A few days ago, I spring $4.50 for a large Starbucks Mocha with an extra shot of espresso and sat down to enjoy it. Somewhere during the relaxation of drinking that cup of coffee, I noticed there was a lot of writing on the side of the cup. As I began to read, I couldn't believe the boldness of this company. Here's what it says on the side of my starbucks cup:
Evolution as described by Charles Darwin is a scientific theroy, abundantly reconfirmed, explaining physical phenomena by physical causes. Intelligent Design is a faith-based initiative in a rhetorical argument. Should we teach I.D. in America's public schools? Yes, let's do -- not as science, but alongside other spiritual beliefs, such as Islam, Zoroastrianism and the Hindu idea that the Earth rests on Chukwa, the giant turtle.
When I paid this company nearly five bucks of my hard earned money, was I also paying for them to mock belief in God creating the earth? What is the point of this really? I want my $4.50 back.
4 comments:
But but.. it's Starbucks!
Just a quick note that I was stupid and switched some blogs things and now have a squatter sitting at my old blogspot address. Yeah, I'm a genius.
Anyhoo, so as not to support them, you may want to change your blogroll to laurakishimoto.ca, which I'll be moving off of blogger soon anyway. Exciting!
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Done my sweet little chic geek.
Ah, KJ, I have to go with Starbucks on that, Intelligent Design is eminently mockable, but it is nutty to put it on the side of a coffee cup. They really shouldn't do that. It's like starting an argument single-handedly. Why don't they write something up about the Koran, I wonder? I've no doubt this will hurt their sales badly -
GD
It is obvious that the demographic of people that go there do not believe in intelligent design, therefore it will boost their sales to support what their main demographic believes in... which is bashing another persons faith. wrong, but they dont care as long as they are pulling in cash in return.
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