Los Angeles Urges Residents To Observe “Meatless Mondays" Should Government suggest what to eat and when to eat it?
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2012/11/12 14:14:47
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The Los Angeles City Council is urging all residents to observe “meatless Mondays” from now on.
A resolution adopted on Oct. 24 reads: “Be it resolved, that the Council of the City of Los Angeles hereby declares all Mondays as ‘Meatless Mondays’ in support of comprehensive sustainability efforts as well as to further encourage residents to eat a more varied plant-based diet to protect their health and protect animals.”
Councilwoman Jan Perry, who introduced the resolution, also wants to ban new fast-food restaurants in South Los Angeles.
“While this is a symbolic gesture, it is asking people to think about the food choices they make. Eating less meat can reverse some of our nation’s most common illnesses,” press reports quoted Perry as saying.
The resolution makes 15 points in support of meatless Mondays, including U.N. recognition that “livestock are one of the most significant contributors to today’s most serious environmental problems.”
And if that’s not enought, the resolution also mentions the growing obesity epidemic, the importance of reducing “our carbon footprint,” health disparities in low-income communities, and animal cruelty.
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A resolution adopted on Oct. 24 reads: “Be it resolved, that the Council of the City of Los Angeles hereby declares all Mondays as ‘Meatless Mondays’ in support of comprehensive sustainability efforts as well as to further encourage residents to eat a more varied plant-based diet to protect their health and protect animals.”
Councilwoman Jan Perry, who introduced the resolution, also wants to ban new fast-food restaurants in South Los Angeles.
“While this is a symbolic gesture, it is asking people to think about the food choices they make. Eating less meat can reverse some of our nation’s most common illnesses,” press reports quoted Perry as saying.
The resolution makes 15 points in support of meatless Mondays, including U.N. recognition that “livestock are one of the most significant contributors to today’s most serious environmental problems.”
And if that’s not enought, the resolution also mentions the growing obesity epidemic, the importance of reducing “our carbon footprint,” health disparities in low-income communities, and animal cruelty.
pinion here...
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AL 2012/11/12 22:02:34
What we should be concerned with is where the government is empowered to mandate, or coerce in some manner, such behavior. For instance, my answer would likely be "No" if L.A. were imposing an additional "Monday Meat Tax."
Meatless Monday,
Tomato Tuesday
Wheat Wednesday
Tuna Thursday
Fast Friday
Saltine Saturday
Seaweed Sunday
How do you think the gzillion food stamp recipients would receive this message when they can barely suvive on potato chip and hot dogs. What a world.. Tongue in cheek
of course. :-)
And WHAT do they choose to deal with? A resolution on what we should eat. And then they want to ban more fast-food places.
The council should deal with what they ARE supposed to deal with and allow us to eat what we wish.
What about the Homeless and the Street People who have no choice but to dumpers dive, they have to eat what they can find...