America: Land of the Free? Not if you are filming about healthy food.
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OMG I can't believe they've tried to stop Jamie Oliver talking to students about healthy food.
Where is the free speech?
Just goes to show, it isn't as free over there as it is made out to be.
Watch out UK this is the way we are going.
Where is the free speech?
Just goes to show, it isn't as free over there as it is made out to be.
Watch out UK this is the way we are going.
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Only when we don't get Jamie Oliver on our TV screens doing his bleeding heart thing, surely.
I would have thought the hypocrisy of the so called freedom of speech would be more important than the dislike of a celeb who is at least trying to get people to eat healthy.
A better example is the thousands of people who are brought up by Christian extremists, and are not allowed to deviate from the rules imposed on them by their parents. That doesn't just mean not being able to date people of the same sex, but for some heterosexuals, simply being in a room with somebody of the opposite sex is forbidden. They're not allowed to have partners, never mind sleep with or have sex with partners. Some Christian extremists even ban their own partners from listening to secular music, even music that isn't sexual and doesn't contain swear words.
Bu that's not really America/the American government limiting their freedom. The citizens are doing it to themselves. You can't force someone to enjoy their freedom if for some strange reason they choose not to.
Oh, I see the OP has blanked you, so I did a quick google. Disappointingly all I got was this
There seems to be a huge elephant in the room here - there are lots of crazy American regulations, subsidies and strange things going on with big businesses and the American food system. Things like genetically modified corn are in everything, which is why there's high fructose corn syrup in odd products like canned tomatoes, etc. That stuff screws up your metabolism and is generally not great for your health. I wouldn't be surprised if the LA city boards were being pressured by big businesses to keep the status quo. I've learned quite a lot about the American food system recently and no wonder they are all so fat - the government is literally paying tax money to businesses and companies who produce the food that's making them sick, artificially driving down the costs of these products and therefore making things like burgers and fries a much easier choice to make over fresh veg and healthy food.
Yes I agree, that is what worried me too.
They claimed they didn't want him in schools are they believed it was just to cause problems so he could have a better tv programme, but I think they were got to by the food industry.
The milk promotion bloke in the first episode was scared of him.
JO's heart is in the right place.
And when you look at what's happening both here and has already happened in the US, then whatever anybody does to try and stop the onslaught of being fat becoming the norm, then good luck to him.
It's heartbreaking for me at my age seeing youngsters so grossly overweight. Don't they realise what's in store for them?
All that misery and physical hardship, and for what?
An extra helping of rubbish food that doesn't even begin to satisfy because the body knows it's just bulk?
He wants to make money.
That is all.
On a completely unrelated topic, how long have you been reading the Daily Express?
He also wants to promote himself. Anyone who thinks he gives a stuff about the health of American kids is naive, to say the least.
Play a different ****in record for god sake.
Giggs is hardly OBL or Hussein.
Some people are obsessed.
Compared to Jamie Oliver, Giggs is far from a saint.
I just don't see why people dislike Jamie Oliver so much they would rather comment about him rather than about the way the Americans dismiss his right to free speech so easily.
So what if he wants to make money or promote himself?
At least he is doing it for a good cause.
As for the US, it's *possible* they had an issue with film crews going into schools and creating 'entertainment'. Regardless, I don't think you can say "they didn't let in a random British chef who wanted to see what they were doing in their schools. Fascists!" He's just a guy. They wouldn't let me in to their school's kitchens either. Of course, the series will have a happy ending
Kids just buy junk elsewhere now. I don't think he has made much of a difference. It's the self-styled saint act that annoys me.