Super Size Me!

In the movie Super Size Me, Morgan Spurlock effectively communicates the message that eating McDonalds consistently on a regular basis will generally create future health issues such as liver and heart health. However, I don’t believe that McDonalds should be punished for the way their food is prepared. The customer is not obligated to buy McDonalds food, and although the movie leads you to believe that the food has some addictive properties, I think that it comes down to personal responsibility and that people should be held accountable for their decisions and should not be able to blame their misfortune on a company that provides them with food. Now that their nutrition facts are readily available for anyone to see, it puts the responsibility even more on the consumer. This makes it even more important for people to make good decisions about what they are eating, and they will suffer the consequences of their actions if they choose otherwise. I think this is a very important thing to have for a country as free as America. The ability to make your own decisions is an important part of what a free country should be, and when people blame McDonalds for their own decisions, something has gone wrong in our legal system. It disappoints me to know that some Americans seem to be afraid of their own accountability, and I am glad that the ruling in the court case against McDonalds went against the plaintiffs. People know what fast food does to the body, and although Spurlock’s point is well taken, it is clear in my opinion that McDonalds is not at fault for good marketing of their product.