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On Fri, 19 Jul 1996, HotSex wrote:

> McDonalds spend a fortune on advertisements, trying to cultivate an image
> of being a "caring" and "green'. company that is also a fun place to eat.
> Children are lured in (dragging their parents behind them) with the promise 
> of "free" toys and other gimmicks. But behind the smiling face of 
> Ronald McDonald lies the reality McDonald's only interest is money, making
> profits from whoever and whatever they can.

Is this not the idea of running a company - to attract customers, and 
make a profit? I may only have done basic commerce subjects - but this 
appeared to be the intent!

> Starving The Poor
> 
> While millions of people are starving, vast areas of land in poor
> countries are used for cattle ranching
> or to grow grain to feed animals to be eaten in the West. McDonald's
> continually promote meat
> products, encouraging people to eat meat more often, which wastes more and
> more food resources.
> 145 million tons of grain fed to livestock produces only 21 million tons
> of meat and by-products. On
> a vegetarian diet Britain could easily be self-sufficient in food.

 And we would have missed out on all the Mad Cow Jokes
 
> Ruining Your Health
> 
> McDonald's promote their food as "healthy", but the reality is that it is
> high in fat, sugar and salt, and
> lowin fibre and vitamins. A diet of this type is linked with a greater
> risk of heart disease, cancer,
> diabetes and other diseases. Their food also contains many chemical
> additives, some of which may
> cause ill health, and hyperactivity in children. Don't forget too that
> meat is the cause of the majority of
> food poisoning incidents. In 1991 McDonald's were responsible for an
> outbreak of food poisoning
> in the UK, in which people suffered serious kidney failure.

  I think that we already know all of this - and it actually makes me 
want to go to Maccas more - MORE GREASE - I NEED MORE GREASE!

> Murdering Animals > 
> The menus of the burger chains are based on the torture and murder of
> millions of animals. Most are
> intensively farmed, with no access to fresh air and sunshine, and no
> freedom of movement. Their
> deaths are barbaric - "humane slaughter" is a myth. We have the choice to
> eat meat or not, but the
> 750 million animals massacred for food in Britain each year have no choice
> at all.

  So are the menus of nearly every restaurant in the world - this is not 
an argument just against McDonalds - you should also be taking this up 
with Buckingham Palace - as well as eating whole cows in one meal, they 
go out and shoot other cute furry thing while on holidays!

> Exploiting Their Staff > 

  It still remains - All staff have a choice whether or not they work at 
McD's - there is always the unemployment benefit you know

WE LOVE McDonalds - It's what everyone around the world keeps saying - 
it's time!!!