It has always been puzzling, but instructive, to me that the victims groups and their allies in the plaintiff bar are quick to find justification to go after McDonalds for childhood and teenage obesity and the tobacco companies for causing cancer while completely (and conveniently) ignoring the entertainment industry, particularly the music business and Hollywood’s “dream factory”, for the damages caused by their cultural pollution that has contributed so much to the impoverishment of our youth. They talk of the ready availability of the “off” button, but somehow this option never applies to tobacco products and Big Macs. Where is the difference in the responsibility of the producer of the product?
