tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10549832.post5918523370918724768..comments2008-01-20T08:34:19.966+04:00John B. Chiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18208312356775869565uaeeconomist@hotmail.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10549832.post-65429472612149508092008-01-20T08:34:00.000+04:002008-01-20T08:34:00.000+04:00Real Nick --- I'd never seen that rumor, before. I can list lots of capitals that do not have a set of golden arches. <BR/><BR/>I double-checked, and it is the NYT columnist that posited that no two countries with the golden arches have ever declared war against each other. <BR/><BR/>I believe this has since been refuted. Not sure if it was ever a serious peer-review-quality assertion, to begin with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10549832.post-69955187131203545972008-01-19T11:06:00.000+04:002008-01-19T11:06:00.000+04:00@ anonymous<BR/><BR/>Out of the 192 or so countries in the world McD is present in 118, which leaves plenty of countries to wage war against each other.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.snopes.com/business/market/mcdonalds.asp" REL="nofollow">McDonalds everywhere?</A>the real nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299456569511629114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10549832.post-77818351674290709342008-01-18T22:23:00.000+04:002008-01-18T22:23:00.000+04:00From my casual observation in the UAE diabetes is rising at an alarming rate. There is a direct link to the growth of the fast food in the Gulf and diabetes.<BR/>McDonalds may have good training, etc. but at what cost?UAE Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03105697169711666081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10549832.post-22527720651303211772008-01-17T10:32:00.000+04:002008-01-17T10:32:00.000+04:00Some time ago, I read the McDonald's theory of diplomacy (Thomas Friedman?) which stated: <BR/><BR/>"No two countries that have McDonald's have gone to war." <BR/><BR/>Is that still true? Has it ever been true?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com