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Without getting into a religious discussion, this is for sure a universally recognised image of what Jesus would look like.
Those children did not have a clue who he could be though... unlike our friendly Ronald McDonald.
And with the chip butties, I think what placebo meant was that it was a better choice than alot of the other things, if he did know for a fact that the chips had no added chemicals. I don't see how coke was a good choice though, you couldn't make a much worse choice really. Still, that weren't my point, he was just fortunate that he did get good food at home.
I could guess that your picture there represented Jesus Christ, but that would be my interpretation of the picture, whereas I would have no difficulty naming Ronald McDonald because he is a corporate logo.
Marketing is a fact of life. It always has been. What's the problem with children recognising Ronald McDonald?
You might argue that is not unreasonable for an American 5 year old child not to recognise George Washington. At the end of the day they are only five years old. But I find it deeply disturbing that they will recognise nobody, be past or present Presidents or even our alleged Saviour, but they will recognise the corporate logo of a junk food chain that produces arguably the very worst "food" in the entire world.
I'm not convinced by this argument. He could have interviewed 500 children and only shown the worst 5. There was definately an agenda he was trying to push anyway...
Every presentation of an argument is for the purpose of advancing an agenda, if not there would be no point in debating anything.
Your reference is indicative of the same mentality that has been deadening public dialogue and indeed critical analysis for the past 5 years at least. It finds its equally inane counterpart in the view that any analysis which seeks to critique commonly accepted norms or practices (however false they may be) must be "biased" and therefore must be dismissed.
Never were the signs of a steadily dumbed down population so prevalent as they are today.
What I was saying, was to take it with a pinch of salt. When I watched it I thought straight away that he could have paid those kids £5 to make it look good I'm not saying he did mind you, just that I think if they had recognised all the others then he wouldn't have shown it would he?
no im just saying i knew what i was getting, and a decent portion too, not the meagre crap schools give
foods there to be enjoyed as well as be good, its peoples laziness thats the problem nothing else
my point was also that i may have eaten crap but i ate good food as well, noone perfect eh
from experience, places that are forced to adopt a healthy eating thing tend to make the food not very fresh, and its normally more tight portions, and more expensive
look at the price of carrot sticks in mcdonalds, then you see why id rather have the fries, cause well i dont go mcdonalds to eat well, i go there to eat crap that tastes alrite to me and i eat fruit etc at home and from market stalls
The "facts" of the schoolchildren not recognising Jesus were largely distorted; propaganda, even with some truth, is not truth.
And besides, even if the "survey" was true, it was largely pointless cheap points-scoring with little merit. Corporate logos are well known shock!
these were american kids though. america is far more patriotic than us. children would be expected to know who is is