Aah yes - what a wonderful advertisement to the spectators following such an ‘important’ event where those who seek to be champions through dedicated training, determination - and a wholesome diet bringing about a state of peak fitness - hope to compete, (taken from that Fail piece).
Commercial partners Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Cadbury, Nature Valley and Heineken will be the only branded products sold at the games.
It now seems that those commercial concerns able to stump-up sufficient funds are afforded the ability to call the shots in any way they feel appropriate.
Should this really be the way forward, then Christ help us. Corporatism will not only be running the country but such groups will be doing it with one aim and one aim only in mind, the maintenance and enhancement of the bottom line - irrespective of the eventual cost to those who will suffer as a result of such single minded intent .
It's a crazy world. Run by big business with neither ethics or morals. 
So here we have the 2012 London Olympics games.......a celebration of health, fitness and vitality.
Is it really such a good idea to use sponsors, who must take at least part of the responsibility, for the poor health of the nation?.
Junk food has a direct link with the growing obesity problem we have in this country......not to mention diabetes. Exactly what message are we sending out to our children?..........Eat more processed crap, then wash it down with fizzy, sugary water that will rot your teeth.
Government ministers cower before the "all powerful" food industry and it's lobbyists. 
I think you have in essence highlighted the real issue with this statement "Run by big business with neither ethics or morals" and this one Is it really such a good idea to use sponsors, who must take at least part of the responsibility, for the poor health of the nation?.
I can see it odd that junk food companies are sponsering the games .... but it is not the responsibililty of McD, Cadbury or whoever to ensure a healthly nation. It's also not the responsibility of the govt. Each and every adult makes their choices in life. If that choice is to eat at fast food chain, so be it. But deal with whatever consequences their are.
There simply just is too much blaming in our culture today - the govt, large companies, the man across the road......whoever.
The nation in poor health? If X percentage of people are obese for instance, the responsibility lies with the X percentage that are obese.
A company has a product or service to sell. Each person makes a choice whether to buy it
Does this not amount to accepting a free for all V6?
Given the immense power of the body corporate, through targeted advertising and market saturation – in this case McDonalds – there must be some level of responsibility shown in respect of the wholesome nature of their products and how this impinges on the well-being of those who choose to consume this type of food.
It would seem that the main purpose of those in this arena of business activity has been to create an almost total level of dependence on not only the convenience factor offered by such products, but also by way of the culinary composition of them in order to achieve the maximum amount of sales possible - irrespective of any negative effects on the health of those people foolish enough to consume this kind of food in any regular or excessive way.
Government cannot evade responsibility by blindly allowing any business concern to produce and sell products which – in the case of ‘fast food’ – has demonstrated not only to have had a detrimental physical effect on many of those who consume regular amounts of it but also an addictive effect as well.
With obesity in many people within this country at an all time high and with Type 2 diabetes and heart disease rapidly becoming a serious cause for concern, the government must act to ensure that such corporate concerns behave in a responsible fashion and ensure that their products do not contribute in any detrimental way to this ever increasing problem.
Of course personal responsibility plays a very large part in how people decide to live their lives but it seems that the way these corporate bodies operate, in how they saturate the market with outlets selling their products, in how they tap into the popular culture by making their products apparently indispensable to modern day living, they seem to be more intent in achieving market domination and increased profits than being concerned on just how detrimental their products can be to those people foolish enough to buy into the hype.
Rampant corporatism is a bad thing because the bottom line is the prime reason for being – the consequences to those caught up in the quest to get to that all important point would seem to be a distant concern to say the least.
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