Posted on 05/21/2007 4:13:29 AM PDT by theothercheek
Matt Barber, policy director for cultural issues for Concerned Women for America, an advocacy group that promotes biblical values in public policy, takes on Starbucks Corporation’s "As I See It" marketing program, which prints the wit and wisdom of its customers on the sides of coffee cups. According to Barber, many of these statements are polemical and offensive to people who believe in G-d. For example:
The Way I See It # 347 – "Why in moments of crisis do we ask G-d for strength and help? As cognitive beings, why would we ask something that may well be a figment of our imaginations for guidance? Why not search inside ourselves for the power to overcome? After all, we are strong enough to cause most of the catastrophes we need to endure." – Bill Schell, Starbucks customer from London, Ontario, Canada
Barber suggests that conservatives fight back by offering their own "As I See It" sentiments on the Starbucks Web site, though chances are slim that the Seattle-based java jivers will deem such submissions "thoughtful" enough to be worthy of printing on a disposable cup. Still, The Stiletto thinks it’s a great idea, and submitted the headline to one of the most popular posts on her blog: Atheism Kills, Jesus Saves.
NOTE: This is the second item in a feature called The Daily Blade.
I bet if I went to Starbuck and submitted.. the saying “Friends don’t let Friends drink Starbucks” you would never see it on the side of one of their paper cups.
Only a chump would take that bet! ;)
The way I see it, $5.00 is too much to pay for burnt coffee.
I really didn’t know about this marketing program because I never got the hot coffee, only the icy frappy stuff. But the price got so high it became an extravagance instead of a treat. Then I checked out the caloric content of some of my favorite drinks - even with skim milk. Oooh boy. Haven’t been in a Starbucks since.
I personally don’t like my morning coffee served by some denizen with multicolored hair and a still-not-quite-healed pierced lip.
Well, when you put it THAT way ...
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