Starbucks logo under fire: shows partially covered breasts

The new retro logo at Starbucks is stirring controversy. The logo shows a mermaid with partially-covered breasts.A Christian group based in San Diego called The Resistance says the logo looks like a naked woman with her legs spread like a prostitute.The Resistance is calling for a national boycott of Starbucks. (story)
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CyberSkull on 2008-05-18 06:10:00
Frankly this "Christian" group is off their rocker. If your going to boycott Starbuck's, there are many real reasons to do so.
  • 70 diggs
    Ridgeliner7 on 2008-05-18 10:52:49
    They did the same thing to the Los Angeles County seal a few years ago.....so no surprise here....its amazing, isn't it, that there are people out there looking for such things!
    • 20 diggs
      heliox on 2008-05-18 15:50:10
      And pussy board actually acquiesced. The official seal was around for decades! I hate these types of groups, and when people give it, they get MORE power.
      • 10 diggs
        ElWizardo on 2008-05-18 17:47:23
        They always take things out of context. I used to have a cup of joe at The Coffee Vagina until they closed it down.
      • 29 diggs
        Stroggoth on 2008-05-18 18:27:47
        You just have to understand that religious folk are scared people; they are scared of death, they are scared of the unknown. The church gives them specific things to be scared about, so that they can feel "better" and less stressed about their fear with directed control behaviors. In this case, the church told them sex is bad, so they search for things to find sexually provocative. When you have that directive, then a coffee cup with a naked mermaid is beyond your control, and you need to control it by complaining. This is the same reason that so many hard-core republicans are scared of gay marriage, scared of other races, etc.

        Fear is a huge motivator.
      • 3 diggs
        DephexTwin on 2008-05-19 00:39:47
        Eh? Libtards? What are you talking about?
      • 2 diggs
        kmg90 on 2008-05-19 00:57:26
        this is not a political issue
    • 8 diggs
      rlh1 on 2008-05-18 18:24:54
      I do believe that you are incorrect,
      It was the ACLU that had it changed because they had some crosses on the seal.
      The crosses represented the Spanish missions.
  • -42 diggs
    nofrickenway on 2008-05-18 14:57:07
    That is just a terrible logo regardless, whoever came up with it should be fired.
    • 65 diggs
      Goblin on 2008-05-18 15:02:55
      No problem, we'll get right on with firing the 16th Century Norse Woodcutter that originally made it.
      • 22 diggs
        CJUNIT on 2008-05-18 15:34:15
        They're probably still pissy at the "Anti-God" messages on the cups http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=555 ...
      • 7 diggs
        whahaa on 2008-05-18 15:40:40
        in all fairness though, i think it's likely that 16th Century Norse Woodcutter really was thinking of a 'naked woman with her legs spread' when he originally carved the thing. not that there's anything wrong with that.
      • 9 diggs
        chaosium on 2008-05-18 22:18:04
        "They're probably still pissy at the "Anti-God" messages on the cups"

        They conveniently ignore the pro-God messages on some cups.
  • 175 diggs
    omeomi on 2008-05-18 14:59:58
    I'll have to remember to stop at Starbucks a little more often while they're using this logo. I don't really even like their coffee that much, but I'm happy to support just about anybody being boycotted by one of these morality patrol groups.
    • 5 diggs
      DarkLance on 2008-05-18 16:32:48
      that might be the idea behind bringing the logo back, stir up a bit of controversy. It works for the music biz, right Britney?
      • 6 diggs
        slifty on 2008-05-18 17:33:28
        yeah, cause Britney's reputation as a musician and her album sales have skyrocketed as a result of all her controversy... oh wait.
      • 7 diggs
        ashfish on 2008-05-18 18:40:50
        Actually the retro logo was brought back in conjunction with the Pike's Peak roast that they brought back. They're on this nostalgia kick because the Pike's Peak roast is the one they originally started with back in 71. Really thats the way of the country now, going back to retro style.
      • 1 diggs
        smithchr on 2008-05-18 21:04:35
        I'd be willing to be it's a "Pike Place Roast" rather than "Pike's Peak Roast". Pike place being the giant market here in Seattle, and Pike's Peak being a tall mountain in Colorado.
      • 0 diggs
        metaliq on 2008-05-18 21:17:59
        slifty---

        um. yes?
      • 3 diggs
        ashfish on 2008-05-18 22:41:47
        @smithchr ah right you are, this is what happens when i try and post before my morning coffee quota is reached.


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