PaveRoadToHell("Big Gulp","44 oz.")
A quote from yesterday's Salon article The American Way of Snacks:
...Albright spoke about the American dream, Iraq and terrorism -- broad and unquestionably American themes. The message for this audience is implicit: We will beat terrorism via the sheer will to provide American convenience to the world. If a man in Thailand is unable to walk into a 7-Eleven for a 44 oz. Big Gulp, then the terrorists have won.
And here's the thing: if this is the future of our world, then it's time to start cheering for the terrorists. Nothing against the Southland Corporation and their many fine snack offerings, but the planet just can't support six billion people living the fat, lazy, rich, oblivious life of North Americans.
Posted by Gene Smith on Oct 23, 2002
