The province I live in announced this week that they will eliminate all trans fats sold in restraunts by 2010. I am personnally disgusted with this decision. I am all for labeling such foods but to outright ban them is too big brotherish. I find extremely hypocritical that the same government makes more than $2 a pack in tax on cigarettes a product that it is proven that half its users die a slow painful death and are extremely addictive. For christ sakes we are adults and can make are own decsions on what we eat. Though I dont eat at KFC people I know who do say that when they eliminated trans fats the taste of the product suffered. Even if they wanted to put some sort of tax on trans fat I wt would be better than saying you cant have them at all. Sorry for venting but I like me some trans fats.
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Banning Trans Fats?
Started by grocery_mony, Feb 24 2008 06:53 PM
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Posted 24 February 2008 - 06:53 PM
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Posted 24 February 2008 - 06:55 PM
QUOTE (grocery_mony @ Sunday, February 24th, 2008, 8:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The province I live in announced this week that they will eliminate all trans fats sold in restraunts by 2010. I am personnally disgusted with this decision. I am all for labeling such foods but to outright ban them is too big brotherish. I find extremely hypocritical that the same government makes more than $2 a pack in tax on cigarettes a product that it is proven that half its users die a slow painful death and are extremely addictive. For christ sakes we are adults and can make are own decsions on what we eat. Though I dont eat at KFC people I know who do say that when they eliminated trans fats the taste of the product suffered. Even if they wanted to put some sort of tax on trans fat I wt would be better than saying you cant have them at all. Sorry for venting but I like me some trans fats.
Edit: I am a retard, someone please move this to OT.
Edit: I am a retard, someone please move this to OT.
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Posted 24 February 2008 - 07:34 PM
QUOTE (grocery_mony @ Sunday, February 24th, 2008, 7:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Though I dont eat at KFC
You're missing out on their coleslaw and gravy/poutine. Mmmm. Their hot wings are tasty as well.
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Posted 24 February 2008 - 07:36 PM
QUOTE (grocery_mony @ Sunday, February 24th, 2008, 8:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The province I live in
Please don't say Manitoba, please don't say Manitoba!
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Posted 24 February 2008 - 07:45 PM
New York City and Boston seem to be doing okay without transfats. There are still plenty of other yummy fatty foods around.
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Posted 24 February 2008 - 08:14 PM
But you have free healthcare?
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Things are only rights because the government decides they should be rights.
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Posted 24 February 2008 - 08:25 PM
yeah, that's terrible. your government is trying to help you. how awful. move this to bad beats...
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Posted 24 February 2008 - 08:30 PM
fwiw its all of canada not just newbish donklumbia
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Posted 24 February 2008 - 08:30 PM
Hopefully they will get around to helping you not piss away your money online playing poker.
Then they will help you not to break your legs skiing by shutting down the lifts.
Then they will go to work on your other sports.
But hey, they are here to help protect you from yourself.
Then they will help you not to break your legs skiing by shutting down the lifts.
Then they will go to work on your other sports.
But hey, they are here to help protect you from yourself.
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timwakefield, on 18 April 2012 - 10:38 AM, said:
Things are only rights because the government decides they should be rights.
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Posted 24 February 2008 - 09:14 PM
QUOTE (terradawg @ Sunday, February 24th, 2008, 8:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
yeah, that's terrible. your government is trying to help you. how awful. move this to bad beats...
Makes no sense to sell cigarettes then but they do. Makes no sense to sell liqour then but they do. Makes no sense to sell many of the pharmemeuciticals but they do. My guess is in long run more peoples life will be cut short from pollution from carbons but they will never try and take are cars away. But if I want a burger and fries that taste good every once and awhile no I cant because it might kill me 40 years down the road.
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Posted 24 February 2008 - 09:25 PM
There was a good King of the Hill about this a few weeks ago.
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Posted 24 February 2008 - 09:28 PM
QUOTE (speedz99 @ Sunday, February 24th, 2008, 9:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
There was a good King of the Hill about this a few weeks ago.
I saw that then this week they announce this BS. Maybe I should open a modern day speak easy for fattys
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Posted 24 February 2008 - 09:28 PM
I haven't noticed even the slightest difference in NYC. I understand if you have a theoretical reason to be against it, but practically it will make no difference.
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Posted 24 February 2008 - 09:32 PM
QUOTE (LongLiveYorke @ Sunday, February 24th, 2008, 9:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I haven't noticed even the slightest difference in NYC. I understand if you have a theoretical reason to be against it, but practically it will make no difference.
Do you eat types of foods that were effected(had to change the recipes, ect). My understanding is there is pretty much no getting around trans fats when it comes to some pastrys. I also heard McDonalds cant find a recipe that works for there fries. Have you eaten there since the ban?
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Posted 24 February 2008 - 09:33 PM
QUOTE (grocery_mony @ Monday, February 25th, 2008, 12:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Do you eat types of foods that were effected(had to change the recipes, ect). My understanding is there is pretty much no getting around trans fats when it comes to some pastrys. I also heard McDonalds cant find a recipe that works for there fries. Have you eaten there since the ban?
I eat at McD's but I don't get the fries because they're so darn unhealthy. Hope that helps, though I know it doesn't.
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Posted 24 February 2008 - 09:35 PM
I find extremely hypocritical that the same government makes more than $2 a pack in tax on cigarettes a product that it is proven that half its users die a slow painful death and are extremely addictive.
That can't be true, can it? A smoker has a 50% chance of not contracting cancer/emphysema? It's gotta be much higher than that, yes?
Someone help me out here.
That can't be true, can it? A smoker has a 50% chance of not contracting cancer/emphysema? It's gotta be much higher than that, yes?
Someone help me out here.
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Posted 24 February 2008 - 09:36 PM
QUOTE (GWCGWC @ Sunday, February 24th, 2008, 9:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I find extremely hypocritical that the same government makes more than $2 a pack in tax on cigarettes a product that it is proven that half its users die a slow painful death and are extremely addictive.
That can't be true, can it? A smoker has a 50% chance of not contracting cancer/emphysema? It's gotta be much higher than that, yes?
Someone help me out here.
That can't be true, can it? A smoker has a 50% chance of not contracting cancer/emphysema? It's gotta be much higher than that, yes?
Someone help me out here.
The warning labels on cigarettes up here state that 50% of smokers die from smoking related illnesses.
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Posted 24 February 2008 - 09:37 PM
Speedz, you've seen a King of the Hill episode that relates to everything.
Weird.
As to this topic, I don't know whether I agree with the OP, or whether I think people are so stupid as to need people telling them what to do, or whether I am indifferent altogether.
I'll pick one of those options at random if I'm forced to make a play on the subject later.
Weird.
As to this topic, I don't know whether I agree with the OP, or whether I think people are so stupid as to need people telling them what to do, or whether I am indifferent altogether.
I'll pick one of those options at random if I'm forced to make a play on the subject later.
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Posted 24 February 2008 - 09:40 PM
QUOTE (GWCGWC @ Sunday, February 24th, 2008, 9:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I find extremely hypocritical that the same government makes more than $2 a pack in tax on cigarettes a product that it is proven that half its users die a slow painful death and are extremely addictive.
That can't be true, can it? A smoker has a 50% chance of not contracting cancer/emphysema? It's gotta be much higher than that, yes?
Someone help me out here.
That can't be true, can it? A smoker has a 50% chance of not contracting cancer/emphysema? It's gotta be much higher than that, yes?
Someone help me out here.
http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/12463.cfm
I did the test...a 60 year old that has been smoking 20 cigarettes a day for 40 years has a 6% chance of developing lung cancer in the next ten years. I know lung cancer is just one of the possible killers that can be partially caused by smoking, but if it's that low of a percentage it can't be even close to 50% overall.
Not that anyone should take a 6% chance.
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