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To: NightOwl who wrote (39666)	8/24/2002 3:47:00 AM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 281500

When ISN'T Africa starving? Should Taco Bell go out of business because so many Mexicans go hungry? Surely the Gordita is offensive. It means, after all, "little fat girl." The insensitivity! This is just silly. Maybe it would've been better if McD's called it a "Kwaanzaa burger" or something. ------------------------------------------------------------ guardian.co.uk New from McDonald's: the McAfrika burger (don't tell the 12m starving) Andrew Osborn Saturday August 24, 2002 The Guardian McDonald's has been accused of extreme insensitivity after releasing a new sandwich called the "McAfrika" in Norway, one of the world's richest countries, at a time when 12 million people are facing starvation in southern Africa.