I remember Schar against the rest of the moose the last time this came up, Starbucks is under fire for the quotes on its cups.
Concerned Women for America, which promotes itself as the antithesis of the National Organization for Women and boasts 8,700 supporters in Washington, says most of those quoted on the coffee cups are liberal.
The group believes corporations have a responsibility to reflect the diversity of their customers by taking a balanced approach — or staying out of divisive social issues altogether.
And while the group is not calling for a boycott, its position nonetheless raises questions about what role — if any — corporations should take on potentially sensitive matters, especially at a time when the nation is divided, largely along religious lines, on issues such as gay rights.
Shouldn't corporations take a stand especially on sensitive matters. Microsoft decided to take a stand (despite pressure from religious groups) and state that they were against discrmination based on sexual orientation. If, Starbucks is making a statement, then they very well should. They should have also not have f**ked over Nate McMillian and make him go to the Portland Trailblazers, but that is NBA talk.
A sampling of contributions to Starbucks' "The Way I See It" promotion
Michael Medved, radio talk-show host "Americans spend an average of 29 hours a week watching television ... which means in a typical life span we devote 13 uninterrupted years to our TV sets! ... Cutting down just an hour a day would provide extra years of life — for music and family, exercise and reading, conversation and coffee."
Rita Golden Gelman, author, "Tales of a Female Nomad" ... "Without risk, nothing new ever happens. Without trust, fear creeps in. Without serendipity, there are no surprises."
Alice Randall, novelist and first black woman to write a No. 1 country song "Mother-love is not inevitable. The good mother is a great artist, ever creating beauty out of chaos."
Erykah Badu, musician "The wise healer endures the pain. Cry. Tears bring joy."
Nikki Giovanni, poet "Hot allusions. Metaphors over easy. Side order of rhythm. Message: If you want to be a poet you've got to eat right."
Jonah Goldberg, editor, National Review Online "Everywhere, unthinking mobs of 'independent thinkers' wield tired cliches like cudgels, pummeling those who dare question 'enlightened' dogma. ... Cliches begin arguments, they don't settle them."
J.A. Jance, crime novelist "When I began writing, the words that inspired me were these: 'A writer is someone who has written today.' If you want to be a writer, what's stopping you?"
Yeah, let's all stay out ofYeah, let's all stay out of divisive issues and hope they go away. It's pretty funny that 1. this woman thinks these are liberal quotes, and 2. she didn't want to call for a boycott--she is probably too busy chugging triple mochafrapachinolattes or whatever the hell you call those things.
yeah...and so what does that say? That one can only be intelligent or insightful if one is "liberal"? She may be onto something there, but I don't think it helps her point. If we as a nation wouldn't be so afraid of "divisive" issues, we'd be in better shape. We used to debate such messy topics and have real conversations about matters of the world, but I guess now thinking is too dangerous.
Hell yesWe gotta talk, we gotta discuss, we gotta talk things through.
Not completely unrelated, but about 76% of voters in a recent poll in Japan stated that they were going to be heading to the polls to vote on the future of Japan. Feels like the first time in a long time, when we are actually trying to talk about what should be and what shouldn't be.
Anyway, offensive Starbucks coffee cups, what is next. . .how sensitive (insensitive) has the US become?