22 Jan 2003 | SU said...

Meanwhile, we have a man arrested after cursing burnt McNuggets.

22 Jan 2003 | Steven Garrity said...

But who's going to hold you accountable for that post title?

22 Jan 2003 | ~bc said...

I think this McNugget Arrest is potentially a bigger story than the suit: if indeed this guy was calm while using a single four-letter description of a burnt nugget, and he was arrested for his free expression, isn't that an infringement of his civil rights? Instead of speaking against the gov't, which will never get you arrested (well, not until Ashcroft gets to changing that), but this guy spoke out against the lowest branch of corporate America and was promptly escorted to jail. If you can't curse a burnt McNugget from a McDonalds within a WalMart, then what's next?

Of course, if he was livid, then it is indeed a breach of peace, but either way this should really be dismissed...

22 Jan 2003 | alisha said...

haha. If this continues, it wont be long before McDonalds has its own reality show. Instead of 50 potential brides for one millionaire, theyll be 50 potential McDonalds lawsuits and a hotshot lawer. Cases ranging from fat grams to four letter words. I thought this type of thing could only happen in Utah. Amazing. and sad.

22 Jan 2003 | Don Schenck said...

Well ... it's "second-hand cursing", which can cause damage. It should be banned! According to *some* logic, anyway.

22 Jan 2003 | alisha said...

yea, Don and you think your little angels never eat junk food and excersized all the time. I guess you think they werent smoking behind your back either, right?

22 Jan 2003 | fajalar said...

Well ... it's "second-hand cursing", which can cause damage. It should be banned! According to *some* logic, anyway.

I think that there could be a case put forth for user expectation here. Users don't expect to shop in an environment where an individual with a burnt McMostlyMeat and a penchant for vulgarity and a lack of inner monologue disrupts their experience.

Well, maybe they do at a McD in Walmart. But in general I would say most don't prefer that sort of atmosphere. So do we let the "free market" allow them to shop elsewhere?

And if I am mistaken and people like that kind of atmosphere, then we need to add something to the Web sites we work on. Just think of all the cool error messages we could write!

"Do it again mother#^@*#$!"

20 Nov 2003 | auto insurance company said...

rediculous!

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13 Jan 2004 | bramka sms said...

Mein Hobby ist es Gästebücher zu besuchen. Das ist immer ganz interessant und widerspiegelt so, was die Leute im Internet wirklich denken. War auch interessant bei Dir ! Bis zum nächsten Mal. All The Best OfNew Year. Sorry for my english i'am from Germany.