Hilarious! Hamburgers Just Like Heroin

Dutchman, you should have stopped while you were ahead. Every single PSA is subsidzed by the Feds. And you don't really equate eating hamburgers as the root cause of the alleged child obesity program (the consumption of high fructose corn syrup by far is a much bigger problem)? This ad makes a spurious correlation that has no basis in fact. The consumption of beef is no more a problem in this nation than the consumption of tofu.

If you wish to go after a new hobby horse, how about stating the epidemic of childhood STDs? The very same people who would like nothing more than to ban hamburgers have absolutely no problem with 2 fourteen year olds taking a roll in the hay; heck, they encourage such behavior. You won't see a HHS/Ad Council PSA warning about dangers of pre-marital sex.

I might go to McDonalds more than once per year if heroin were on the menu.
(grin)

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Unreal! I see comments suggesting that it's irresponsible (and equated with drug use) for parents to allow kids to eat hamburgers, ice cream, cheetos etc. These items in moderation are not irresponsible. As usual, instead of expecting people to take care of themselves and make choices, the liberals want Papa Government to step in and take control.

The Government is not your parent. There is nothing wrong with giving your child a hamburger from time to time.

Four ounces of lean beef, a bread roll and a small salad with dressing is a Big Mac, deconstructed. It's amazing how much magical thinking people invest in "fast" food.

Well, that and hamburgers are American, so they function as a good proxy.

Drive a car after shooting heroin.

Drive a car after eating a hamburger.

Exactly the same thing, except that it's not at all. This ad engages in what's known as "defining addiction down."

Analogy FAIL.

Wow. I'm learning a great deal from this thread…
for example, a good burger ~ heroin; and Dutchdude's father was in/is from Australia!

(FWIW – "Glad Wrap" was 1st made & named in Oz)

Dutchman, I wasn't aware that Madison Avenue acumen is hereditary–I'm impressed that your talent for this kind of BS has been passed down through the generations.

I am a rancher. And I eat beef-grass fed beef.
Which is very healthy.
I am also a science teacher.
Most Americans do not seem to understand that children need large amounts of protein during their developmental stages, as well as adults.
Proteins are made of amino acids.
And you need these to build the proteins your body needs to function.
I hate to say this, but these kinds of ads are very similar to the smear campaigns used by vegan groups, like PETA, to stop humans from eating meat.
News flash-humans are omnivores.
We need to eat meat.
Without fake food made by modern technology, a lot of vegans wouldn't have anything near a healthy diet as to what is possible now.

Obesity is a personal problem,not a problem to be solved by the govt.

Maybe it's a McD burger and they need the heroin to stomache it. Now an In-N-Out burger would need no such illegal support. Ahhh. There's the real message.