Are the toys in your child's Happy Meal making him fat?You have to understand that the CPSI thinks we're all idiots, incapable of making decisions for ourselves. Not only that, but we're also bad parents, easily swayed by the enticing figure of a small plastic toy that mysteriously hypnotizes us and causes us to buy unhealthy food for our children.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest says they are. The Washington-based consumer advocacy group threatened to file a lawsuit against McDonald's Tuesday, charging that the fast food chain "unfairly and deceptively" markets the toys to children.
"McDonald's marketing has the effect of conscripting America's children into an unpaid drone army of word-of-mouth marketers, causing them to nag their parents to bring them to McDonald's," CSPI's Stephen Gardner wrote to the heads of the chain in a letter announcing the lawsuit.
The center, which has filed dozens of lawsuits against food companies in recent years, is hoping the publicity and the threat of a lawsuit will force McDonald's to negotiate with them on the issue. The group announced the lawsuit in the letter to McDonald's 30 days before filing it with the hope that the company will agree to stop selling the toys before a suit is filed.
McDonald's Vice President of Communications, William Whitman, said in a statement that the company "couldn't disagree more" with CSPI's assertion that their toys violate any laws. He said McDonald's restaurants offer more variety than they ever have and Happy Meals are made smaller for kids.
"We are proud of our Happy Meal which gives our customers wholesome food and toys of the highest quality and safety," Whitman said. "Getting a toy is just one part of a fun, family experience at McDonald's."
On behalf of most of America: Screw you, CPSI.
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I'm sure glad that this group of self appointed nuts wasn't around when I was a kid. I loved buying a box of "Cracker Jack's" and getting a free gift inside. The gift toys were always fun to play with and besides that the Cracker Jacks were good eating. I hope McDonalds has the guts to squash
these food and toy perverts.
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