Group Wants to Ban Toys in Happy Meals

*Warhorse* · 07-18-2010, 09:43 AM

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/...n6608981.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 · 07-18-2010, 10:13 AM

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.

*Luzmagica* · 07-18-2010, 10:17 AM

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* · 07-18-2010, 10:54 AM

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

Bastards, they are violating freedom of our children!

*TheCanadiandrome* · 07-18-2010, 10:42 PM

oh god Epic Fail!

*plastroncafe* · 07-19-2010, 08:31 AM

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

*Ninjinister* · 07-19-2010, 08:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sewer Bull

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* · 07-19-2010, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Ninjinister

Because this is of equal severity, right?

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

*BubblyShell22* · 07-19-2010, 11:37 AM

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

*KROW* · 07-24-2010, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

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* · 07-24-2010, 03:34 PM

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* · 07-25-2010, 01:22 AM

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* · 07-25-2010, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

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 · 07-25-2010, 11:07 AM

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

*shuriken* · 08-25-2010, 06:34 PM

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* · 08-25-2010, 07:46 PM

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** · 08-25-2010, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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.

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* · 08-25-2010, 08:10 PM

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 · 08-25-2010, 09:34 PM

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

*Brodie* · 08-25-2010, 09:59 PM

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.

07-18-2010, 09:43 AM	#1
Warhorse Emperor Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 5,544	Group Wants to Ban Toys in Happy Meals 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/...n6608981.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?

07-18-2010, 10:13 AM	#2
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07-18-2010, 10:17 AM	#3
Luzmagica A Magic Light Dudette! Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Spain. Posts: 3,878	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?... __________________

07-18-2010, 10:54 AM	#4
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07-19-2010, 11:37 AM	#9
BubblyShell22 Leo-holic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,912	McD's does have healthy alternatives to their food. This is just a ridiculous law. __________________ "A warrior who never fails, never learns."-The Ancient One. "Embrace your inner a**holiness."-Mr. Anderson.

07-24-2010, 03:34 PM	#11
ToTheNines Col. Stinkmeaner Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19,391	Fuk all that. Just because some people are shtty 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.

07-25-2010, 01:22 AM	#12
Eiko Aussie and Proud Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Foot HQ Australia Posts: 1,816	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. __________________

07-25-2010, 11:07 AM	#14
bedbugjones Foot Soldier Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: central city Posts: 228	Yeah I Agree Screw Mcdonalds........Down With Commercialism...

08-25-2010, 06:34 PM	#15
shuriken Second City Shinobi Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chi-town Posts: 4,182	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. __________________ Some things are better left unsaid. This isn't one of them

08-25-2010, 07:46 PM	#16
Koi Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,787	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.)

08-25-2010, 08:10 PM	#18
Spitfire Writer • Director Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 12,035	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. __________________ Check out my online portfolio http://www.christopherpelletier.com/

08-25-2010, 09:34 PM	#19
BoggleKng Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Boston, Ma Posts: 1,224	But Happy Meal's now have Hope in them... __________________ You guys mind telling me what you're doing to my little green pal over there, hm? -Casey Jones, TMNT movie...

08-25-2010, 09:59 PM	#20
Brodie Certified Teacher Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Bizarro Metropolis Posts: 6,495	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. __________________ Stupendous Monster