Thursday, September 30, 2004
Of 'Soup Nazis' and 'Calorie Cops'
Things are worse than I realised when I posted yesterday about Food Police.
I've just discovered a web site for the Center for Consumer Freedom, who are monitoring the PC food lunacies that are spreading like a disease in the US. While documenting in fine detail what's going on, they also have a great line in satire, and use TV advertisements to make their point. Here's their opening quote:
"The Center for Consumer Freedom warns in our latest ad -- featuring the actor who played the "Soup Nazi" on Seinfeld -- that if calorie cops have their way, you could be forced into the Salad Line! While this fictional food cop measures each customer's weight to determine what, if anything, restaurant-goers can enjoy, there is actually a real-world food "Czarina" taking away treats from Texas schoolchildren. She's just one of the food fascists who think you're too dumb to make your own choices. If these diet scolds have their way, we may all soon be told (as the star of our latest ad says): "No food for you! Come back when you're thinner!"
Things are worse than I realised when I posted yesterday about Food Police.
I've just discovered a web site for the Center for Consumer Freedom, who are monitoring the PC food lunacies that are spreading like a disease in the US. While documenting in fine detail what's going on, they also have a great line in satire, and use TV advertisements to make their point. Here's their opening quote:
"The Center for Consumer Freedom warns in our latest ad -- featuring the actor who played the "Soup Nazi" on Seinfeld -- that if calorie cops have their way, you could be forced into the Salad Line! While this fictional food cop measures each customer's weight to determine what, if anything, restaurant-goers can enjoy, there is actually a real-world food "Czarina" taking away treats from Texas schoolchildren. She's just one of the food fascists who think you're too dumb to make your own choices. If these diet scolds have their way, we may all soon be told (as the star of our latest ad says): "No food for you! Come back when you're thinner!"
