I was using the scene to illustrate the power of marketing these days, I realise that in the US capitalism is next to godliness but it's got to the point where corporations have the power to make the consumers want their products even if they will kill them in the long term. I mean does anybody really think that the Monster Burger is a good idea for anyone to eat? (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/11/18/wburg18.xml )
In the UK there are plans to stop all junk food being advertised before 9pm at night, which I think is an excellent idea. Kids are far too easily influenced and once they have bought into the lie the companies have them for life. BTW, as a Buddhist I'm an atheist too :) -----Original Message----- From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 November 2004 21:44 To: CF-Community Subject: RE: now the truly important news Honestly I see nothing wrong with children recognizing Ronald more than Jesus. Are we up because the Christian church have worse marketing than McDonalds (as an atheist I actually consider both entities business organizations)? Macdonald's job, as a business, is to provide a service people want. It's the consumer's job to regulate their usage of that service. You can make an argument if they are misleading people, but I don't see how they have. Jim Davis -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Putterill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 11:37 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: now the truly important news I agree with most of what you say, but McDonalds and the like have to take some responsibility for causing people to want their food through their marketing - particularly when it's aimed at kids. There is a very telling scene in Supersize me where children are shown pictures and asked if they know who the person is, they failed to identify Jesus but all recognised Ronald McDonald immediately. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137301 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
