Look away Antonio

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https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/nov/04/italy-first-vegetarian-city-turin-residents-divided-meat-free

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

This is a serious proposal? Good God.

[dead0man]

Kids have to bring their own toilet paper to school in Italy?

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Nanny state going waaaay too far.

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

what the christ

[RFayette]

Ayyy

[Ban my account ffs!]

Watch out for the green menace.  They want to choke you with kale and kill you for the co2 you exhale.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Oh for f**k's sake.

And Turin is actually the city I lived in as a kid, so you were twice right to mention me, Crabcake.

The M5S is a complete joke. I hope Renzi OBLITERATES them by 2018.

[Grand Wizard Lizard of the Klan]

Well, promoting vegetarian diet is not really that stupid idea although making such controversy and discussion never helps the cause.

[DavidB.]

Wow, M5FF! The type of idealistic, progressive leadership I love!

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Movement Five Star were probably pissed the media were labeling them as 'populist' and so decided to do something that was the opposite of popular.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

so, uh, what's the actual problem with this?

[Simfan34]

What exactly is the proposal here? Do they plan to ban the sale of meat on the "meat free day", or just encourage students and government workers to not eat meat? Most of this sounds rather anodyne, except, I suppose, the bit about filling kids heads with "animal rights" propaganda (animal welfare would be one thing, e.g. "don't kick dogs"...).

But what's this about toilet paper?!

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

so, uh, what's the actual problem with this?

none really, except for the fact it's very off the wall and I instantly thought it would se the cat amongst the pigeons.

[Cubby]

From what I've read about the 5 Star Movement, I am not impressed. They're generally socially liberal, but they seem very half-assed about their policies, as this article makes clear.

The fact that the party was founded by a comedian makes me think Beppe Grillo is the Italian Jon Stewart.

Also, and I hate to be so clueless, what are the red objects from Puglia in the picture halfway through the article? The sign says "a Casse 0.50 Euros"

[palandio]

Diversely formed tomatoes. ;-)

And yes, the most impressive thing about the 5 Star Movement is that it is the only major European populist outfit that manages to be both left-wing and right-wing and neither left nor right, but still fringe.

[AltRightGangsta]

so, uh, what's the actual problem with this?

The people of this city will be weaker, dumber, and deficient of key nutrients such as iron, zinc, creatine, and Vitamin B12.

[angus]

"...The exact details of Appendino’s five-year plan have yet to be fleshed out..."

groan. 

My son is at the age where he has discovered the joy of making bad puns.  I have to put up with this sort of thing all the time lately.