Finger-pointing du Jour

Valerie is a firm proponent of personal responsibility; people make choices, and people suffer the consequences of those choices. That's why Valerie doesn't like to see quotes like this one, which refers to McDonalds:

"It's good that they are funding useful medical research, but that doesn't absolve them of their responsibility to serve nutritious food to children," said Daniel Borochoff, president of the American Institute of Philanthropy, a Chicago-based charity watchdog group.

Maybe Valerie is crazy, but last time she checked, McDonalds had the responsibility to serve whatever the hell they felt like serving. As long as stupid parents buy fatty food for their fat children, McDonalds is perfectly justified in selling the fatty food to the stupid people. Once the sale of fatty food becomes unprofitable, then McDonalds can start to sell tofu burgers and organic fruits; until then, they can sell whatever makes them wheelbarrows full of cash.

Meanwhile, people need to shut the hell up and stop letting their kids eat at McDonalds if they have a problem with fatty food. It's not like anyone is force-feeding them...