What a Kroc of shit :) On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), has announced > it will sue McDonalds unless the fast-food franchise stops using toys > to market its Happy Meals to children. > > This morning, CSPI notified McDonalds that we will file a lawsuit > against the company unless it stops using toys to beguile young > children, said Executive Director Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D.. > > We contend that tempting kids with toys is unfair and deceptive both > to kids who dont understand the concept of advertising and to their > parents who have to put up with their nagging children, > > There is a matter of corporate responsibility as well as personal > responsibility, he said. Parents have a responsibility. This is an > instance where this corporation has decided to try to go around the > parents and market straight to the kids to bribe the kids to come. > > Theyre deliberately trying to supplant parental authority and > parental responsibility by turning these kids into little screaming > viral marketers sitting in the backseat demanding to go to McDonalds > to get some cheap piece of plastic, > > > > So much for personal responsibility. They pay lip service to it, but > are completely ignoring it in the rush to help build a nanny state. > > If happy meals are bad for your kid, don't buy them. If they complain, > man up and be a parent. > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > > J > > === > > The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrant > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:321776 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
