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Re: This Week in Bacon

trubbles — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:09:22 -0000

Shouldn't national standards mean something? What if Oliver initiated a campaign to ban, say, milk that includes more melamine than the FDA allows? The fact that most of that milk comes from China would be neither racist nor protectionist; it's just good sense. I love your blog, but your visceral hatred of all things Oliver is off-putting.

Re: This Week in Bacon

baylen — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:58:00 -0000

If what you describe is all Oliver was doing, I wouldn't be opposed. But he's trying "fight for British pork farmers who are being hit by cheap imports," and he says pork raised elsewhere is done so under "illegal" conditions. This always precedes protectionist legislation--whether it be banning country X imports altogether or forcing country X to bring its standards up to those in Britain. Either way, that's bad for consumers.

Re: This Week in Bacon

SaraToday — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:48:23 -0000

Hi. I have to disagree with you on this one. I don't see how Oliver supporting locally produced food makes him racist like the radio host. Britain is a nanny state by way of government policies like their ridiculous knife-crime laws, not because of celebrities promoting knowing where your food comes from.

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