"McDonald's marketing has the effect of conscripting America's children into an unpaid drone army of word-of-mouth marketers, causing them to nag their parents to bring them to McDonald's," CSPI's
What the what?!
I am pretty sure a plastic toy that gets thrown out 2 weeks after the fact is not the downfall of society. Nor is it causing childhood obesity. I am also fairly certain that this
isn't causing our children to become an "army of drones."
What is it doing? Giving moms 2 seconds of peace and quiet in the backseat of the car. That's what.
CSPI, leave our Happy Meal toys alone or you're going to have an uprising of 5 year olds everywhere. And let me tell you, 5 year olds fight dirty.
8 comments:
You have a label for douchebags!!! What a load of crap? I wish I could pay myself a salary for that kind of shineola!
I am guessing they think that the toys influence the kids to want unhealthy fast food....hmmmmm....like they eat the stuff everyday..... Besides, I'm with ya on this one...too much nonsense suing going on AND my kids LOVED the toys! They are all teenagers now, but I totally plan on taking my grandbabies to McD's someday and gettin them the Happy Meal....cuz it makes them 'happy'!!
This is soooo ridiculous I don't even know where to begin... Pffttttttttttt...
Glad you posted about it. My dad had told me but I thought maybe he was making it up. Are they also going to sue Yopleit for using Shreik, Deigo, and Dora, for getting kids to eat "healthy"? What about all the cereal companies? Oh my...the list could go on and on...isn't this the whole stinking point to "marketing" and "advertising"...like the other reader says...McDonald's isn't something we feed our kids everyday. And if someone COULD look into it I bet his/her spouse does the same thing for his/her kids...I'm just sayin'....McDonalds is NOT the downfall of our Country for sure. Bigger issues people...Bigger issues.
Weasels. And actually, half the time, we just buy the toys. So what does that say about their promotion?
What next? I think these people need something wlse to do & worry about.
Excuse me while I step up on my soapbox......
The douchebags are just STUPID. And what is even sadder? They don't even realize how stupid they sound. Just another frivoulous lawsuit in a "sue" happy society that expects a handout when they don't want to take responsibility for their own actions.
Stepping down from the soapbox now.
That is totally ridiculous! Personally I dislike the toys in the happy meals only because we get 3 at a time and they wind up all over the place - but I would never sue McDonalds. And every once in awhile, they have some really good toys!!!
Love the pic of your boy...it is great!
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