Italy bans kebabs and foreign food from cities
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Australia has a $500 fine for having an open drink of anything with alchohol in it at any place to do with our trains. So thats if your at the station, on a train, on the platform, near enough to a station for some form of authority to see you. Donsnt matter if your drunk out of your mind or having the most watered down cough mixture (okay not medicine but you get my point).
If such a law MUST exist, there should be some form of blood-alchohol ratio taken into acount. At the moment our laws are pretty much:
"Ok youve been drinking but you havnt passed the blood-alchohol limit yet, FEEL FREE TO GET YOUR CAR REVED UP AND DRIVE TO ALL THE PLACES.
"but ohhh-no that open drink contains alchohol, STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM, YOU ARENT RESPONSIBLE ENOUGH TO SIT YOUR ASS DOWN ON A TRAIN.
Also as you may have guessed, yeah I got busted for this. However, I sued the shit out of the police officer because I hadnt had a drop to drink on city-rail property, and the station cammeras confirmed it. Plus that particular 'law' isnt made apparent anywhere outside of train caridges, and even then it says "not allowed on trains", never mentions anywhere else.
Anyway, that ***** ended up having to pay my legal fees and a tiny bit extra for my time wasted by going to court. Not to mention I got my money back from the government coz I had to pay the stupid fine, then take legal action.
I just didnt want to throw away my ridiculously priced drink or risk it spilling everywhere if I tried to put it in my jacket pocket. And that ridiculous law caused so much dilema, I probably would have even let it slide if the fine wasnt so high.
If such a law MUST exist, there should be some form of blood-alchohol ratio taken into acount. At the moment our laws are pretty much:
"Ok youve been drinking but you havnt passed the blood-alchohol limit yet, FEEL FREE TO GET YOUR CAR REVED UP AND DRIVE TO ALL THE PLACES.
"but ohhh-no that open drink contains alchohol, STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM, YOU ARENT RESPONSIBLE ENOUGH TO SIT YOUR ASS DOWN ON A TRAIN.
Also as you may have guessed, yeah I got busted for this. However, I sued the shit out of the police officer because I hadnt had a drop to drink on city-rail property, and the station cammeras confirmed it. Plus that particular 'law' isnt made apparent anywhere outside of train caridges, and even then it says "not allowed on trains", never mentions anywhere else.
Anyway, that ***** ended up having to pay my legal fees and a tiny bit extra for my time wasted by going to court. Not to mention I got my money back from the government coz I had to pay the stupid fine, then take legal action.
I just didnt want to throw away my ridiculously priced drink or risk it spilling everywhere if I tried to put it in my jacket pocket. And that ridiculous law caused so much dilema, I probably would have even let it slide if the fine wasnt so high.
Agreed with this Man right here.Rawne1980 said:
Honestly though, it could be a good idea. I mean, when I go on holidays, I don't want to eat a British Fish & chips, I wanna try local traditional food. And that's what I'll get when I go there which is awesome.
I have to admit, I'm behind the idea of keeping a strong homogenous culture in areas that are supposed to be important cultural sites or have a traditional Italian kind of feel, but it seems like a few of the people pushing this forward are a bit too crazy for much good to come out of this.
This could be pretty interesting, it could lead to the creation of "food ghettos" outside of Italian cities.
Add a few bars and clubs and you'd have a banging patch of economical growth without spoiling the inner city decorum.
Add a few bars and clubs and you'd have a banging patch of economical growth without spoiling the inner city decorum.
If Britain ever banned kebabs they'd be a riot in every city and town on friday nights... I know this for sure, i'm one of the kebab eaters!
I can understand wanting to protect the population from eating bad quality foods that are imported from god-knows-where, but to ban the foods you make is a bit over the top.
I mean that one guy in the article even stated he didn't eat pineaple because its not from his region...
And also: Italy is a part of the EU, I thought the EU was regulating the quality of food in the EU? Doesn't also this ban go against some sort of EU regulations.
Oh well the EU seems to be going to hell in a handbasket, Italy might as well speed up the process.
I mean that one guy in the article even stated he didn't eat pineaple because its not from his region...
And also: Italy is a part of the EU, I thought the EU was regulating the quality of food in the EU? Doesn't also this ban go against some sort of EU regulations.
Oh well the EU seems to be going to hell in a handbasket, Italy might as well speed up the process.
That's another example or poor uninformed journalism. In Italy you cannot keep your business activities open for more than X hours. If you have people working for you they also cannot work more than X hours per week and Y hours per day.Hexenwolf said:
Many of the kebab sellers were (and still are) ignoring laws which are instead enforced on Italian owned activities. That's what that politician was saying.
Do I agree with such heavy regulation on private business activities? No, I don't. And hopefully things are likely to change due to the economical crises so there will be more freedom for private business. But until laws are not changed, they should be enforced for everyone.
But, again, the journalist is just reporting incorrect, partial facts to draw a lazy and ideological picture that has nothing to do with facts.
I also don't get the enthusiasm for the European Commission, considering it's a very powerful government that no european citizen had ever have the chance to decide about with free elections...
Well, it's certainly stopped Phil the Greek nipping over to Italy. Which can only be a good thing for our foreign relations.Hero in a half shell said:
I am curious how there are no legal ramifications involved and this was 2 years ago though.
Does this mean they'll eventually stop buying Greek olive oil to cut their own low-quality crap with?
Crap like this doesn't make sense if God himself has come down and pronounced your nation and all things belonging to it, "the shit." It's just ridiculous if you're Italy. Apologize for Naples and then STFU.
Crap like this doesn't make sense if God himself has come down and pronounced your nation and all things belonging to it, "the shit." It's just ridiculous if you're Italy. Apologize for Naples and then STFU.
Interesting if true. I fear that such laws would end up being ignored, or wildly ridiculed by the general populace. I just hope I can get some good old KFC when I go on holiday there next month. I want to compare it to here. Then again if I have to eat nothing but Pizza for the whole week I won't be upset.
The Duke of Edinburgh sleeps fully clothed in my head as the thought of him or the Queen in any state of undress makes me want to scoop out my brain.Hero in a half shell said:
Wow... This is definitely gastronomic racism, as the article said. This is even more brainless then the old law in Tucson, AZ that says it's illegal for women to wear pants. Granted, I'd still have fun with that one sometimes if I was a cop, (I live in Tucson and I am that big of an @$$hole sometimes) but you get my point.
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Can we shoot this prick yet?
He's so obviously corrupt, but then again, so very amusing.
But this is ridiculous.
He's so obviously corrupt, but then again, so very amusing.
But this is ridiculous.
No, he does not. Is it a compulsion to just spit out completely false informations?TheBelgianGuy said:
Erm, isn't this against some law? It seems incredibly harsh and unnecessary. And can only insight rebellion.