Cigarette companies can hardly get away with anything these days. But food companies? We give them some room.
A while back, Coca Cola tried to market itself as health food. They let us know how Coke is refreshing. OK. Well, I guess they're right. Coke is refreshing. Who can argue with that? Coke is refreshing. And beating your wife is exciting. Maybe the wife beating industry should advertise that. “You want some excitement? You should beat your wife. Especially if she forgets to buy Coke. Coke is refreshing.” Yeah—that should help popularize wife beating. The wife beating industry should hire the person behind that "Coke is refreshing" campaign.
Right now, Coca Cola is a sponsor of the American Dietetic Association--the same organization that certifies people as Registered Dietitians. Coca Cola is one step away from making people Registered Dietitians. How is that possible? It seems like there should be a few steps between those two. Coca Cola is a junk food manufacturer. The ADA shouldn't be funded by them. If anything, it should drop an atomic bomb on Coca Cola's headquarters. Clinton-Lewinsky is a million times more appropriate relationship than Coca Cola-ADA. The "ADA--sponsored by Coca Cola" is comparable to "the President of the United States--sponsored by the Mafia."
So that was Coca Cola. And...