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Starbucks new (retro, actually) logo is offensive:
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.
(Caution: NSFW image follows!)
The Resistance, whose women presumably do not spread their scaly fish legs during coitus, is calling for a national boycott of Starbucks.
From the “The Resistance” press release:
“The Starbucks logo has a naked woman on it with her legs spread like a prostitute,” explains Mark Dice, founder of the group. “Need I say more? It’s extremely poor taste, and the company might as well call themselves, Slutbucks.
Haha, “Slutbucks.” It’s funny because it replaces one “S” word with a different but syntactically awkward “S” word. I personally would have gone with “Jezzebucks,” but that’s probably why you don’t see the Christian Right asking me to write their copy. (But I totally would! Call me!)
Bonus feature: If you just can’t get enough of “The Resistance,” be sure to check out their forums, where you can “stay Current on the DoD Hunter-Killer Robotic Soldiers” and learn the “locations of secret Concentration Camps in America.” You can also watch the “Mark Dice Demo Reel,” if you’d like to get an idea of what Jesus would do…if, you know, He were a douche.
May 19th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
I <3 you Amber…
/sigh @ Whackos…
=|
May 19th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
What troubles me about this new/old logo is that it looks like that siren is offering up her tail-bits to be eaten or sold. You know, like the guy in the Seattle fish market does with a nice… er… fish. “You like this fish?” holding it by the tail. She just seems eager to be deep fat fried.
PS: An “inside tip” from your Christian reader: anything that involves a boycott immediately disqualifies the speaker/writer from serious consideration as a religious messenger. If, after you’ve cured world hunger, made peace in the Middle East, and arranged for the end of poverty… then, if you’ve got time… feel free to protest/boycott overpriced coffee beverages. Until you’ve taken care of items 1 through 9,221,408 on the “what Christians really should be concentrating on” list… please piss off.
May 19th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Amber Night thanks for the link. Do you like spending eternity in hell because thats what you bought yourself. You have the right to freedom of speach but not when it comes to insulting our SAVIOR by comparing HIM to something so filthy I will not even repeat it. You know what its like to be raped by demons for eternity while we in heaven look down on you with disgust? You will. I also am reporting you to your provider for your disgusting mouth. I doubt they will like being asociated with such vile filth.
*Spam links removed -amber *
May 19th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
/slaps forehead
Oh. Right. This is why I blog.
@Andy: I prefer my mermaid broiled. Less fatty.
May 19th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Jeebus, Amber, I feel for ya..
The whole 95% are religious thing? Live it up, the earth’s toast ™…
I mean why can’t they brainwash their kids with Ayn Rand or JRR instead of that 2,000 year old superstitious goat poetry? FFS!! At least then they might be able to think for themselves a little, or know where to score some proper Longbottom Leaf..
That image *is* abit lewd though, if you look at it right, er, wrong.. If nothing else, I’d think Mr. Burns had something to do with a 2-tailed mermaid..
:0)
May 20th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Wow, I think Resist is serious.
Congratulations Amber!
You scored a crazy. Three more and your blog will go up a level (and maybe get some color back). =)
May 20th, 2008 at 9:42 am
Fuck off “Resist”, I /am/ her provider.
I’m also the guy that’s supposed to fix her blog. Send cheers to Amber, jeers to me. One of these days I’ll bring teh color back. )
May 20th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Resist is serious! It is amazingly similar to the other time when another guy warn Amber not to blog because the writers’ strike. I will hold of my N0zi or Hil..er talks this time, but what Amber talks or what starbucks does is their own businesses. Agreed the new logo looks strange, the important thing is the taste of coffee.
As long as people didn’t kill you/oppress you, we should leave them alone. If you think something is against God, that is only your judgment.
May 20th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Great argument: “You have the right to free speech as long as you don’t disagree with me.”
Anyone else seen Idiocracy and noticed the coincidence in this whole thing?
May 20th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
If it really was intended to be a naked mermaid whore, I’d probably have a lot more respect for Starbucks then I do. Still, these “Resistance” members are a little creepy. The bastards are so sleazy that they looked at a mermaid (and not a particularly attractive one, at that) and could only see a prostitute spreadin’ her legs. Filthy, filthy religious nuts. Shame on you guys.
May 20th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
That reminded me a Buddhist saying, “What you see is a reflection of who you are”.
May 20th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Egads, that’s the first time I’ve seen a mermaid spread eagle with exposed boobies. Yay, I get to go whip myself to repent to avoid blood atonement! Thank you, Amber.
May 21st, 2008 at 10:17 am
It’s clearly not a mermaid she just needs to shave a bit more often.
May 21st, 2008 at 6:51 pm
“You know what its like to be raped by demons for eternity while we in heaven look down on you with disgust?”
I never knew heaven was full of voyeurs.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:24 am
Typical self-riteous, hypocritical, bullshit. It’s amazing to me that these people can be so foolish and blind.
If / when the rapture comes, I hope I get to be around long enough to see the looks on some of their faces when they don’t get to go to heaven.
Demon rapes, indeed.
May 27th, 2008 at 8:06 am
Of course, Costa “Three camels” coffee is completely acceptable http://www.magharl.co.uk/uploads/images/Costa%20Roundel%20%20Logo(1).jpg