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Subject: Umm.... Author: Scarecrow [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 07:37:19 07/29/03 Tue Umm, I'm sorry, but doesn't a man extolling his "minutes and minutes of pleasure" from a McDonald's basketball game, while at the same time claiming to boycott McDonald's, seem a little hypocritical? Did you stop to think of the free advertising you're giving McDonald's by putting up Ronald's picture on your website? I mean, what will be next? "I was feeling very hungry the other day, so I went to KFC. I stood at the back and stared at the pictures on the menu for a while. Everything looked sooooooo delicious! Of course, I didn't buy anything." "I was in a convenience store the other day when I saw a Coca Cola bottle. There are so many things you can do with a Coca Cola bottle. You can sketch it for a comic book. You can use it as a piece of a sculpture. Minutes and minutes of pleasure! Of course, I didn't buy it." I only point this out because when I suggested a short story for my website entitle "12 Speeds to McDonald's," the author of this website immediatly shot down the idea, essentailly asking what the hell was wrong with me for wanting to give so much free advertising to McD on my website. When I pointed out the twist ending of my story (guy gets to McDonald's, proclaims it to be a crappy restaurant, leaves before buying anything, and goes to his favourite burger stand across the street), the author proclaimed that it wasn't enough, and I was still giving too much free advertising to McDonald's. So, I'm sorry, you're little tag, "Of course I didn't buy it," isn't enough to negate the free advertising your giving the evil empire. And we all know, given the time between your journal entries, that picture is going to be up a lot longer than my short story would have been. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Umm.... Author: Kenten [Edit] Date Posted: 08:34:18 07/29/03 Tue Oh, Mark, you're such a sensitive flower. Anyway, mentioning McDonald's while in the midst of criticizing or mocking them is not advertising for them. But now that you mention it, I should add a link to why I hate McDonald's to that journal entry... [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Umm.... Author: Trouble [Edit] Date Posted: 01:05:04 07/30/03 Wed In response to your question on the entry... I didn't even notice the "But of course, I didn't buy it" until it was pointed out on the forum. (I found the whole thing very odd for your website, since I know you're against McDonald's, and couldn't figure out why you had a pic of the mascot on your web journal. The pictures are what draw the eye, not the words. I don't think I'd go so far to to say it's an ad for McDonald's, though. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]