It's different because it's a city council, singling out just kid's meals, and more specifically with "free" toys.
National standards on the safety of the ingredients, to protect the public, is different than regulating recipes of how those ingredients are put together. I don't eat them often, but every once in awhile I want a big old cheesesteak, with enough grease and salt to dissolved the roll before I can finish it. I certainly don't want the government, especially a stinking city council, saying I can't have one because somebody else might try to let their kid live on the damn things.
If they don't like the way parents are parenting, take it up with them and leave me and McD's out of it. Hopefully the parent will tell them to pound sand. Nobody is forced to go to McD's, it's only one of many options for parents, and from the numbers I've seen, most kids don't go that often.
That's a hell of a lot easier that finding a new job if your employer doesn't provide the option of the proper safety gear. And it is an option. Try as they might, and I've seen some pretty heavy handed trying, companies can't make employees follow safe work practices 100% of the time, except in a very few jobs where the employee is monitored 100% of the time. Just like they can't force people to wear seat belts, only make sure they have the option.
This tin horn city council is taking away choices, and with it personal responsibility, so anyone that supports them is a commie, pinko, socialist, PC nazi, nogoodnik.
