Yet more evidence that California is going to Hell in a handbasket

[brendala]

Happy Meal toys could be banned in Santa Clara County

As someone who has a large collection of Happy Meal toys, I just want to say "Screw you, Santa Clara politicians! And screw you, too, Nanny State!". Honestly, was neutering Cookie Monster not enough for you!?

Comments

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Urgh, why do they censor and remove everything? Kids are tougher then that! They are only weak and defenless because you don't let them learn!

[ichiban-victory.livejournal.com]

Welcome to California, which has become so liberal it seems to be imploding on itself. It's not a pretty sight! I heard on the news the other day the toys are being banned to prevent children from buying and ingesting the food they come with, as a way to combat childhood obesity. (Nevermind kids can buy the toys separately as I and my sisters did since we didn't have money to always buy the meals to collect the toys.)

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was gonna say, can't you buy them separately now? Seems a little weird.

Hey, here's an other idea to battle childhood obesity. Sports. Rather then banning everything, how about encouraging people to get off their butts, you know?

[brendala.livejournal.com]

When I was about 12-14 years old I started collecting Happy Meal toys (especially when they were connected to something I liked, like the latest Disney movie). Half the time I just bought the toys by themselves because I wasn't hungry and/or I didn't feel like spending the extra money to get the burger and fries.

I hated sports when I was a kid. But my sister and I still enjoyed playing "street hockey" when we were little. Though I think I'm lucky I grew up without internet in my home. I imagine it would have kept me indoors and discouraged me from finding creative ways to entertain myself.