6 years
Ban on energy drinks
Its Bubba Jay:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45342682
So the UK is trying to ban energy drinks cos of the high sugar amount that leads to obesity.
I mean of course there's alot more to it than obesity but is obesity really a problem?
StarSmoke:
I am so very glad that I live in the US and not the UK. I don�t really drink energy drinks (more of a coffee person) but just the fact that they feel they can ban people from drinking what they want is outrageous. You can still buy plain sugar right? So what is the point? I already knew I didn�t ever want to live in the UK when I discovered the whole backlash against the nazi pug guy and he�s STILL fighting with them about it.
No freedom of speech. No freedom of choice. Who knows what else... man I�m just glad I live here haha.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45342682
So the UK is trying to ban energy drinks cos of the high sugar amount that leads to obesity.
I mean of course there's alot more to it than obesity but is obesity really a problem?
StarSmoke:
I am so very glad that I live in the US and not the UK. I don�t really drink energy drinks (more of a coffee person) but just the fact that they feel they can ban people from drinking what they want is outrageous. You can still buy plain sugar right? So what is the point? I already knew I didn�t ever want to live in the UK when I discovered the whole backlash against the nazi pug guy and he�s STILL fighting with them about it.
No freedom of speech. No freedom of choice. Who knows what else... man I�m just glad I live here haha.
The PM has been heavily critisised for proposing the ban. The problem they are addressing is under 18's getting wild on the drinks and also getting fat. Red Bull and Monster and Relentless are carefully concocted with sugar, cafine and other natural stimulants, none of which are illegal or banned from children.
A law would have to be specific enough not to ban all beverages and general enough that they can't just rebrand and reformulate. The task is probably more difficult than BREXIT.
The other thing the PM is doing is increasing the tax on shopping bags from 5p to 10p. A no brainer as all the work getting the tax on the things has already been done.
As for people not shooting each other in the UK. People stab each other instead and also do have street gunfights quite regularly.
There are different laws for different ethnic and cultural groups in the UK. Small matters are settled in Sharia Courts if both sides agree. The Muslim areas have Sharia Police patrols tolerated by the real police since they can't police those areas anyway.
You don't hear a huge amount about this in the mainstream media as people tend to get locked up if they report on it.
The UK government is leaning on Zukerberg to have him 'fact check' Facebook to keep such stuff off his site. It's called Hate Speech. We have Free Speech here, you can say anything you like as long as it's not Hate Speech which is any speech that might offend one of 5 protected groups, I'm serious. Blacks, Jews, Muslims, Disabled and Politicians (from memory, one of the groups might be imigrants).
Also if what you're doing causes a mob of angry people to start smashing things up then you are arrested for Breach Of The Peace. I was threatened with this once when I had a village hall full of people chanting at me to shut up and go away.
As for the police, they are being commercialised. They must make money. The Association Of Chief Police Officers wrote a document called Paying The Bill, where Bill also means police. The police must find ways of getting money out of people, to invoice them. They invoiced me £390 and tried to invoice our village £22,000 to allow some bands to play in the park.
This explains why the police won't do anything if there is no one they can bill at the end of it.
Solution is to double the tax on plastic bags and propose banning energy drinks.
6 years
Ban on energy drinks
The energy drink thing is about school kids consuming multiple cans of high caffeine and sugar drinks. Some energy drinks contain 3 times more caffeine than a can of coca cola. Also over ten spoons of sugar. So if anyone thinks it's a good idea for children to be consuming 40 or more tea spoons of sugar a day including foods containing sugar then you must be as mad as president Trump. These drinks are also very cheap . So I think the health of our children is important. These drinks also have zero nutritional value. Caffeine in these quantities increases heart rate, can cause behaviour issues and sleep problems. Parents cannot stop there children buying this stuff before or after school. So a ban has been proposed, but the age limit has not been set yet. This law will not effect adults. Also as for freedom of speech I can say more or less anything I like. Also I have the right to protest. I personally have been on a march to Downing Street. I found the police in attendance to be fine. On a side note my son's friend was extremely drunk and got separated from my son and friends. There was concern for his safety. This lad was in his late teens. He was eventually found by the police asleep by the side of a busy road. The police simply just took him home. The police here have a duty of care to the public. Also as a Englishman this country in the past has done some terrible things. But I feel today I live in possibly one of the most civilised countries in the world. Also I found myself in a situation where I was dying. I cannot thank the NHS enough for there fast response and taking me to a specialist unit. Where a surgeon and his team were waiting for my arrival. Britain is not perfect but it's also a really ok place to live.
6 years
Ban on energy drinks
bat man uk:
... Parents cannot stop there children buying this stuff before or after school. ...
... Parents cannot stop there children buying this stuff before or after school. ...
Really? So you think this is an acceptable solution. Get the government to take the place of the parents. You may not realise it but you are a communist.
As for the NHS they are far from perfect. They have the monopoly on health services in the UK and actively work to deny people cures for their illnesses.
Free Speech is OK for you since our Communist Conservative government and media agrees with you. Try saying something good about Trump for example or bad about Muslims or bad about Israel.
As long as you protect paedophiles and rapists you're golden.
6 years
Ban on energy drinks
StarSmoke:
I was going to mention something about how parents should start actually parenting their children and punishing them accordingly, but I noticed this turned into a huge political debate and I try to avoid those haha. I�d slap the shit out of my kids if they were doing stuff like that. They wouldn�t have the privilege or opportunity to go to stores alone and buy stuff like that if they were making poor decisions like that.
Pedophiles and rapists... oh man, those are two of my biggest triggers! Especially the pedos... I�ll just stick to my usual outburst about them needing to be tortured to death or my more recent statement of them deserving a �Game of Thrones style death� lol.
The point I am making is there are serious problems in the UK but our glamorous PM with the man sized lady shoes (honestly if I was in drag I'd borrow her shoes) just focuses on silly things like fizzy drinks and plastic bags.
There are also too many people here who think they are doing a good job "Um yes in my opinion it's not right for kids to get jacked up on energy drinks and then go joyriding, something must be done, I'm glad they are banning energy drinks, they should ban crisps whilst they are about it."
6 years