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States _in the US_ are lining up to outlaw lab-grown meat.

gruez 3y ago
1. Colloquially "states" usually refer to the constituent polities of the US, rather than countries (ie. "nation states"). 2. This isn't limited to US states. Countries in the EU have either enacted or are planning to enact such bans. >In the EU, the controversy over cultured meat is searing. The European Commission is considering whether a ban introduced by Italy’s conservative government breaches the rules of the internal market. Since the ban was imposed last November, 11 other countries have lined up to defend “real” meat. A note from the Italian, French and Austrian delegations to the agriculture and fisheries council on January 23rd claimed the lab-grown variety threatens the “very heart of the European farming model”. They managed to corral eight other delegations in support. https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/02/15/europe-decides-it-doesnt-like-lab-grown-meat-before-its-tried-it https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/02/15/europe-decides-i...
- defrost 3y ago
  > 1. Colloquially "states" usually refer to the constituent polities of the US .. That's pretty parochial .. of course central north americans think that.
  - swatcoder 3y ago
    Wired readers are prepared to assume that, as the editor who wrote the headline knows.
    - defrost 3y ago
      Works for a US centric magazine, sure - just as Crikey readers would have a different take away. Point being made by the user ramraj07 above is that in a global forum such things often require clarification, many countries have states, and many countries refer to other countries as states.
      - swatcoder 3y ago
        It's a US magazine writing a headline for US readers and international readers who are aware of its context, being posted a site that requires verbatim use of article headlines. If somebody posts a BBC article about chips, we don't need to have a whole discussion about word choice. Even for those who don't automatically contextualize those things, it takes about 3 seconds to sort it out.
        defrost 3y ago
        > If somebody posts a BBC article about chips, then someone invariably steps in and translates the cooking tempreture to Fahrenheit, and someone else points out that cars in the UK drive on the left it it's relevant. > we don't need to have a whole discussion about ... differences between countries, and yet, consistently, we do.
  - klyrs 3y ago
    Northern North Americans are good with that, we've got provinces and territories.
    - defrost 3y ago
      True dat. In the Southern North Americas though, in the United Mexican States, many don't use English as first language. Of course many do and would have newspapers discussing what the various States are up to.
  - pjerem 3y ago
    No, in Europe we don’t use « state » because there is no federation. We use « country » and some countries does have subdivisions but apart Switzerland’s « cantons », they are rarely as autonomous as US’s « states ». There are other countries with states in the world though, like India iirc.
ThePowerOfFuet 3y ago
Are you implying the existence of civilization outside of the United States of America? Preposterous!

1. Colloquially "states" usually refer to the constituent polities of the US, rather than countries (ie. "nation states"). 2. This isn't limited to US states. Countries in the EU have either enacted or are planning to enact such bans. >In the EU, the controversy over cultured meat is searing. The European Commission is considering whether a ban introduced by Italy’s conservative government breaches the rules of the internal market. Since the ban was imposed last November, 11 other countries have lined up to defend “real” meat. A note from the Italian, French and Austrian delegations to the agriculture and fisheries council on January 23rd claimed the lab-grown variety threatens the “very heart of the European farming model”. They managed to corral eight other delegations in support. https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/02/15/europe-decides-it-doesnt-like-lab-grown-meat-before-its-tried-it https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/02/15/europe-decides-i...

defrost 3y ago
> 1. Colloquially "states" usually refer to the constituent polities of the US .. That's pretty parochial .. of course central north americans think that.
- swatcoder 3y ago
  Wired readers are prepared to assume that, as the editor who wrote the headline knows.
  - defrost 3y ago
    Works for a US centric magazine, sure - just as Crikey readers would have a different take away. Point being made by the user ramraj07 above is that in a global forum such things often require clarification, many countries have states, and many countries refer to other countries as states.
    - swatcoder 3y ago
      It's a US magazine writing a headline for US readers and international readers who are aware of its context, being posted a site that requires verbatim use of article headlines. If somebody posts a BBC article about chips, we don't need to have a whole discussion about word choice. Even for those who don't automatically contextualize those things, it takes about 3 seconds to sort it out.
      - defrost 3y ago
        > If somebody posts a BBC article about chips, then someone invariably steps in and translates the cooking tempreture to Fahrenheit, and someone else points out that cars in the UK drive on the left it it's relevant. > we don't need to have a whole discussion about ... differences between countries, and yet, consistently, we do.
- klyrs 3y ago
  Northern North Americans are good with that, we've got provinces and territories.
  - defrost 3y ago
    True dat. In the Southern North Americas though, in the United Mexican States, many don't use English as first language. Of course many do and would have newspapers discussing what the various States are up to.
- pjerem 3y ago
  No, in Europe we don’t use « state » because there is no federation. We use « country » and some countries does have subdivisions but apart Switzerland’s « cantons », they are rarely as autonomous as US’s « states ». There are other countries with states in the world though, like India iirc.

ThePowerOfFuet 3y ago

Are you implying the existence of civilization outside of the United States of America? Preposterous!