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You've heard
about all these people
:16:04
who are suing
these fast-food companies.
:16:06
Yes, I've heard of them.
:16:07
I think it's ridiculous,
:16:08
but it's the American
way to sue for everything.
:16:14
Id throw the lawsuit out
if I was a judge.
:16:17
And like I was saying,
:16:19
if these fast-food places
can put their signs up,
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if I can walk by them
and just totally ignore them
:16:25
and say, "I'm not hungry.
I don't need this,"
:16:28
they can do it, too.
:16:29
We don't have to go there.
We don't have to shop with them.
:16:31
we can easily go in McDonald's
and grab a salad,
:16:34
but we choose not to.
:16:35
Now, if the McDonald's
refused them service,
:16:38
they'd be in court again saying,
"we were refused service."
:16:42
so you can't win if you try
in this world.
:16:45
I think there's a lot of focus
on the fast-food companies
:16:48
because they are mentioned more
:16:50
than virtually
all the other causes
:16:52
in most of the articles
and books and studies
:16:55
about why it's
a sudden epidemic.
:16:57
Again, it can't be
the neighborhood restaurant.
:16:59
We've had
neighborhood restaurants
:17:01
for hundreds of years.
:17:02
It can't be the foods
we eat at home.
:17:04
We've been eating at home
for hundreds of years.
:17:06
Something is very different.
:17:08
I think the figure is we eat out
something like 40% of our meals.
:17:13
John Banzhaf
is currently spearheading
:17:15
the attacks
against the food industry,
:17:16
advising many of the lawyers
:17:18
who are currently
going through the process.
:17:19
People say he's crazy,
:17:21
but that's what
they used to say about him
:17:23
when he first sued
the tobacco companies...
:17:25
until he won.
:17:27
I think in terms
of responsibility,
:17:30
it's fair to point
the big gun at McDonald's.
:17:32
McDonalds is
one of the biggest
:17:35
but, more importantly,
it is the one which,
:17:38
far more than all the others,
lures in young children.
:17:42
They have the playgrounds,
the closed, indoor playgrounds.
:17:46
Many places,
there are no other playgrounds.
:17:48
You've got to
take your kid there.
:17:50
So even at 2 and 3 and 4,
:17:51
those kids are being
lured into there.
:17:54
McDonalds is very heavy
on birthday parties.
:17:56
They, of course,
pioneered the happy meals,
:17:58
now the mighty kids' meals also