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Originally Posted by The Adult Broker
yep, they target the kids and the parents have to bring the kids to the place and they end up eating it too.
Good thing my 4 year got horribly sick on McDonald's last year and heaved for like 2 hours. Now she hates McD's and refuses to go! 
Same thing with Burger King kids meal. She threw that one up too, all over her bed. What was a $3 meal ended up costing me $200 in new bedding, but she will never eat at McD or BK again so it was worth it! |
kids... that was an issue that changed my opinion about "personal accountability" - mcdonalds (and not only mcdonalds) spends billions in marketing to children. their business is built on selling as much shitty and harmful food as possible to little kids. i dont believe that a 5 year old is making a choice he can be held responsible for. although i am quite conservative in my views, i dont believe that same child who was taught all his life that mainlining fat and sugar is an acceptable food choice and has health issues because of it should be 100% accountable. i believe there has to be some shared responsibility.
the other interesting point the movie made was the total amount of advertising that exists to market shitty food (particularly to children) and the simple fact that it is just not possible to counter that with any real campaign. how do you teach your kid that its all shit when he/she is bombarded all day everyday with messages that its ok, that its fun, etc etc etc.
i began to believe that these companies should be held accountable in some way. i began to ask myself "whats the difference in telling a 5 year old that it is ok to smoke 1 cigarrette a day and telling a 5 year old that its ok to eat a superdose of saturated fats and sugar for a meal"? its the same thing in my opinion.
how embarrassing is it to be the fattest nation on earth and watch a documentary showing kids eating candy bars, pizza and coca cola for lunch at a public school?