New Posts For Thread: America's Healthiest City to Get McDonald'shttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/28876389/Americas_Healthiest_City_to_Get_McDonaldsAmerica's healthiest city, Loma Linda, California, which has never had a McDonald's restaurant, is nevertheless to have a McDonald's one day soon. www.vancouversun.com/health/McDonald+ope... Long considered to be one of the world's healthiest citieThey already have a fast food restaurant in their town and I don't see how a McDonald's being built is going to change their religious beliefs...?Maybe you think the Golden Arches force people to convert in the public square and eat McNuggets or be bhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/28876389/Americas_Healthiest_City_to_Get_McDonalds?post_id=515914765#515914765They already have a fast food restaurant in their town and I don't see how a McDonald's being built is going to change their religious beliefs...?Maybe you think the Golden Arches force people to convert in the public square and eat McNuggets or be bFri, 03 Feb 2012 15:45:38 -0600It's not a hot topic. The only reason it was news is that the town is overrun with Seventh Day Adventists that believe their god gets upset when they don't eat right. Some people actually believe that McDonalds is unhealthy. I say that if this god rehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/28876389/Americas_Healthiest_City_to_Get_McDonalds?post_id=515780801#515780801It's not a hot topic. The only reason it was news is that the town is overrun with Seventh Day Adventists that believe their god gets upset when they don't eat right. Some people actually believe that McDonalds is unhealthy. I say that if this god reTue, 31 Jan 2012 09:47:39 -0600McDonald's is opening a new restaurant in an American city. This is a Hot Topic?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/28876389/Americas_Healthiest_City_to_Get_McDonalds?post_id=515777619#515777619McDonald's is opening a new restaurant in an American city. This is a Hot Topic?Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:33:50 -0600That just means the store is providing a much needed service.No, it is not. Not everyone in that town will eat every meal there. Hyperbolic arguments, especially one blaming someone else for problems, never make for a rational discussion.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/28876389/Americas_Healthiest_City_to_Get_McDonalds?post_id=515724177#515724177That just means the store is providing a much needed service.No, it is not. Not everyone in that town will eat every meal there. Hyperbolic arguments, especially one blaming someone else for problems, never make for a rational discussion.Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:20:59 -0600roodog: If the people do not patronize the Mc Donalds, the business will wither and the venture will fail.+100And if they want to eat fast food, then they can. No one is holding a gun to their head or taking away their other choices.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/28876389/Americas_Healthiest_City_to_Get_McDonalds?post_id=515718979#515718979roodog: If the people do not patronize the Mc Donalds, the business will wither and the venture will fail.+100And if they want to eat fast food, then they can. No one is holding a gun to their head or taking away their other choices.Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:55:59 -0600What woulld make you assume that you need to educate anyone on this board about what to eat or how to live? It is preposterous.Your definition of "crusade" is so literal--no creative use of language there--but creativity is not a strong suit in yourhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/28876389/Americas_Healthiest_City_to_Get_McDonalds?post_id=515718565#515718565What woulld make you assume that you need to educate anyone on this board about what to eat or how to live? It is preposterous.Your definition of "crusade" is so literal--no creative use of language there--but creativity is not a strong suit in yourSun, 29 Jan 2012 19:40:33 -0600Clearly McD’s sees a viable market in Loma Linda. So if McD’s market strategy is in error, they will be the ones who bear the loss. From the article: ”Rhodes Rigsby, the mayor and an Adventist vegetarian, said it was not up to thehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/28876389/Americas_Healthiest_City_to_Get_McDonalds?post_id=515692369#515692369Clearly McD’s sees a viable market in Loma Linda. So if McD’s market strategy is in error, they will be the ones who bear the loss. From the article: ”Rhodes Rigsby, the mayor and an Adventist vegetarian, said it was not up to theSun, 29 Jan 2012 08:39:19 -0600OK - So I told myself I was never going to respond to Jane's nonsense posts anymore. But, calling a thread in which I point out the problems associated with junk food a 'crusade' is just too much.A crusade is an energetic and concerted movement forhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/28876389/Americas_Healthiest_City_to_Get_McDonalds?post_id=515676377#515676377OK - So I told myself I was never going to respond to Jane's nonsense posts anymore. But, calling a thread in which I point out the problems associated with junk food a 'crusade' is just too much.A crusade is an energetic and concerted movement forSat, 28 Jan 2012 22:22:00 -0600Why not worry about what ails New Zealanders and make your cursades there? You don't live here. Most of us eat little fast food. Where I live Chinese and Thai restaurants offer home delivery as do the pizzerias.Our First Lady, Michelle Obama, is crushttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/28876389/Americas_Healthiest_City_to_Get_McDonalds?post_id=515669563#515669563Why not worry about what ails New Zealanders and make your cursades there? You don't live here. Most of us eat little fast food. Where I live Chinese and Thai restaurants offer home delivery as do the pizzerias.Our First Lady, Michelle Obama, is crusSat, 28 Jan 2012 17:20:51 -0600Ah, but once a fast food franchise is established in a city, people will patronise it in droves, as they do everywhere else. The temptation to stop in and indulge in a quick, cheap, fatty, salty meal is just too great.And, whilst it is true that eathttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/28876389/Americas_Healthiest_City_to_Get_McDonalds?post_id=515665177#515665177Ah, but once a fast food franchise is established in a city, people will patronise it in droves, as they do everywhere else. The temptation to stop in and indulge in a quick, cheap, fatty, salty meal is just too great.And, whilst it is true that eatSat, 28 Jan 2012 15:08:13 -0600