to help."