When I was in Berlin last year, I don't remember seeing any McDonald's. But that doesn't mean they aren't there, so what's the big deal about them putting in another?
This article shows views from both. From what I can gather, it would as similar as a McDonald's going in on Hawthorne at approximately 34th. It seems to be a comparable type of neighborhood, (not filled with yuppies, so it can't be similar to Northwest) and I'm quite certain that attempting that would produce similar outcomes: rioting, vandalism, anti-MickyD's sentiment.
However, there are a few small voices of reason at the end of the article. The neighborhood is comprised mainly of adults who have a free will and can decided not to eat McDonald's, and McDonald's is as much competition to the local restaurants as it would be to Papa Haydn. We've got fast food in town here and people still choose the local carts first. Lastly, tolerance is a two-way street and if people expect to be tolerated, they may have to tolerate someone/thing else.
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2 comments:
I used to have "American guilt" whenever I traveled to another country and saw all of the fast food chains that have been exported. But then I realized that if other countries hate American fast food so much, they should STOP EATING IT! I don't eat it, so why should I feel bad that other people do? We aren't the only ones with free will.
Though I do think it should be OK for citizens to protest, etc. in order to keep these kind of places out of their neighborhoods. We should have some amount of control of the environments in which we live.
But it comes down to that, if no one ate at these places, they would all go out of business.
I am totally with you. 100%.
And I know what you mean about that "American guilt," because I sort of felt that way about the lost heritage of Japan---until I realized that they truly want to be westernized (Americanized would be more appropriate even) to the extreme. It seems basically everyone has a choice when it comes to these kinds of things. I guess people in dictatorships don't, but you get my drift. Heh.
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