The Catholic Church, that bastion of morality (and if you believe that you’re quite simply a moron) complained about a McDonald’s commercial in the Philippines because it was sending the wrong message to children. I wonder if a priest fondling a child, or forcing his penis into the mouth or anus of a minor sends the right message?
I don’t mean to be vulgar, but as vulgar as that last sentence sounds, just imagine what it must have felt like for children across the globe who for centuries have fallen prey to these sexually perverted individuals who flock to the priesthood.
The sad part of it is that this corrupt organization known as the Roman Catholic Church did such a fine job of indoctrinating the masses in far away places such as the Philippines, where people are basically poor and uneducated, that it (the Church) now basically controls their society, which is the goal of most monotheistic religions.
Hopefully the passage of time will cure societies across the globe of this malady. TGO
Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press
MANILA (AFP) – US fast-food chain McDonald’s said Wednesday it had scrapped a television commercial in the devoutly Catholic Philippines after facing a barrage of criticism from church leaders.
“We recognise and respect the stand of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) and have stopped airing the said commercial across all television stations,” McDonald’s said in a statement.
In the commercial, a girl who looks to be only five or six years old asks a boy of the same age if she can be his girlfriend. The boy curtly rejects her, complaining that girlfriends are too demanding.
But after the girl says all she wants are some french fries from McDonald’s, the boy’s face lights up and the commercial finishes with the pair walking side by side, almost holding hands.
Catholic church leaders had called for the commercial to be pulled, complaining it sent the wrong message to children.
Bishop Deogracias Yniguez, a senior member of the Catholic Bishops Conference, said concerns had centred on having very young children doing such an adult-themed commercial.
“We should be very sensitive and recognisant of the culture and the values of our country,” Yniguez told AFP.
About 80 percent of people in the Philippines are Catholic, a legacy of the country’s Spanish colonial past, and the church retains strong influence in society.
Divorce and abortions are illegal in the Philippines, while sales of condoms are restricted.
