Posted by
Greg England on Thursday, May 15, 2008 6:03:49 PM
In today's Daily Telegraph I discover the following headline.
Starbucks is facing a boycott from a group of Christian activists in America
who claim the coffee chain's new logo is vulgar.
But wait ... it's the drive-by media remember. Further investigation is required.
Internet search reveals the following link:
And finally, a link to the "Christian" website which quite frankly scares the hell out of me:
http: // www . the res ista nce man ifes to . com /
(I have put spaces in the domain name, to prevent it becoming a link.
You can visit it if you want ... but I wish I hadn't clicked on it).
This has nothing to do with mainstream Christianity (the group only has 3000 people in it!!!)
However, if you haven't done the internet research, all you will remember from this Telegraph story is that some Christians in America are protesting about the boobies on cups of Starbucks. Must be Dubya's fault. Those crazy Christian fundies!
Click on the Huffington Post link, and you will find the usual suspects banging on about the Christian right.
There's hope though, because even some of the bloggers on the Huffington post have seen through the ruse, and have complained about this misrepresentation.
Thank God for that!