Ah, yes. Pretty funny... and simultaneously frightening.
I would not be surprised if this were to happen.
Many parents today frequently engage their children with...
Kid: "I want those cookies!"
Mom/Dad: "Not right now; maybe later."
Kid: "NOOO! I want them now!
"
Mom/Dad: "Alright, but nothing else..."
Once the kid has become 20 lbs. overweight the parent gets upset at the food company... or even the beloved Cookie Monster.
Fifty years ago, if a kid cried like that mom/dad would have laid down a stern "No," and that would be it. It would never make the national news. And the possibility of "the Cookie Monster e-mail" would be absurd and unheard.
But not anymore.
