tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999115473222050072.post6734738684549331536..comments2023-04-10T19:25:59.747+10:00Comments on Gruen Transfer: ╠ Hypocrisy has a place in the market ╣Tanniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04310628056570520730noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999115473222050072.post-69346629642839575852009-10-28T15:32:00.809+11:002009-10-28T15:32:00.809+11:00Firstly, it’s not Hungry Jacks that got away with ...Firstly, it’s not Hungry Jacks that got away with this; it’s Burger King Japan. Similar burgers, maybe, but Hungry Jacks is related to Burger King in so far as Competitive Foods Australia (who owns and runs/sublicences HJs) being one of the Master Licencees of Burger King USA. What BK Japan does, and what CFA/HJ does is completely separate. If Hungry Jacks could get away with this, Daniel wouldn’t have had to request a special burger (it’d just be on the menu)<br /><br />That Burger King JP gets away with it is indicative of the sociological differences between here and Japan. In western countries, the burden of blame is being shifted from one’s self to others. <i>It’s Mcdonald’s fault</i> that <b>I eat there too much and get fat</b>. <i>It’s HJ’s fault</i> that <b>I decided to order 7 patties on my burger</b>. It’s someone else’s fault for what I do. This shift of burden is responsible for the glut of frivolous civil lawsuits in the US. <br /><br />In Japan, however, many aspects come with responsibilities. It’s my responsibility if I make the Win7 burger a daily occurrence, and therefore gain weight. It’s my responsibility to be my age and not request alcohol when I’m under 20, even if it’s availability makes getting 15yos drunk quite easily. There’s a greater level of Self responsibility in Japan. For BK Japan to release this burger as a limited time only offer, it’s not frowned upon by health experts because there’s the tacit understanding that this ain’t healthy if consumed daily. It’s a level of self responsibility and balance that allows Japanese fast food companies to release special edition menu items that are insane bordering on stupid. I recall that, whilst there was a healthy push in Australia, Japan’s McDonald’s menu was the normal burgers and fat. <br /><br />Finally, and being about Windows, I think this needs to be said: “What short memories we have”. Normally, I’d be referring to the “problems” of WinVista and how the people complaining did and said the same thing with WinXP, and to a lesser extent (as less people remember this), with Win95. However, I think sometimes a year is too long to remember stuff. As it was, about 13 months ago, <a href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24286194-2,00.html" rel="nofollow"> TV commercials started promoting the Hungry Jack's Quad Stack Burger</a>. In retrospect, it was tiny (not much bigger than an triple cheeseburger, and I needed 2 of these, compared with one Pounder grill from Maccas), but still, the mass media ranted and raved that it was horribly unhealthy. Oh how quickly we forgetNakeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01134275646945700937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999115473222050072.post-53413773658556085942009-10-28T12:06:30.139+11:002009-10-28T12:06:30.139+11:00Nice observation. Would love a calorie count on KF...Nice observation. Would love a calorie count on KFC Mega Boxes as well! Good to see the health shift which was started by govts and media has started to be pushed by public though.Nathan Bushhttp://www.anotheradvertisingwanker.comnoreply@blogger.com