The Thin End Of The Wedge?

[Khandro]

Here we go, the Muslim agenda commences;

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/body-shaming-adverts-banned-london-transport-tube-sadiq-khan-a7079591.html

[Gromit]

Obviously, encouraging women to make themselves ill has its costs on the rest of us.

// Health care costs for eating disorders in England have been estimated as £80-100m with overall economic cost likely to be more than £1.26 bn per year. //

[anotheoldgit]

andy-hughes

/// The Mayor has decided that this type of advertising is inappropriate for the citizens of London - not the Muslim citizens of London - so where does his faith play a part? ///

Because he is of the Muslim faith, and their thinking on certain matters are sometimes in opposition to most of western minds.

I am sure that if the Archbishop of Canterbury or even the Pope had demanded that these adverts should be banned, the posts by some on this thread, would show an entirely different view.

[Khandro]

sp; You ask what do I think. I think Khan is either not a Muslim, in which case he gained sufficient Muslim votes to get himself elected under false pretences, or if he is a Muslim, he must have masked his real beliefs for the sake of expediency - and he isn't the first politician to have done that.

The Muslim world rejoiced all around the globe when he was elected, a world that wants to suppress, among many other things, the sight of women in beach wear, he isn't his own man, he will be finding pressure to start a Muslim agenda, small things at first, but it will increase exponentially. It's pay-back time.

[Gromit]

AOG,
// their thinking on certain matters are sometimes in opposition to most of western minds. //

But not on this one. There seems to be only you agreeing with the OP. Most of us can see this is a health issue not a religious issue.

[ummmm]

If they were advertising beach wear then fine. They aren't though!

[naomi24]

From what I read, obesity in the UK is at an all-time high and presenting a major health risk so perhaps ‘body shaming’ would benefit some people. That said, the image is not offensive so I don’t really see why the mayor is setting himself up as a censor on behalf of the whole of the population of London.

[Gromit]

Khandro,
He hasn't banned beach wear adverts on buses. Your questioning of Khan's beliefs are both silly and insulting.

[Mamyalynne]

The 'Beach body ready' adverts have been the subject of protests and petitions for over a year, nothing new in the call for their removal.

[ummmm]

Body shaming is bad. Thin people thinking they need to be thinner because it seems to be the preferred size.

I don't think banning underwear adverts or beach wear should be banned from buses or tube stations, but slimming pills should.

[Khandro]

Is anyone naive enough to think this ban is about slimming products? if this small piece of freedom of choice is removed, you will see all adverts for lingerie etc. also removed as they are in the Muslim world. This is London, England we're talking about, not Qatar.

[anotheoldgit]

Perhaps this kind of advert should also be banned, seeing that obesity costs the NHS billions of pounds a year.

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/130522171429-01-attractiveandfat-horizontal-large-gallery.jpg

[jackthehat]

I've yet to see many adverts for 'tin-foil' headwear.......seems like there would be quite a call for them in some quarters....

[ummmm]

Khandro - they body shame people who aren't even fat. A size 12 young girl made to feel that she should be a size 8. It's wrong, not naive!

[Ellipsis]

> Adverts which make people feel ashamed of their bodies or pressured into looking a certain way are to be banned from public transport in London.

Why should people who aspire to be "beach body ready" and who follow that lifestyle be denied advertisements that help them to make those choices?

Freedom to choose how you live your life cuts both ways, in fact it cuts all ways.

Please tell me where this ends.

Adverts showing tall models?
Adverts for plastic surgery?
Adverts for gyms?
Adverts for clothes?
Adverts for food?
Adverts for luxury items e.g. jewellery or watches?

Probably everybody would like to look a little different to how they actually look, so in some way everybody is "ashamed" (or at least "unhappy") with how they look. Most people live with it or learn to be happy in spite of it.

[ummmm]

Not teenagers though who often feel they need to conform to a certain look.

[sp1814]

Khandro

Sadiq Khan is a Muslim. You have moderate Muslims like him all over the country. To say he can't be a Muslim because he is progressive is like saying that only true Christians are those who align themselves with the Westboro Baptist Church or Manny Pacquiao.

[andy-hughes]

AOG - //andy-hughes

/// The Mayor has decided that this type of advertising is inappropriate for the citizens of London - not the Muslim citizens of London - so where does his faith play a part? ///

Because he is of the Muslim faith, and their thinking on certain matters are sometimes in opposition to most of western minds. //

No argument there - but my point to Khandro is that there is no indication that Mayor Khan's thinking is influenced by his faith, any more than it would be in any other decision he makes.

Not having a faith, I cannot speak for how much, little, or it at all, his faith influenced him here - but my point is, there is no indication of it, except in Khandro's fertile imagination.

//I am sure that if the Archbishop of Canterbury or even the Pope had demanded that these adverts should be banned, the posts by some on this thread, would show an entirely different view. //

But that is not comparable.

Both those gentlemen - by virtue of their religious status and position - can speak only from a religious point of view, and no other, whereas Mayor Khan speaks as the Mayor - and no religious input appears involved.

[sp1814]

Ellipsis

All those adverts can adorn buses and tubes without using pictures which belong in lads mags.

[wolf63]

I know that these adverts attracted negative comments and action was started to have them removed - that was well before Sadiq Khan in his current job.

[Mamyalynne]

AOG, the Abercrombie & Fat image was from a blogger aimed at Abercrombie &Fitch selling clothes for slim people - hardly likely to be seen on a bus or on the tube.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2328513/Mock-Abercrombie--Fitch-ad-featuring-plus-size-blogger-latest-hit-retailers-beautiful-customer-policy.html