How on earth can McDonald's be the official restaurant of the Vancouver Olympics? Isn't fast food, and in particular the burger industry, largely responsible for the sorry state of our children's health and fitness? Like, obesity? And yet young, successful, attractive Canadian athletes appear on McDonald's TV ads, cheerfully promoting unhealthy food choices to kids who want nothing more than to be just like them. A fine example of how commercialized the Games have become, all idealism lost, just another cog in the big economic machine. And nobody seems to care, no protests, no one even talks about it! We should all be outraged.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Olympic Lows
How on earth can McDonald's be the official restaurant of the Vancouver Olympics? Isn't fast food, and in particular the burger industry, largely responsible for the sorry state of our children's health and fitness? Like, obesity? And yet young, successful, attractive Canadian athletes appear on McDonald's TV ads, cheerfully promoting unhealthy food choices to kids who want nothing more than to be just like them. A fine example of how commercialized the Games have become, all idealism lost, just another cog in the big economic machine. And nobody seems to care, no protests, no one even talks about it! We should all be outraged.
