re: London mayor bans 'unrealistic body images' from transport advertising

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London's new mayor, Sadiq Khan, has announced that advertisements that portray "unhealthy or unrealistic body images" are to be banned from the city's public transport.

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Which is it, unhealthy or unrealistic?

Is it just bad to have a nice rack and a pretty face and be skinny, or are plain women that are thin ok?

I think it's dumb either way, but "unrealistic" is crossing the line... Who will determine that? And it's obviously not unrealistic if it is an actual picture. It's possible to have an attractive body.

You know what else is "unrealistic", this picture:
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No matter how hard you try you probably won't be this good at soccer, just like most women won't be that girl on the add. Should we protect all these poor young boys from aspiring to be something they cannot?

Is the mayor going to be upset when his son sucks at soccer and has to see David Beckam adds on the subway? Will it kill his self esteem

Where can this lead is my concern... Every inch given is much harder to take back, and likely leads to giving up more ground.

My opinion: whether religious or not, with his upbringing or his people's ideals/beliefs ads like this are offensive and (like in his people's homeland) he doesn't want his daughter exposed to it.
My issue is this is accepted in western culture and you are in London for a reason. whether it was his parents or theirs before, they left. Now you are here trying to push your old ways on a free people. Trying to influence it towards his ideals, which obviously arent working too well elsewhere. People in Islamic states are currently hauling arse to get away from themselves. Then they try to turn where they run to into where they came from

People better stand their ground before it's too late.

Political correctness may prove to be a much Bigger threat to the future of the free world than terrorism could ever dream to be

London has a Muslim mayor.

The Muslim influence is overwhelming and even Londoners recognize this. The election of the Muslim mayor is the beginning of the end for a great city.


Sit tight and keep pretending it's all good in the hood.

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Been a Muslim shithole a long time... Why is this a surprise to you?

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Was just down there yesterday and will be back Friday

Didn't see any hoards of Muslims roaming around. If Britain doesn't vote to leave the EU at the rate its going. London will become an Eastern European shite hole long before a Muslim one.

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And you don't see that as a troubling statistic?

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Of course it is but its not a Muslim city and won't be especially with the way immigration is right now.

If your city is currently over 10% Muslim, the game is already over.

To be clear, it's all public city owned transit, private transit can do whatever. Healthy body image is an important message, but it shouldn't contribute to obesity. You should still be able to be in a bikini but not anorexic

The mayor should tackle the problem of London's exploding Muslim population before worrying about such trivial matters as this one.

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The mayor should tackle the problem of London's exploding Muslim population before worrying about such trivial matters as this one.

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You do know its Polish, Romanians and other eastern Europeans flooding into London in greater numbers than Muslims. Its much harder for a person from SW Asia to move to Britain now than a person from the EU who can just walk in unchecked.