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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look people, it's possible for a child to grow up without fast food and be normal. I promise. I'm the one who said I'm against McDonald's as a corporation and I love how people are telling me Starbucks and Chipotle are no worse. First of all, I've never eaten at Chipotle, and second, having a chai latte or a cup of coffee from Starbucks is not the same as eating a hamburger from McDonald's.

I am against McDonald's because of how they have changed farming practices in this country. As the largest purchaser of meat, they really created industrial farming or at least greatly contributed to it. All of our meat comes from four main factories, and if you think the steak you order at a nice restaurant is any different from the quality of meat at McDonald's you are fooling yourself. Not to mention, it is full of crap and sodium, and it is so processed it does decompose. YUM.

I'm a food snob, and  we don't eat very much meat, and the meat we do eat is from a few particular sources. I never at McDonald's as a kid so why would I start when I have kids? My kids eat junk food. We eat cake, ice cream, cookies, in moderation etc. but that to me is very different than eating a fast food meal.  This is how I grew up and my husband too - it wasn't weird, we just didn't go to McDonald's as a family very often.

It's sad that eating dinner at home is considered weird or abnormal.

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This is us, exactly.[/quote]

My DH will stop at McDonalds but I don't order anything.  If we want fast food, I go to Burger King, they offer better fish sandwiches and a veggie burger (and it's yummy).  As a non-meat eater, I find McDonalds repulsive for the exact reason you stated - farming practices.  It's disgusting how farm animals are treated; kicked, punched, crated (gestation pigs, veal), debeaked - chickens aren't able to see the light of day.  Pigs are slaughtered at 6 months, and are fed so many growth hormones, it's no wonder 10 yr. olds are having their periods.  Male chicks born in egg producing farms are put a conveyer belt and SHREDDED alive.  Male baby dairy cows are taken away from their mother at birth and taken to auction; most can't stand or lift their heads but are crying for their mothers; they are considered worthless and trash.  These are just SOME of our farming practices - there are too many to list but are just as sad and horrific

http://www.nowpublic.com/world/conklin-dairy-farms-animal-abuse-video-mercy-animals-2621337.html

We do watch TV, at night while I'm putting something together for dinner, and in the mornings while we're getting ready for work.  [/quote]

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