Group Wants to Ban Toys in Happy Meals

[Warhorse]

Our law makers are actually rolling this idea in their heads. A group of "watchdogs" wants to sue McDonald's for apparently using deceptive marketing practices towards kids to encourage them to make unhealthy eating habits.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/06/23/health/main6608981.shtml

WTF? Last I look, it should be up to the parent to decide what a kid should and shouldn't eat, and I don't know about you all, but the MCD in my area code offer healthy alternatives such as apples, yogurt and milk in substitution.

What do you all think about this crap?

[ooglafina]

The parents have the money. Do their children's desires control them? Everybody wants somebody else to responsible for their kids. Maybe that's just the home schoolers in me.:lol:

[Luzmagica]

Wow...it must be contagious!! LOL...Nowdays at Spain they want to make a law too Prohibiting to buy sweets/cakes/candies inside the college (the pupils will have to go out out to buy them ... O-o !! I wonder if they will leave them take the candies/cakes from home or if they will begin to register the pupils looking for a forbidden/prohibited sweet cake?...

[Sewer Bull]

And they banned cigarettes and booze for minors long time ago.

Bastards, they are violating freedom of our children!

[TheCanadiandrome]

oh god Epic Fail!

[plastroncafe]

I'd say ban the toys for no other reason than they're crappy toys.
*shakes cane*

[Ninjinister]

And they banned cigarettes and booze for minors long time ago.

Bastards, they are violating freedom of our children!

Because this is of equal severity, right?

[Sewer Bull]

Because this is of equal severity, right?

But of course! They are all preventable causes of death.

[BubblyShell22]

McD's does have healthy alternatives to their food. This is just a ridiculous law.

[KROW]

I'd say ban the toys for no other reason than they're crappy toys.
*shakes cane*

I agree! Lousy lumps of plastic... Hell, they end up in the trash two weeks later anyway.

[ToTheNines]

Fu*k all that. Just because some people are sh*tty parents doesn't mean kids everywhere should get screwed out of their happy-meal toys. When I was a kid, I loved some of my happy-meal trinkets as much as my real toys, now some know-it-all ass holes are trying to fix something that isn't even broken.

They already banned trans-fats and made the fries taste like sh*t, they axed every old McDonalds character except Ronald and I'm pretty sure "PlayPlaces" are extinct... let's leave the little chunks of platic alone.

[Eiko]

When i take my kids for a trip to MacDonalds half the time they forget to put the toy in the box. And it doesn't worry them they don,t notice.

[Cure]

They already banned trans-fats and made the fries taste like sh*t, they axed every old McDonalds character except Ronald and I'm pretty sure "PlayPlaces" are extinct... let's leave the little chunks of platic alone.

We still have a few playplaces around here. Other than that, I agree. The fries are poo.

[bedbugjones]

Yeah I Agree Screw Mcdonalds........Down With Commercialism...

[shuriken]

Healthier choices or not leave the toys on the Happy meals. If it's an issue about the toys being too costly to produce it would be different. And in terms of parents saying no to their kids it's just a matter of time before they say yes. Kids are Mcd's cheapest advertisers. Hell my sister and I were hooked on that syuff until I was like 11 and she was 16, we would not take no for an answer when our parents asked where to eat on the weekends. We had a massive toy collection from mcdonalds. Without the toys though I doubt we would have gone that much. Now I really try to avoid it as much as possible.

[Koi]

That was the only thing I looked forward to at fast food joints when I was a kid. I loved those lumps of plastic. (Still owns some of those lumps of plastic.)

[Jo Dawn]

Fu*k all that. Just because some people are sh*tty parents doesn't mean kids everywhere should get screwed out of their happy-meal toys. When I was a kid, I loved some of my happy-meal trinkets as much as my real toys, now some know-it-all ass holes are trying to fix something that isn't even broken.

Exactly. There is wayyyy too much micromanaging in this country. Toys in Happy Meals don't make kids obese. The kids aren't the ones buying the meals, are they? Parents are still allowed to say no, even though I know that's being thrown to the wayside.

Don't ruin it for the kids whose parents know the meaning of control. I still have some of my old toys, too.

[Spitfire]

A lot of the time people eat that crap because they have to. It's the cheapest food and happens to also be some of the worst for you. It's a sad state of affairs. If they really want to fix the problem they should make healthy food cheaper.

I spent 12 dollars for a rack of beef ribs that lasted me 3 nights the other day and 20 something on a bag of apples, some plums and a thing of berries. Chemical free fruit is stupidly expensive and good veggies are as well.

[BoggleKng]

But Happy Meal's now have Hope in them...

[Brodie]

Man, I just picked up a Happy meal yesterday while driving back from NY. It was a BOX happy meal too, I haven't gotten one of those in years. Plus? It had a Batman toy from Brave and the Bold and its awesome.

[Katie]

A lot of the time people eat that crap because they have to. It's the cheapest food and happens to also be some of the worst for you. It's a sad state of affairs. If they really want to fix the problem they should make healthy food cheaper.

I spent 12 dollars for a rack of beef ribs that lasted me 3 nights the other day and 20 something on a bag of apples, some plums and a thing of berries. Chemical free fruit is stupidly expensive and good veggies are as well..

QFT. In America the poorer you are the fatter you are.....just because cheap food isn't healthy. I live in a "food desert". Surrounded by all manner of restaurants.....and no fresh veggies to be found. That's why I grow a garden.

But as for MickyD, toy or no toy those meals will sell. Won't impact a thing.

[BubblyShell22]

I love Mickey D's chicken strips and their chicken club sandwich. Very good.

[Brodie]

Its strange to note that the strips and chicken sandwiches are some of the most unhealthy items on the menu. Seems odd.

[Candy Kappa]

I'd say Toys should be mandatory in every meal you buy

[shuriken]

BWAHAHA!!:lol:
That would cause restaurant chains millions to produce more plastic pieces of crap. To be fair though a lot of the McToys are pretty neat, novel if anything. The main reason the food is cheap is cuz it can be stored for a fairly small amount for an extremely long amount of time. Who knows how long a Mcmeal has been waiting for a Mcbuyer before it has been digested in a Mcstomach. Point is there are so many preservatives and artificial flavors that health has been thrown out the window a long time ago. Spitfire has a point though, high quality fresh fruits and veggies are super pricey, and have to be baught in season to prevent them from going bad. As opposed to not so fresh produce that have insecticides up the ass. The U.S. as a whole really needs to start thinking about being self sufficient again. My girlfriend and I have our own little garden but that is not nearly enough to feed one person much less two. And eating nothing but tomatoes and carrots doesn't sound too appetizing.

[oldmanwinters]

I think the whole "healthy eating by force" movement is so ridiculous. McDonald's and other fast food companies have been offering healthy side items in their Happy Meals for years. Seriously though, if I want to eat apple slices and Milk for an afterschool meal, then I'll just go to the grocery store and buy me some for a much better price!

[Lynn]

The toys are the fun part.

[BubblyShell22]

And they're the reason kids even get the Happy Meals.

[Candy Kappa]

fun fact a mcdonald cheese burger can be store for a year

[Guitar_Raph]

In San Francisco, the city voted to ban Happy Meals from McDonald's! It's not because of the toys they offer, it's to fight off child obesity! Kids deserve a breeak once in awhile. Ba-da-ba-ba-ba, I'm hatin it!

Who's the mayor of San Francisco, Burgermeister Meisterburger? Then he'd outlaw toys & Santa Claus (LOL).

If we're all suppose to control our weight over diabetes, why not outlaw Thanksgiving. Go somewhere like Mexico or any South American country where there's no Thanksgiving.

What next? Arrest the Jonas Brothers because of the subliminal lyrics to their tv show song, Pizza Girl? ("I fell in love, with the pizza, girl. Now I eat pizza everyday!")

[Raph's Girl]

What next? Arrest the Jonas Brothers because of the subliminal lyrics to their tv show song, Pizza Girl? ("I fell in love, with the pizza, girl. Now I eat pizza everyday!")

Who wrote that? Michelangelo?

[Guitar_Raph]

Who wrote that? Michelangelo?

:tlol::tlol::tlol::tlol:

It would've been a perfect song for Mikey to sing @ Comin Out of Their Shells, 19 years before the Jonas Brothers had their Disney Channel series. Then the Jonas Brothers would sue TMNT!

[Jester]

http://newsroom.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/04/san-francisco-to-ban-toys-in-unhealthy-kids-meals/

Ok, what are your thoughts on this? Are parents so inept that they can't tell their child, "NO!" I mean, it's up to the parents to limit the caloric intake of their child, not the city council, right?

[jaymq]

Huh, wasn't there another thread on McD's ban or am I thinking another forum? Oh well. The government should learn to tell the parents to parent their own kids than to keep doing it for them.

[Candy Kappa]

as I said in the other thread, Toys should be mandatory in every meal

[Duke]

Like I said in another thread in the VA, the lack of personal responsibility in this world is one of it's greatest flaws. The government needs to stop trying to take care of us and we need to start taking care of ourselves.

[Luzmagica]

as I said in the other thread, Toys should be mandatory in every meal

:lol: :lol: :lol: Im agree!!! :lol: :D

[BubblyShell22]

Um, wasn't there a thread like this before? I agree with Duke. People need to accept reponsibility for their actions and learn from their mistakes.

[discordiatookie]

as I said in the other thread, Toys should be mandatory in every meal

Ahaha, f*cking genius.

[Jester]

Someone merge please....:P :(

[Spitfire]

They also banned certain drinks in vending machines. I could careless. Anyone who eats that crap willingly is an idiot in my book. I understand people with lower incomes and people in a big ass hurry but that's as far as excuses go. I don't care how lazy you are there's fast food that's healthier then that.

There's people who will drive 50 miles for a MCRib
http://www.kleincast.com/maps/mcrib.php

Disgusting.

[PAAATE]

They also banned certain drinks in vending machines. I could careless. Anyone who eats that crap willingly is an idiot in my book. I understand people with lower incomes and people in a big ass hurry but that's as far as excuses go. I don't care how lazy you are there's fast food that's healthier then that.

There's people who will drive 50 miles for a MCRib
http://www.kleincast.com/maps/mcrib.php

Disgusting.

Who cares about what's healthy? I'd take tasty over healthy any day.

Oh, and when I stop posting here, I've probably died happily of heart disease :P

[Spitfire]

There's healthy ways to eat tasty. I'm not a fan of health food I'm just avid about not eating fast foods. I like making my own stuff. I don't even like eating in restaurants because I know I can cook the same thing for cheaper at home and it will be way better.

I understand time and being poor. I used to have to eat Taco Bell or Burger King on my breaks at work because I only had a half hour. I think when you have the time there's no reason to eat at those places.

That's a life choice though. If you're healthy and like eating at BK or Carl's JR all the power to you. I just get tired of watching my nations obesity rate go up and people complaining about being fat while their ordering Big Macs and super sized fries.

[Guitar_Raph]

False alarm on this post. The link I put up was moved, sorry.

[Rikirk]

Well we all know those toys are extremely fattening...
Almost like a twinkee.