WOMAN SUES MCDONALD’S FOR TEMPTING HER TO BREAK RELIGIOUS FAST

A Russian woman is suing McDonald’s for making her break fast during Lent with its aggressive hamburger advertising. Ksenia Ovchinnikova, an Orthodox Christian from Omsk, says she was fasting for Lent two years ago. She hadn’t eaten any meat for about a month, but as she was walking through the streets of Omsk, she saw an appetizing banner ad for McDonald’s cheeseburgers and chicken McNuggets. She couldn’t resist her cravings, so she went into the nearest McDonald’s and ordered a burger, immediately regretting it after she wolfed it down. The lawsuit accuses McDonald’s of breaking the consumer protection law and insulting her religious feelings by advertising delicious meat products during a time when Christians attempt to refrain from eating meat and other animal products. She is requesting 1,000 rubles ($14) as compensation for sustained moral damage.
* $14! The price of sustained moral damage has really gone up.
* Lead us not into temptation, indeed.
* Temptation? Would this make Satan a co-conspirator?
* Notice that the Russians swear off hamburgers and not, say, vodka.
* An Orthodox Christian from Omsk / Was starving herself for so longst / That without thinking further / She ordered a burger / And wolfed it down – om-nom-nom-nomsk.
* Next, the human race files a class action lawsuit against all advertising.