This was on the news over the weekend:
http://www.slashfood.com/2010/03/29/act ... tirement/2
This kind of thing just gets me riled up. I have no problem with "activists" stating their opinion, writing articles and books, boycotting what they don't like, and trying to persuade, in the marketplace of ideas, that something like Ronald McDonald is bad. However, inevitably, these pukes try to force their demented "do as I say" mentality down everyone's throats via legislation. They want an outright ban.
They want to make it illegal for McDonald's to use their clown mascot to advertise their product. I mean... WTF? You just knew this road was going to be traveled when we sat back and let these freaks make Joe Camel illegal...
Ban Ronald McDonald?
-
Coito ergo sum
- Posts: 32040
- Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 2:03 pm
- Contact:
Re: Ban Ronald McDonald?
They should just make the doors to all fast food places really narrow ....
Give me the wine , I don't need the bread
-
Gawdzilla Sama
- Stabsobermaschinist
- Posts: 151265
- Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:24 am
- About me: My posts are related to the thread in the same way Gliese 651b is related to your mother's underwear drawer.
- Location: Sitting next to Ayaan in Domus Draconis, and communicating via PMs.
- Contact:
Re: Ban Ronald McDonald?
Without places like McDonald's fewer people would be overweight and likely to die sooner. So McD's doing a public service by thinning out the population. 
If they need Ronnie to do that, mo' powah to them.
Anyway, I blame Darwin.
If they need Ronnie to do that, mo' powah to them.Anyway, I blame Darwin.
Ein Ubootsoldat wrote:“Ich melde mich ab. Grüssen Sie bitte meine Kameraden.”
-
AshtonBlack
- Tech Monkey
- Posts: 7773
- Joined: Mon Mar 09, 2009 8:01 pm
- Location: <insert witty joke locaction here>
- Contact:
Re: Ban Ronald McDonald?
No don't ban, that would be a free speech issue. Just ban advertising aimed at kids, including product placement in films and TV. Not all that hard.
If McD's didn't target that demographic, it wouldn't use Ronald, that's for fucking sure.
If McD's didn't target that demographic, it wouldn't use Ronald, that's for fucking sure.
10 Fuck Off
20 GOTO 10
Ashton Black wrote:"Dogma is the enemy, not religion, per se. Rationality, genuine empathy and intellectual integrity are anathema to dogma."
-
Coito ergo sum
- Posts: 32040
- Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 2:03 pm
- Contact:
Re: Ban Ronald McDonald?
LOL!AshtonBlack wrote:No don't ban, that would be a free speech issue. Just ban advertising aimed at kids, including product placement in films and TV. Not all that hard.
If McD's didn't target that demographic, it wouldn't use Ronald, that's for fucking sure.
"just ban advertising aimed at kids" - like clowns?
-
Gawdzilla Sama
- Stabsobermaschinist
- Posts: 151265
- Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:24 am
- About me: My posts are related to the thread in the same way Gliese 651b is related to your mother's underwear drawer.
- Location: Sitting next to Ayaan in Domus Draconis, and communicating via PMs.
- Contact:
Re: Ban Ronald McDonald?
Ban "Peeps" adverts! Shit-load of sugar in those things.Coito ergo sum wrote:LOL!AshtonBlack wrote:No don't ban, that would be a free speech issue. Just ban advertising aimed at kids, including product placement in films and TV. Not all that hard.
If McD's didn't target that demographic, it wouldn't use Ronald, that's for fucking sure.
"just ban advertising aimed at kids" - like clowns?
(Waits for Bella.
)Ein Ubootsoldat wrote:“Ich melde mich ab. Grüssen Sie bitte meine Kameraden.”
-
Coito ergo sum
- Posts: 32040
- Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 2:03 pm
- Contact:
Re: Ban Ronald McDonald?
Save Ronald!
'cuz the chicks dig him!
'cuz the chicks dig him!
-
Coito ergo sum
- Posts: 32040
- Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 2:03 pm
- Contact:
Re: Ban Ronald McDonald?
Ban advertisements for automobiles - kids see them and then want cars - cars kill people and harm the environment.Gawdzilla wrote:Ban "Peeps" adverts! Shit-load of sugar in those things.Coito ergo sum wrote:LOL!AshtonBlack wrote:No don't ban, that would be a free speech issue. Just ban advertising aimed at kids, including product placement in films and TV. Not all that hard.
If McD's didn't target that demographic, it wouldn't use Ronald, that's for fucking sure.
"just ban advertising aimed at kids" - like clowns?
(Waits for Bella.
Ban advertisements for video games aimed at kids - huge cause of obesity...
-
AshtonBlack
- Tech Monkey
- Posts: 7773
- Joined: Mon Mar 09, 2009 8:01 pm
- Location: <insert witty joke locaction here>
- Contact:
Re: Ban Ronald McDonald?
No...... McD use Ronald to sell more shit. Fine. Not a problem. But the advertisements for them were (at least in Britain) aimed squarely at the pre-teen demographic, eg Saturday Morning TV. Over here now, research into the issue has been unclear and contested (surprise surprise, by Advertisers), but from the Ofcom report here:Coito ergo sum wrote:LOL!AshtonBlack wrote:No don't ban, that would be a free speech issue. Just ban advertising aimed at kids, including product placement in films and TV. Not all that hard.
If McD's didn't target that demographic, it wouldn't use Ronald, that's for fucking sure.
"just ban advertising aimed at kids" - like clowns?
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/rep ... od_ads/#36
TV has a "modest" effect on HFSS (High Fat Salt Sugar) product's attractiveness on a child's choice.
10 Fuck Off
20 GOTO 10
Ashton Black wrote:"Dogma is the enemy, not religion, per se. Rationality, genuine empathy and intellectual integrity are anathema to dogma."
-
Coito ergo sum
- Posts: 32040
- Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 2:03 pm
- Contact:
Re: Ban Ronald McDonald?
You seem to be taking it as a given that it is appropriate for the government to be concerned with the fat, salt and sugar intake of its free citizens....AshtonBlack wrote:No...... McD use Ronald to sell more shit. Fine. Not a problem. But the advertisements for them were (at least in Britain) aimed squarely at the pre-teen demographic, eg Saturday Morning TV. Over here now, research into the issue has been unclear and contested (surprise surprise, by Advertisers), but from the Ofcom report here:Coito ergo sum wrote:LOL!AshtonBlack wrote:No don't ban, that would be a free speech issue. Just ban advertising aimed at kids, including product placement in films and TV. Not all that hard.
If McD's didn't target that demographic, it wouldn't use Ronald, that's for fucking sure.
"just ban advertising aimed at kids" - like clowns?
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/rep ... od_ads/#36
TV has a "modest" effect on HFSS (High Fat Salt Sugar) product's attractiveness on a child's choice.
-
leo-rcc
- Robo-Warrior
- Posts: 7848
- Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:09 pm
- About me: Combat robot builder
- Location: Hoogvliet-Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Contact:
Re: Ban Ronald McDonald?
I don't think Ronald McDonald should be banned.
Best regards,
Leo van Miert
My combat robot site: http://www.team-rcc.org
My other favorite atheist forum: http://www.atheistforums.org
Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you
Leo van Miert
My combat robot site: http://www.team-rcc.org
My other favorite atheist forum: http://www.atheistforums.org
Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you
-
RuleBritannia
- Cupid is a cunt!
- Posts: 1630
- Joined: Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:55 pm
- About me: About you
- Location: The Machine
- Contact:
Re: Ban Ronald McDonald?
Except children aren't free citizens. Children are censorsed from many different things for their own good, and advertisers purposefully manipulate them for commercial gain.Coito ergo sum wrote:You seem to be taking it as a given that it is appropriate for the government to be concerned with the fat, salt and sugar intake of its free citizens....AshtonBlack wrote:No...... McD use Ronald to sell more shit. Fine. Not a problem. But the advertisements for them were (at least in Britain) aimed squarely at the pre-teen demographic, eg Saturday Morning TV. Over here now, research into the issue has been unclear and contested (surprise surprise, by Advertisers), but from the Ofcom report here:Coito ergo sum wrote:LOL!AshtonBlack wrote:No don't ban, that would be a free speech issue. Just ban advertising aimed at kids, including product placement in films and TV. Not all that hard.
If McD's didn't target that demographic, it wouldn't use Ronald, that's for fucking sure.
"just ban advertising aimed at kids" - like clowns?
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/rep ... od_ads/#36
TV has a "modest" effect on HFSS (High Fat Salt Sugar) product's attractiveness on a child's choice.
RuleBritannia © MMXI
Re: Ban Ronald McDonald?
Mc D Disney and Nestle .... It's evil I tell you EVILERuleBritannia wrote:Except children aren't free citizens. Children are censorsed from many different things for their own good, and advertisers purposefully manipulate them for commercial gain.Coito ergo sum wrote:You seem to be taking it as a given that it is appropriate for the government to be concerned with the fat, salt and sugar intake of its free citizens....AshtonBlack wrote:No...... McD use Ronald to sell more shit. Fine. Not a problem. But the advertisements for them were (at least in Britain) aimed squarely at the pre-teen demographic, eg Saturday Morning TV. Over here now, research into the issue has been unclear and contested (surprise surprise, by Advertisers), but from the Ofcom report here:Coito ergo sum wrote:LOL!AshtonBlack wrote:No don't ban, that would be a free speech issue. Just ban advertising aimed at kids, including product placement in films and TV. Not all that hard.
If McD's didn't target that demographic, it wouldn't use Ronald, that's for fucking sure.
"just ban advertising aimed at kids" - like clowns?
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/rep ... od_ads/#36
TV has a "modest" effect on HFSS (High Fat Salt Sugar) product's attractiveness on a child's choice.
Give me the wine , I don't need the bread
-
AshtonBlack
- Tech Monkey
- Posts: 7773
- Joined: Mon Mar 09, 2009 8:01 pm
- Location: <insert witty joke locaction here>
- Contact:
Re: Ban Ronald McDonald?
Not really, but we prosecute parents who refuse to school a child. The government takes an interest.Coito ergo sum wrote:You seem to be taking it as a given that it is appropriate for the government to be concerned with the fat, salt and sugar intake of its free citizens....AshtonBlack wrote:No...... McD use Ronald to sell more shit. Fine. Not a problem. But the advertisements for them were (at least in Britain) aimed squarely at the pre-teen demographic, eg Saturday Morning TV. Over here now, research into the issue has been unclear and contested (surprise surprise, by Advertisers), but from the Ofcom report here:Coito ergo sum wrote:LOL!AshtonBlack wrote:No don't ban, that would be a free speech issue. Just ban advertising aimed at kids, including product placement in films and TV. Not all that hard.
If McD's didn't target that demographic, it wouldn't use Ronald, that's for fucking sure.
"just ban advertising aimed at kids" - like clowns?
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/rep ... od_ads/#36
TV has a "modest" effect on HFSS (High Fat Salt Sugar) product's attractiveness on a child's choice.
We don't play horror flicks on a Saturday Morning. The government takes an interest.
Advertisers know full well that "pester power" is a genuine business strategy and will try to get the most profit from it.
You may say, "Ahh well it's the parents fault for being weak willed and giving into their brats."
So can we rely on people to do the right thing with reference to family nutrition? That is the option we have now.
It just makes sense to me, to reduce the exposure of children to this type of advertising.
I will concede, it is a contentious topic and no studies either way seem to be conclusive.
How would you combat child hood obesity? Or would you let nature take it's course and do nothing?
Last edited by AshtonBlack on Mon Apr 05, 2010 2:43 pm, edited 1 time in total.
10 Fuck Off
20 GOTO 10
Ashton Black wrote:"Dogma is the enemy, not religion, per se. Rationality, genuine empathy and intellectual integrity are anathema to dogma."
Re: Ban Ronald McDonald?
AshtonBlack wrote:How would you combat child hood obesity?
Hunting with Dogs
Give me the wine , I don't need the bread
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 13 guests