Cause and Effect Essay - McDonald's Causes More Deaths than Terrorists
It was probably inevitable that one day people would start suing McDonald's
for making them fat. That day came this summer, when New York lawyer Samuel
Hirsch filed several lawsuits against McDonald's, as well as four other
fast-food companies, on the grounds that they had failed to adequately
disclose the bad health effects of their menus. One of the suits involves a
Bronx teenager who tips the scale at 400 pounds and whose mother, in papers
filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, said, "I always believed
McDonald's food was healthy for my son."
Uh-huh. And the tooth fairy really put that dollar under his pillow. But
once you've stopped sniggering at our litigious society, remember that it
once seemed equally ludicrous that smokers could successfully sue tobacco
companies for their addiction to cigarettes. And while nobody is claiming
that Big Macs are addictive -- at least not yet -- the restaurant industry
and food packagers have clearly helped give many Americans the roly-poly
shape they have today. This is not to say that the folks in the food
industry want us to be fat. But make no mistake: When they do well
economically, we gain weight.
It wasn't always thus. There was a time when a
trip to McDonald's seemed like a treat and when a small bag of French fries,
a plain burger and a 12-ounce Coke seemed like a full meal. Fast food wasn't
any healthier back then; we simply ate a lot less of it.
How did today's oversized appetites become the norm? It didn't happen by
accident or some inevitable evolutionary process. It was to a large degree
the result of consumer manipulation. Fast food's marketing strategies, which
make p...
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just suffered its first quarterly loss since the company went public 47
years ago.
The obvious direction to go is down, toward what nutritional policymakers
are calling "smart-sizing." Or at least it should be obvious, if food
purveyors cared as much about helping Americans slim down as they would have
us believe. Instead of urging Americans to "Get Active, Stay Active" --
Pepsi Cola's new criticism-deflecting slogan -- how about bringing back the
6.5-ounce sodas of the '40s and '50s? Or, imagine, as Critser does, the day
when McDonald's advertises Le Petit Mac, made with high-grade beef, a
delicious whole-grain bun and hawked by, say, Serena Williams. One way or
another, as Americans wake up to the fact that obesity is killing nearly as
many citizens as cigarettes are, jumbo burgers and super-size fries will
seem like less of a bargain.
September 11, 2001 is known as the worst terrorist attack in United States history. On a clear Tuesday morning, there were four planes that were hijacked and flown into multiple buildings by a terrorist group named al Qaeda. This group, led by Osama bin Laden, killed nearly 3,000 people. Out of those 3,000 people more than 400 police and 343 firefighters were killed along with 10,000 people who were treated for severe injuries. Many lives were taken, and to this day, people still suffer from the attack. September 11th is the most influential event of the early twenty-first century because it made an increase in patriotism, it caused a rise in security throughout the nation, and it had a tremendous effect of thousands of lives.
Law and Order in London in the Late 19th Century At the beginning of the nineteenth century 60% of Britain's population lived in the countryside, this meant there wasn't any need for police officers as people were living far apart and away from shops and financial areas. Crime was minimal, apart from small crimes like petty thieving and crimes over land etc. But as technology developed the Industrial Revolution began, steam powered factories were built all over the country, a new industrial development. The factories were mainly built in urbanized areas like London, Birmingham and Glasgow, but for the factories to be run effectively workers were needed.
In the essay “Wit and Witchcraft: an Approach to Othello” Robert B. Heilman discusses the significance of imagery within this play:
Wendy’s and McDonald’s are two of the largest fast food franchises in the United States. They are both well known for their quality hamburgers and crispy french fries. Although Wendy’s and McDonald’s seem very similar they are different in the following ways: the beef patties, the desserts, and their personalized value menu.
When the well-known English dramatist William Shakespeare began writing Othello, he had already been educated in the classics and in literature. Although his contemporary Ben Jonson said that Shakespeare knew "little Latin and less Greek," scholars know that Shakespeare knew, at least, about Greek ideas about comedy and tragedy. He was not incredibly educated, but he was aware that his play would comment on ideas about comedy. By looking at a few crucial scenes in the play, this paper will demonstrate that, although most people consider Shakespeare’s Othello a tragedy, it is actually a black comedy.
Texts and their appropriations reflect the context and values of their times. Within Shakespeare’s Othello and Geoffrey Sax’s appropriation of Othello, the evolution of the attitudes held by Elizabethan audiences and those held by contemporary audiences can be seen through the context of the female coupled with the context of racism. The role of the female has developed from being submissive and “obedient” in the Elizabethan era to being independent and liberated within the contemporary setting. The racism of the first text is overtly xenophobic and natural, whilst the “moor” is unnatural whereas the updated context portrays Othello’s race as natural and racism as unnatural. Therefore these examples show how Shakespeare’s Othello, and it’s appropriation, Geoffrey sax’s Othello, reflect the context and values of their times.
The color imagery of Othello influences many characters; some are influenced to hate or love Othello because of “black” and “white,” while Othello himself is driven to murder, particularly with red imagery. While each color plays its own role throughout the text, they all greatly contribute to the characters' behaviors and actions … leading to the play's tragic end.
As can be assumed, just by knowing me, the best food I’ve ever eaten is McDonald’s. To be more specific, their McNuggets. While although I find other foods to be more tasteful, there’s just something about McDonald’s that makes its rank #1 in my book. I have been obsessed with McDonald’s McNuggets since the dawn of time--- not really, but it’s been awhile. From scarfing down a Happy Meal when I was 7, all the way to devouring a 20 Piece at the age of 17, I’ve always been big on the whole McNugget thing. 9 times out of 10, they’re fresh out of the fryer: they literally make my tastebuds explode. My obsession once got so bad, that I ate a McDonald’s 10 Piece Nugget meal (large, I might add), everyday for nearly two weeks straight before getting
Schlosser, Eric. "Chapter 5: Why the Fries Taste Good." Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. New York, NY: Harper Perennial, 2005. Print.
the food i eat here in the modern time and it would taste weird to to me
Did you know that favored fast food restaurant, McDonald’s makes $75,180,000 or $7.518 107 a day? With such cheap priced food, this is awfully surprising. But Richard and Maurice McDonald definitely did something right with this much money. No wonder this fast food destination is growing so quick!
In the play ‘Othello’, the characters attitudes to race generally result in the play being seen as a ‘race’ play. As the play was originally published in 1622 it would be expected the play would have some racial slurs/epithets as well as some bad attitudes to women. Therefore it would not be a surprise if the play is to be regarded as a ‘race’ play. The book does include some attitudes to racism however the book also reveals a lot about women. The book has many examples of both attitudes to women and racism. The book’s theme of race starts in the opening lines of the play.
McDonalds chicken nuggets were my favorite meal as a kid. Theres nothing like getting a free toy and some greasy food. However, I 've gotten older and my palette has changed. As a kid I struggled with obesity and fast food was a major contributor. I now live in an area where fast food is really not an option. On the other hand, some Americans only option is fast food.
The way that our society has been able to produce food has changed in the last fifty years that the several thousand years beforehand. Robert Kenner addresses problems of our society’s food system and how there is only a handful of large corporations that have basically taken over the food system in the United States in the film Food, Inc. Large businesses have been able to significantly produce vast amounts of food and set low prices for consumers, usually because of government subsidies, which results in enormous profit and greater control of the food supply sources. This leads to negative health, safety, and economic consequences. This documentary examines the exercises of the few large food corporations from the start of production
Terrorism has been a part of the world history ever since 1790 and it still continues on in today’s society. During the Bush administration, there was an attack on September 11, 2001. It was the day that all Americans will remember as it is engraved into our history. Today, people also know it as a 9-11 attack. In this attack, there are three groups of terrorist they tried to hijacked three different airlines. One crashing into the Twin tower and one crashing into the pentagon, the other crashing into the field in PenSylvia. The last plane was crashing into the failure I think because of the fight back of all the passenger in that airline. Resulting in thousands of deaths which cause an enormous amount of grief for the love ones left behind. Many people think the 9-11 attack is just like any other terrorist attack, but it is not true. The attack into the Twin towers is different than any others attack that happen in our history. To quell the anger and the grief of thousands Americans, the president at a time, George W. Bush declared the war on terrorism, which many people want that there was a war on Iraq. At first, a lot of Americans believe the war in Iraq is the right choice and they go for the Bush’s action, they supported that ideas. But many years go on with the war in Iraq and many people began to have doubts on the war in Iraq now. They think where will the war should go and what does the result if the terrorism will stop or not. Those people started to have different opinions and they began to believe that Bush’s action were incorrect; however, even though we are allowed to have our own opinion on what is right and wrong. No one can say for ...