San Francisco Happy Meal Ban Hailed as Groundbreaking -- In Scotland
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| Adder's fork and blindworm's sting, Lizard's leg and howlet's wing. For a Happy Meal of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. |
"You can educate people as much as you want but if there's tasty, accessible food that looks good, people will be seduced by it," Glasgow University professor of metabolic medicine Naveed Sattar tells Scotland's Daily Record. "What's happening in San Francisco sends out a warning shot across the bows of the food industry that legislation will come unless they change their ways."
Keep in mind, Scotland's best-known national dishes are haggis and fried Mars Bars. Perhaps MacDuff only beheaded Macbeth to keep him from being seduced by tasty, accessible food.
It's a good bet the McDonald's people -- and other fast-food behemoths -- realize the far-reaching effects San Francisco's legislation could spark. And the Scottish newspaper doesn't bother quoting any law professors about the very real possibility of a lawsuit.
When we spoke with McDonald's spokeswoman, Danya Proud -- herself a native of the British Isles, but not Scotland -- she refused to rule out litigation.
If fast-food giants do indeed sue San Francisco, it'll be interesting to see who wins in the court of public opinion: The billion-dollar companies that market disgusting food to children or the city that sees fit to tell parents what they can and can't feed their own kids.
That's fast-food for thought. But you don't get any damn toys.
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