Oh My, The Fun Goes On

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On Thursday, January 23, 2003, at 12:29 PM, (AT) (DOT)

com wrote:

 

> 1) Condoning a lawsuit is condoning the Government.

 

How? Ever heard of checks and balances? We used to have that. It wasn't

always a monolithic fascist corporate dictatorship, even in spirit. In

other words, no, a lawsuit could even be AGAINST the Government, although

good luck winning those. House rules, y'know?

 

> 2) No, I don't think greed is a good thing...I think

> it's abhorant, but we all have that right. I don't

> believe in ceilings

 

How about limiting lawsuit liability for pharmaceutical companies that

knowingly induced Downs Syndrome in people, etc.? W didn't just cap it,

he let 'em entirely off the hook, retroactively.

 

> and there are reasons why fat

> corporations like McDonalds are so successful

 

yes, deceptive practices and appealing to emotionalism and LCD tastes. I'

ve covered this repeatedly.

 

> And

> it's not b/c of me.

 

They miss ya, and they really want to hear from you, k?

 

> I refuse to go anywhere near that

> place.

 

So do I, and I boycott Wal-Mart, too.

 

> I roll my eyes everytime I thier commercials,

> I find them disgusting. But do I blame them for an

> individuals poor dieting choices?

 

It's an interesting question why you don't. Hm.

 

> 3) So frivilous lawsuits are a good thing?

 

Nope, it's up to judges to toss them out on their ears, and to censure the

lawyers who bring them forth. Instead we see judges accepting them and

the blaming the lawyers when the public squawks.

 

They get away with this because so few know or care how the system is

designed to work.

 

> I wouldn't

> call that hygenic...More like toxic.

 

You've evidently never bathed in the Ganges. Oddly it's both.

 

> 4) I agree with you. McDonalds (and all other food

> chains) should be completely honest with all

> ingredients and not 'sneak' addictive additives into

> the foods. For this, they are wrong.

 

Yep, and this, as I've said often, was the basis of the lawsuit. Not all

this bullshit about those damned fat people with no will power.

 

> However, that

> isn't the only basis for this, and other, lawsuits.

 

There is rarely a single basis, lawyers never allow simplicity where

confusing things with emotionally charged side-issues is possible.

 

> People place blame on these fast food chains b/c they

> 'lure' these people to them...As if by some maniacal

> force these people are drawn against their will to the

> evil that is McDonalds.

 

Yeah, you're right. Those companies spend billions on advertising and

marketing just for chuckles.

 

> Like a moth to the flame,

> they drive on...Compelled to scarf cartons of fries,

> gallons of sodas and burger after burger

> until...Oh,egad...Heart disease!!! And yes, these

> people are pointing fingers at others instead of at

> their own fat, zero controlled, selves.

 

LOL - all about self-control, ain't it? Those food-o-holics are just WEAK.

Vee must make zem underschtand how veak zey are und if they refuse, the

OVENS!

 

> 5) No, I really don't know what they put in the

> food...WHich is why I run away from there, not

> towards.

 

So isn't it better to find out? And openly discuss what we find?

 

> 6) Yes, I meant SHIT. A large, coiled piece of shit.

> I was just trying to be a lady...

 

Well, hell, there's your problem. I get into terrible trouble every time

I try to be a lady.

 

> 7) Anyone who eats this crap is stupid...Poor, rich,

> black, brown, white, red, green, yellow, Christian,

> Muslim, Jewish, Pagan, male, female, virgins, sluts,

> Moms, Dads, Grandparents too, professionals, slackers,

> students, retirees, blah blah blah. We're all equal.

> Equally stupid.

 

Nope. Just misinformed because they're systematically lied to, then

presented with the choice between easily and cheaply obtaining bad food,

or having to go through all sorts of contortions and expense to get and

prepare and eat and store good food.

 

It's immature to sneer at how stupid other people are, given the fact

we're all about as smart as chimps. Well, almost.

 

> 8) Yes, credit cards are...And cash, but not food

> stamps.

 

Know why? Look into the financial situation of food stamps. Plenty of

stores refuse the damned things, too. More government fingering in our

business, period.

 

> So, they aren't out to fool the poor and

> hungry into spending all of thier government issued

> funds on McRibs and quarterpounders with cheese.

 

LOL - no, they just know it's not worth the effort. No percentage in it.

If it were profitable to them you'd have the McFoodstamp Meal, believe it.

 

> 9) Yes, all businesses are interested in one thing:

> money.

 

This is specious generalization. In truth, many care about such mindless

liberal abstracts as worker health, quality of life, pollution, etc.

 

> And have you ever heard of the Ronald McDonald

> House?

 

Yeah. LOL Sure have, even been to one. Happiest places on earth, let me

tell ya. And boy do they pay for themselves endlessly in good PR to hide

the truth behind.

 

> Check into it sometime, it's a wonderful thing

> McDonald's is doing.

 

rofl!

 

I do agree that any " good " we can get out of them is fine, but come off it.

lol It's done as another cynical manipulation and " helps " only

McDonalds in any meaningful way.

 

> All these pathetic fucking

> lawsuits will only take money away from this good

> cause.

 

ROFLMAO! yeah, poor McD's. You'd have loved J.P. Morgan and his cronies.

(who?)

 

> 10) They don't starve. And I volunteer mine and my

> children's time into helping women and children in my

> area. I also donate food, clothes, etc. I crochet

> blankets, scarves, hats, mittens and baby clothes for

> the poor and homeless. I worked four Thanksgivings in

> a row (before becoming a parent and was needed at

> home) serving dinners to the poor Mexican/Indians at

> the Missions in El Paso. So don't give me that

> bullshit.

 

How you expiate your middle class guilt isn't the issue. Fact is, yes,

people do starve stateside.

 

> I'm probably a hell of a lot more

> compassionate than you are.

 

Oh, no doubt, as measured on the Moh scale, hm?

 

But my dick's bigger than yours.

 

> I am a humanitarian and a

> philanthropist.

 

I'm a pedestrian. Glad to meetcha.

 

> I never accepted a dime when I taught

> childbirth education classes to the working class and

> the poor. I was a doula pro bono for teenagers and

> women. Do you know what a doula is?

 

I don't like Vampire fiction.

 

> Look it up.

 

Oh, I'm far too polite for that. (averts gaze)

 

> I

> spent hours upon hours upon hours at the bedside with

> laboring women who were poor or didn't have a partner

> to help her.

 

Yeah, you hate to see women with a MAN to help the poor little thing get

along. *sigh*

 

> Women whom would have had horrible birth

> experiences. NEVER have I accepted a single goddamn

> penny.

 

You seem a bit miffed at the missed profits. Calm down, I'm sure the good

karma will be redeemable.

 

> And that's just the tip of my long list of

> good deeds...

 

Your list has a tip?

 

> Spanning my entire lifetime.

> SO take all of your insults and pathetic assumptions

> and stick them in your nice, clean vegetarian colon.

 

LOL - well-aimed, but alas, I'm permanently clenched.

 

>

> I'm a conservative b/c I am painfully aware of the

> world around me and am not some sheep following the

> herd.

 

Moo.

 

> I am in control of my own actions, thoughts and

> words.

 

ROFLMAO!

 

> MWAH, received and right back at ya.

 

We really must stop this affair, someone's bound to suspect.

 

> Warmly,

 

warmed-over?

 

> Allison

>

The orthodox explanation is a crime: whoever made it, should have had his

finger-prints taken. "

--Charles Fort