Blank speaking of Hindoos getting Westernized, they just won a Vegitarian lawsuit against McDonalds...how "western" is that? LOL!
McDonald's To Pay US$10 Million In French Fry Settlement http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200505221465.htm CALIFORNIA, May 22, 2005: Fast food giant McDonald's will pay US$10 million to 24 groups as part of a settlement of lawsuits charging that it had misled Hindu and vegetarian consumers by "wrongly describing" its French fries, containing beef additive for flavouring, as vegetarian. The 24 groups were approved by a US court, after a Seattle Lawyer Harish Bharti, filed a class-action lawsuit against the company, accusing the chain of deception in its claims of cooking fries in 100 per cent vegetable oil. The maximum compensation of $1.4 million, or 14 per cent of the award, was for Vegetarian Resource Group, followed by $1 million for North American Vegetarian Society. Other groups include Muslim Consumer Group for Food Products ($100,000), International American Gita Society ($50,000), Hindu Heritage Endowment ($250,000), Council of Hindu Temples of North America ($200,000), Guru Harkrishan Institute of Sikh Studies ($50,000), Hindu Students Council ($500,000), Jewish Community Centres Association ($200,000) and Tufts University ($850,000). The funds are intended to provide education and research into a healthy vegetarian diet as well as religious dietary laws and restrictions. Muslim and Jewish groups were included because the undisclosed beef additive was neither halal or kosher. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
