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Originally Posted by snowy
In this day and age, schools have to do anything and everything to raise funds.
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How does child prostitution for school funds sit with you? I point out the extreme to make the point. My argument isn't that fundraising is bad, it is that some fundraising is bad, and, in this case, I have drawn the line differently than the PTA.
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Furthermore, McDonalds has changed its ways a lot when it comes to feeding children. All McDonalds ads that pander to children now feature the healthy options in the Happy Meal--the Apple Dippers instead of fries, Chicken McNuggets, and milk instead of a soda. A child can eat a well-rounded meal at the Golden Arches these days.
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That is one smart corporation. I wonder how many kids are begging their parents for the apple dippers. You think McD's is trying to do a favor for our kids. I'm sure that play place is just for their exercise after the meal right?
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Your argument is ridiculous in that a single meal from McDonalds won't hurt anyone--and denying your school this fundraising opportunity will.
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I didn't intend to make that argument, but as long as you did... you realize that one hit of crack probably won't hurt you either? I'm not headed to deny fundraising again, I just think there is a line between appropriate and inappropriate, that's all.
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I think you should do a lot more research into this before you go spouting off at the PTA meeting and come up with a better argument than "McDonalds will give our kids Type II diabetes" and "Your kids will become part of a fast food nation." The latter is really up to parents to discuss and decide.
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This is part of my research. I'm sorry that it is insufficient, but the reason I came to my favorite conversation grounds is because my research is insufficient. As far as the latter being up to the parents, I could not agree more, hence the entirety of this argument.
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If there's no room for corporate influence in schools, then urge your locality and state to fund schools adequately so that PTAs don't NEED to do this kind of fundraising.
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Yes, I will. Please everybody else, do the same.
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Perhaps your real argument should focus on how relying on PTAs for fundraising creates an uneven playing field between schools, depending on the activity level of the given PTA.
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You are right. That is a great point. I just doesn't happen to be what I'm discussing tonight.