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Bad, filthy and cruel Good, healthy and cheap
Debate Score:36
Arguments:29
Total Votes:39
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McDonald's, Good or Bad?

The food is disgusting and filled with meat from over 1000 cows, as well as contains cow dung. The toys are made in china in factories where workers are forced to obey and the windows have nets to prevent workers from jumping to commit suicide. Workers don't earn enough money in one week for a single happy meal.

However

The food tastes good and hasn't caused any recent problems. That's about it.

So, is it really worth it to go to McDonald's to have a bite after a long day of work or a hard day of school? For more information, read a book called "Chew on This", or go to these sites:
http://www.createdebate.com/debate/show/Factory_Farms_Good_or_Bad
http://www.sustainabletable.org/issues/factoryfarming/
http://www.mcspotlight.org/issues/intro.html

Bad, filthy and cruel

Side Score: 21
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Good, healthy and cheap

Side Score: 15
3 points

You:

The food is disgusting

However The food tastes good

Uhhhh.... I think you're completely correct

However, I think you're totally wrong.

That is all.

Side: Bad, filthy and cruel
Hellno(17753) Disputed
1 point

No thanks. .

Side: Good, healthy and cheap

McDonald`s is somewhat a company that would risk anything for success. Thus it succumbs to dirty means from the food they sell, and the resources they expend.

Here is a link about McDonald`s doings.

http://www.mcspotlight.org/case/pretrial/factsheet.html

Side: Bad, filthy and cruel
2 points

I dont mind the food but McDonalds do have questionable ethics and dont care about the local economy of the towns they open in they have recently bought an old pub in my town ic they get their way the pub will be bulldozed so they can build the new restaurant which will be sad, as the pub has been there since 1675. Also opposite the pub are privately owned takeaways which will find it hard to compete and will probably go out of business if McDonalds opens.

Side: Bad, filthy and cruel
2 points

it is bad flithly and cruel only if you eat it everyday maybe once a month or something like that

Side: Bad, filthy and cruel
2 points

I believe that eating fast food is harmful for our health. Fast food is cheap and convenient, two factors that make it particularly attractive. Unfortunately, that comes with a price. If you eat fast food only once in a while and in moderate amounts, you should be fine. Problems might arise if fast food becomes your main source of nutrition or if you start eating larger and larger portions.

There are some bad sides of junk food:

Lack of nutrients;

Fat content;

obesity risk;

Sarah Leibowitz, a neurobiologist at Rockefeller University in New York

City, has more evidence that eating fast food is self-reinforcing. Her

experiments show that exposure to fatty foods may quickly reconfigure the

body's hormonal system to want yet more fat. She has shown that levels of

galanin, a brain peptide that stimulates eating and slows down energy

expenditure, increase in rats when they eat a high-fat diet.

Ann Kelley, a neuroscientist at the University of Wisconsin Medical School

in Madison, has uncovered more evidence that the release of opioids in the

nucleus accumbens tells your brain to keep eating. She found that if rats'

opioid receptors are overstimulated with a synthetic enkephalin, the rats

eat up to six times the amount of fat they normally consume. They also raise

their intake of sweet, salty and alcohol-containing solutions, even when

they are not hungry.

Side: Bad, filthy and cruel
1 point

The meat is filthy, McDonalds once fed their cows dead cow meat. read a book called "Chew on This", it can explain better than i can.

Side: Bad, filthy and cruel
Cuaroc(8829) Disputed
1 point

Where are you getting your facts?

Side: Good, healthy and cheap
Hellno(17753) Disputed
1 point

How does something "almost contain poop"???

Side: Good, healthy and cheap
jonathangoh(1726) Clarified
1 point

Why ?

Side: Bad, filthy and cruel
1 point

fast food is bad for health and rotten food too :)

Side: Bad, filthy and cruel

I hate McDonald's and their food, I think it tastes terrible and its bad for you... But lets face it, in most places if your getting a meal for $1 its likely either half eaten or rotting.

Side: Good, healthy and cheap
1 point

My sentiments exactly.

Side: Good, healthy and cheap
1 point

How about Delicious ?!?!

Side: Good, healthy and cheap
hurricean(86) Disputed
1 point

for all you know, you could have bitten into cow dung a hundred times. i have to agree that fast food tastes good, but in my opinion the cons out-weighs the pros.

Side: Bad, filthy and cruel
Akulakhan(2985) Disputed
1 point

If chow shit was this delicious, I'd've bought one years ago.

Side: Good, healthy and cheap
hurricean(86) Disputed
1 point

Also, the average McDonalds worker doesn't even get enough money in one week for a happy meal, they actually get below the minimum wage.

Side: Bad, filthy and cruel
Cuaroc(8829) Disputed
1 point

evidence?

Side: Good, healthy and cheap
Akulakhan(2985) Disputed
1 point

The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. if you know ANYONE making less than that, tell them to look for their state wage here and call the Better Business Bureau immediately.

Side: Good, healthy and cheap
1 point

The United States is a capitalist society. As far as I can tell Mc Donald's is "good" at capitalism. It tries to maximize its profits while keeping it's customers happy. Given MD success I have to assume that people agains MD are in the minority no matter how much poop may or may not be in the food.

So, if anyone is to blame it the governing bodies that allow Mc Donald's to do what it does. MD can't be expected to disadvantage itself relative to the rest of the industry. This is what regulations are for. It creates a level playing field that all companies must adhere to.

Side: Good, healthy and cheap

IT IS VERY NICE WITH FRENCH FRIES AND NUGGETS AND BURGERS

Side: Good, healthy and cheap

I go to McDonald's because I like their burgers and fries and I don't care about the calories.

Side: Good, healthy and cheap