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Originally Posted by Cheese
they suggested on the radio program that is meant for all fast food joints, they just used McDonald's as the prime example. They are abhored, as I am, at the blatant advertising towards our youth and the fact that they have no idea what it is they are consuming. They point at McDonalds for using toys and playgrounds to get kids in to eat their crap followed by jumbo Mom and Pop following up with a Big Mac and extra large fries.
I guess if a family eats at Moxies once a month its not going to kill them, although they may feel bloated and full of gas for the next week, but there are a TON of people who use the drive thru at various fast food joints multiple times per week.
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Nutrition information is made available though at restaurant locations and online, so it's not like they are hiding anything. Additionally, eating a hamburger at McDonalds is not going to kill you if it is done in moderation, and everyone knows this. I don't understand why people are incapable of taking responsibility for their actions. Ads may entice a consumer to purchase a certain product, but they don't infringe on that consumer's free will. If someone chooses to have a poor diet, then that is on them and no one else.
At any rate, this ad is pretty brutal. It would be one thing if they were advocating eating healthier, but they aren't. They are advocating that eating meat is wrong and are lying that a vegetarian diet is healthier. Had they ended this ridiculous ad by saying something like "Tonight, make it in your kitchen" rather than "make it vegetarian" then I could attempt to look past their alarmist views and consider their message. For some reason, the vegan/vegetarian groups are among the most smug, dishonest people around.