Bounty - McLawsuit

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I saw this yesterday. I hope it's not the same story I am responding too (I

think it was deleted today). Anywho with the subject at hand, I thought

some of you might be interested. Frivolous lawsuit?

 

S.

 

 

 

MCDONALDS SUE CRITIC FOR £15MILLION May 28 2003

 

 

 

By Mark Dowdney

 

 

A CRITIC who slammed McDonald's for selling " fodder " is being sued for

£15.3million.

 

The fast food giant launched it's claim against Edoardo Raspelli yesterday

after he branded its fries " obscene and tasting of paper. "

 

Raspelli, one of Italy's culinary experts and author of a dozen books on

food, defended himself at the hearing in Milan.

 

He said: " I was only saying what I thought of fast food and that I find it

repulsive. "

 

McDonald's, which serves millions of hamburgers worldwide every day, took

action after reading his comments in an Italian newspaper.

 

Prosecutor Alessandro Facchino said: " What he said harmed my client's

reputation and the claims are completely false.

 

" The fries that are said to taste of paper are thrown away within five

minutes of being cooked if they have not been served and the oil is changed

regularly. "

 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=13005502 & method=full & site\

id=50143 & headline=MCDONALDS%20SUE%20CRITIC%20FOR%20£15MILLION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live on nothing but food and

water.

- W.C. Fields

 

 

 

 

 

----Original Message Follows----

" Jigilou Snicklefitz " <jigilou

 

 

Bounty of Goodness

Thu, 29 May 2003 15:59:11 -0000

 

Yet another reason to loathe McDonalds...

 

Today begins the 12th European Congress on Obesity in Helsinki -

here's an interesting article on their bleak outlook:

 

http://story.news./news?

tmpl=story & cid=594 & ncid=594 & e=3 & u=/nm/20030529/hl_nm/weight_obesity_dc

 

With that in mind, think of the running McDonald's commercial where a

customer calls the " Dollar Menu " a bounty of goodness. How about a

bounty of fat and cholesteral and lots of unhealthy chemical

ingredients?

 

One of these days when I'm independantly wealthy, I'll take out my

OWN radio spot...

 

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