McDonald's illicit partnership with Unicef exposed
Another vulgar example of McDonald's trying to hoodwink the public by hook or by crook, and this time, they have shamelessly created a partnership with Unicef. Of course, it is not because they genuinely and truly love children, it's all a scam to fool the young public and their families.
This “unholy union” was exposed by EarthRights International and NGOs associated with the Alliance for a Corporate Free UN in a satirical street drama staged outside the Unicef Headquarters in New York City this week.
During the "ceremony", Missy vowed to obey her future husband so long as he continued to hand over the dosh. This is exactly what's happening in real life where McDonald's will continue to contribute to children's charities run by Unicef if these efforts can create a wholesome, warm and wonderful children-loving façade.
It sucks because -- McDonald's is getting away with this in nearly 120 countries, for 47 years, with a total workforce of 1.5 million people, which is equivalent to the population of Brussels.
It really sucks because Hong Kong, being such a small place, has more than 150 McDonalds outlets, with more than 500,000 customers daily and 9000 employees.
It really really sucks because we let ourselves be the suckers, willing to be mesmerised by the golden arches, their meal toy scams, and their lowest standard of food one can get.
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McDonalds is absolutely not the saviour. That is so true, and it is, frankly, criminal for any large corporation to be so involved with any charity, regardless of that charity's "audience." However, I was struck by this particular passage in the New York Times article about the teenagers who are suing McDonald's:
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At the heart of the lawsuit brought by Ms. Pelman and Ms. Bradley is whether McDonald's is responsible for their obesity because it did not provide the necessary information about the health risks associated with its meals. If their lawyer, Samuel Hirsch, makes it to trial with the suit, he hopes to turn it into a class action on behalf of all New York children under age 18 who claim health problems they say resulted from eating at McDonald's.
The company's lawyers argued yesterday that the case did not even warrant the court's attention, saying the matter was really about common sense and individual responsibility.
"Every responsible person understands what is in products such as hamburgers and fries, as well as the consequences to one's waistline, and potentially to one's health, of excessively eating those foods over a prolonged period of time," the lawyers wrote in their motion to have the case dismissed.
Saying this knowledge has been well known for generations, they quoted Benjamin Franklin ("To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals") and Henry David Thoreau ("There is a difference between eating and drinking for strength and for mere gluttony").
But Mr. Hirsch said the chain's billion-dollar advertising campaign encourages children to find their inner glutton.
"Young individuals are not in a position to make a choice after the onslaught of advertising and promotions," Mr. Hirsch said in an interview.
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At what point does personal responsibility enter into this equation? At what point does *parental* responsibility enter into this equation?
We can not live in a world where individuals do not bear the consequences of their own choices. Might as well turn out the lights and go home.
Posted by: anne | November 22, 2002 8:30 PM
It is not "McDonald's Children's Day". It's "McDonald's® Children's Day™":
http://www.mcdonalds.com/corporate/whatsnew/childrensday/beneficiaries/index.html
Searching for information about the deal on Unicef's site gives NO information:
http://www.unicef.org/htcgi/htsearch?config=htenglish&restrict=&exclude=&method=and&format=builtin-long&sort=score&words=mcdonald
Posted by: nis | November 28, 2002 11:46 AM
mcdonalds can be wholey blamed for all issues surrounding them they have brought it on themselves
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Their food is a load of bollocks (literally).
It stinks of shit and taste like it too.
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Posted by: Toni | September 25, 2003 4:32 PM