In a daring, daylight raid, terrorist commandoes from the Food Liberation Army, kidnapped a statue of Ronald McDonald from inside a Micky Dee’s in Helsinki, Finland. The shadowy group is threatening to execute McDonald unless his corporate parent meets their demands by 6:30 PM today, EET. (I haven’t bothered to Google it, but I’m guessing “EET” stands for “Extra Eastern Time” or something.)
FYI, while the FLA’s demands are reasonable and its manifesto informative, its logo is kinda awesome.
Goldy,
I normally would agree with you and the demands are reasonable, but I find this imagery disturbing. My first thought was Daniel Pearl.
Free speech is one thing, bad taste is another.
Sounds like a sub-plot for an episode of The Venture Brothers.
Eastern European Time.
#1. Oh yes, think of the victims of terrorism! blah blah blah. Who cares? It’s comedy.
I’m uncomfortable with the imagery and I’m also laughing and impressed with this.
Some of you grown ups need to part with this silly notion that you can get through life totally unoffended and in absolute comfort.
Exercise your capacity to reconcile, develop your sense of humor.
Is it that you’re afraid you’re so easily corrupted or are you afraid someone in arm’s length of you might be?
Uhh, the video I get is for an horse with an itchy arse. Honest.
I’ve seen that – it’s hilarious.
but are they really russians?
Not sure getting Jabba the Hut to do the v/o was the best choice for a food liberation army spokesperson.
HA! He said “gay male.com“. Awesome.
Calling what McDonald’s serves “food” is pretty generous.
@1 Bad Taste? There’s a good case to call it that. But it absolutely catches your attention and will hopefully spark some sort of debate. At the very least, I would hope it causes a few people who didn’t know, to look into what McDonald’s sells to its customers.
Wait, McDonalds food is bad for you? How come no one ever told me that before?
Best part is their logo — with McDonald’s catchphrase “I’m lovin’ it” flipped upside down to look like Arabic script.
(Although that does make one wonder if this isn’t really some secret viral marketing campaign on McDonald’s part.)
They want recycling and ethically treated animals, but they also want to deport illegal’s and redistribute McDonald’s wealth to the workers? I never realized the National Social Front just wanted a better burger.
These terrorists are not radical enough. It’s funny that they expect McDonald’s to integrate concern for others –- ethical
reflection – –into business decision-making.
And anyway, with ethical capitalism the system of capitalism remains relatively unchanged, except for that it has been endowed with moral legitimacy. So I’d go for more.