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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 01:16 PM Original message |
McDonald's defends advertising to children |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. He totally spun "the right to advertise" to the "right to feed children McDonald's food". |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Although there IS a strong case to be made that it constitutes child abuse, |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I suggest you try to make the case that feeding children McDonald's food is child abuse. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I think both cases are rather strong. |
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yella_dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. Advertising is indefensible. |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. Wait, what?! "Parents are responsible for deciding.." but McD's has a right to target the KIDS? n/t |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Haha! Actually, we've ceded them the privilege of brainwashing our children. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
7. It's the American way |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
8. Some socialistic countries in Europe ban this. Advertising goes much further than simple tv ads |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
10. Vance Packard wrote "The Hidden Persuaders" more than 50 years ago. |
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