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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday April 09 2017, @06:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the no-soup-for-you dept.

What is “lunch shaming?” It happens when a child can’t pay a school lunch bill.

In Alabama, a child short on funds was stamped on the arm with “I Need Lunch Money.” In some schools, children are forced to clean cafeteria tables in front of their peers to pay the debt. Other schools require cafeteria workers to take a child’s hot food and throw it in the trash if he doesn’t have the money to pay for it.

In what its supporters say is the first such legislation in the country, New Mexico has outlawed shaming children whose parents are behind on school lunch payments.

Source: The New York Times


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 09 2017, @09:17PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 09 2017, @09:17PM (#491327)

    then please curtail the lobbyests that keep demanding that this is allowed to happen.

    nothing it not untouched by the taint of marketing and corporate forces. if there is a feed trough, the *pigs* will be there. but its not food, it's money.

  • (Score: 2) by fliptop on Sunday April 09 2017, @09:22PM (4 children)

    by fliptop (1666) on Sunday April 09 2017, @09:22PM (#491331) Journal

    nothing it not untouched by the taint of marketing and corporate forces

    Are you suggesting the government can't even follow their own advice? If what you've said is true, then why aren't Pepsi and potato chips part of the FDA's recommendations in the 1st place?

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    Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 09 2017, @09:31PM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 09 2017, @09:31PM (#491337)

      If what you've said is true, then why aren't Pepsi and potato chips part of the FDA's recommendations in the 1st place?

      Stupid geek logic:
      Everything in life is either 100% or 0%.
      There is no in between.
      And it never ever happens that something can be more than one thing at a time.
      Oh yeah, systemic effects don't exist either. If its not explicit, it doesn't exist.

      Stupid Food Justice Warriors!

      • (Score: 1, Redundant) by fliptop on Sunday April 09 2017, @09:52PM (2 children)

        by fliptop (1666) on Sunday April 09 2017, @09:52PM (#491345) Journal

        Everything in life is either 100% or 0%. There is no in between.

        Stupid government logic:

        Here's what you should be eating.
        Here's some free money to buy food.
        When we give you this free money we don't care whether you're following our recommendations.

        That's it for me AC's, either post w/ your nic or piss off. Because I'm done feeding you.

        --
        Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @01:31AM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @01:31AM (#491423)

          That's it for me AC's, either post w/ your nic or piss off. Because I'm done feeding you.

          Feeding us what?
          Lines to make fun of you with?

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @01:53AM

            by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @01:53AM (#491434)

            I think he may have flipped his top! Left to the tender mercies of the ACs! Can you imagine a worse fate? Almost as bad as being shamed for not having lunch money when you are just a child.