Ch 2 Questions 1.19.12

Discuss the fast food industry's marketing to children and explore the ethics of targeting children, especially as they relate to advertising in schools. 

 i think the idea of marketing was great for the company but then there's the fact that children are very easy to influence and the way they did it by adding playgrounds, the famous happy meal was a great start. The way i see it is they saw it as, you have the children, you have the parents as well. Some parents worked a lot and berly had time to spend with the children and since they felt bad, they took them to McDonald's. As to with schools, i agree it favored the economy and the districts who were having struggles. iDont agree with the fact that when you bring in fast food into schools, it might lead to obesity. i dont think its a good idea to promote that kind of food in a school. schools should promote on how to be healthy.

Fast Food Nation Questions

Intro: How Is The 'American World View' Embodied In The Fast Food Industry?

The American World View is embodied in the fast food industry because i think that a lot of American culture is based on fast food. The United States runs economically by a great part on fast food. Most of the time the food tastes great and its very affordable so it makes it really easy for people to go to a fast food restaurant then going anywhere else.

Chapter 1: What Elements of Southern California "Culture" Contributed To And Encouraged The Development of Fast Food Restaurants?


Cars, People Needing Money and seeing that the business was giving result, & People wanting of a place to eat that was affordable and fast, were all elements of southern California's Culture that contributed to and encouraged the development of fast food restaurants

Source #5

Link : http://www.videolinks4u.net/video/videos/205850/

Summary:

Central Argument:

Assertions:

Source #4

 http://animalrights.about.com/od/companionanimalspets/a/Keeping_Pets.htm

Summary: People should take good care of their pets. The article talks about the arguments of why people should and shouldn't keep pets.

Central Argument: If your going to keep a pet, take good care of it.

Assertions: "Many people consider their pets to be members of the family, and treat them with love and respect. Also, keeping pets does not "use" the animals in the same way that factory farms, animal testing labs or circuses use and abuse the animals"

"Their lives are restricted to human homes where they must obey commands and can only eat, drink, and even urinate when humans allow them to."

Source #3

 http://articles.cnn.com/2002-05-17/world/germany.animals_1_animal-rights-human-rights-lawmakers?_s=PM:WORLD

Summary: Germany was the first nation to include animal rights in its constitution, now they are finding new ways to replace animals in research.

Central Argument: Animals should have more of the same rights humans do.

Assertions: "Lawmakers said the government will also look at targeting more research funding to projects that seek alternatives to using animals for conducting experiments."
" Germany has become the first European nation to vote to guarantee animal rights in its constitution."

Source #2

http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/may03/030515n.asp

Summary: This article talks about how dogs can be great pets or companions but there are certain things you must do to prevent dog bites. Following certain procedures can build a safe relationship.

Central Argument: People should take responsibility and make sure you know what to do if bitten.

Assertion: "Children are frequently bitten on the face, which can result in severe lacerations, infection, or scarring"
" If bitten Seek medical attention immediately"

Source #1

Summary: Pets should not be considered property because like the assertions says, we don't own or sell other humans, therefore it should not be right to own an animal if many American's consider them as family. We shouldn't have the legal rights to treat them as property either.

Central Argument: The author claims that Pets should not be considered property.

Assertions: "We don’t legally own other human beings, including our children, and we don’t sell other human beings"

http://animalrights.about.com/od/animallaw/a/AnimalsProperty.htm