They may be ten years old but there are still relevant issues, the environmental ones especially.
And I don't go to Burger King either. The employment practices of my local chippy are fine, it is a family business, and I don't eat cod so I am conten that my environmental practices are sound. I am well aware of the gang connections in NI, and for the same reason there are some pubs in North London I don't go to, and some Chinese restaurants in Soho I don't go to. Believe me, I am VERY picky about this sort of thing, I know exactly what food I put inside me, I know exactly where my money goes, and what you think is being trendy is my being principled. I won't shop in Primark and other low cost stores unless I am VERY sure about their employment practices.
Pretty sanctamonous, I guess, but I don't get preachy on others. But I also don't expect my practices to be dismissed as snobby, faddy and trendy. Buying clothes made by sweat shops is not helping the working classes, no matter how you try to dress it up.
Vicky