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Date: 07 Sep 2006 16:27:18
From: cuppa tatas
Subject: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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http://www.komotv.com/news/printstory.asp?id=45217
Starbucks Siren Takes It All Off
By Travis Mayfield
SEATTLE - It's a party at Starbucks.
The local coffee legend is celebrating its 35th anniversary and as
part of the event, they're handing out their old logo.
The problem, some folks found that original logo offensive.
"This is degrading to the women of today," says regular Starbucks
customer Theresa Miyahara.
The 1971 original is "a twin tailed mermaid, or siren as she's called
in Greek mythology," says Starbucks Carol Pucik. The siren also has
bare breasts.
Pucik says every hot beverage cup in their Washington and Oregon
company owned stores will feature the original logo over the next two
months.
"Its really for nostalgia," says Pucik who agrees they meant no
offense.
Before Starbucks was ubiquitous worldwide, the old logo was still well
known around Seattle. You can still see it at the first Starbucks in
Pike's Place ket.
But in the early 1990's, there were growing complaints about the
appropriateness of the original logo and the company gave her a
'modest makeover.' That's the logo used widely today more focused on
her face and barely showing her fins or chest.
Sitting outside a downtown Starbucks, Ken Lacy laughs off the coffee
controversy: "most great art in the world is, some of the nudes."
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_090506WABstarbucksJK.6fdb2e31.html
Starbucks' old, new logo creates stir
09:06 AM PDT on Wednesday, September 6, 2006
By AMY FINLEY / KING 5 News
KENT, Wash. -- Starbucks' decision to revert to its original mermaid
logo this month is causing a stir at one local school.
Thirty-five years after the first cup of Starbucks was sold, the java
giant is returning to its artistic roots. During September, Starbucks'
cups are sporting the original logo, a familiar mermaid. But for some,
the sketched depiction clearly showing the mermaid’s breasts is a
little too much skin.
A Kent elementary school principal has asked that teachers stopping
for a cup on the way to work be sure to get a cup sleeve to cover up
the image.
"The principal at that school made a decision that she thought that it
could be distracting for students," school district spokeswoman Becky
Hanks said.
One student we talked with agreed.
"The kids would talk about it ... like, ‘whoa, it’s the naked lady’,”
said Victoria Awiten, 12.
Awiten’s dad, Dave Phelps, wasn’t particularly disturbed.
“I think she’s seen worse in movies,” he said.
Whatever distraction there might be, he said, it doesn't call for a
rule.
Other residents say they don't think so either.
"If I had an elementary school kid, I wouldn’t care,” said Uma Ramiah.
Hanks said the cup rule is not a district wide policy, just one
request by one principal for the month of September.
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Date: 12 Sep 2006 12:19:09
From: John S.
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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For all the years I've bought coffee at Starbucks, I would have to say
I really never even noticed the logo. Before this had I been asked to
describe it I would have been at a complete loss. The Starbucks name
and it's color are what draw me to the store. I patronize them because
they are the most convenient source of a good cup of coffee. Not
because of their politics, employee relations, sale of fair trade
coffee, presence or absence of union activity, membership in the CofC
or anything else. I just care about what they sell.
usenet wrote:
> Of course I don't buy Starbucks because of some naked logo - I don't
> patronize them because they are anti-union and they have fired employees
> who tried to organize their store, as is their legal right to do so.
>
> cuppa tatas wrote:
> > http://www.komotv.com/news/printstory.asp?id=45217
> > Starbucks Siren Takes It All Off
> > By Travis Mayfield
> >
> > SEATTLE - It's a party at Starbucks.
> >
> > The local coffee legend is celebrating its 35th anniversary and as
> > part of the event, they're handing out their old logo.
> >
> > The problem, some folks found that original logo offensive.
> >
> > "This is degrading to the women of today," says regular Starbucks
> > customer Theresa Miyahara.
> >
> > The 1971 original is "a twin tailed mermaid, or siren as she's called
> > in Greek mythology," says Starbucks Carol Pucik. The siren also has
> > bare breasts.
> >
> > Pucik says every hot beverage cup in their Washington and Oregon
> > company owned stores will feature the original logo over the next two
> > months.
> >
> > "Its really for nostalgia," says Pucik who agrees they meant no
> > offense.
> >
> > Before Starbucks was ubiquitous worldwide, the old logo was still well
> > known around Seattle. You can still see it at the first Starbucks in
> > Pike's Place ket.
> >
> > But in the early 1990's, there were growing complaints about the
> > appropriateness of the original logo and the company gave her a
> > 'modest makeover.' That's the logo used widely today more focused on
> > her face and barely showing her fins or chest.
> >
> > Sitting outside a downtown Starbucks, Ken Lacy laughs off the coffee
> > controversy: "most great art in the world is, some of the nudes."
> >
> >
> > http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_090506WABstarbucksJK.6fdb2e31.html
> > Starbucks' old, new logo creates stir
> >
> > 09:06 AM PDT on Wednesday, September 6, 2006
> >
> > By AMY FINLEY / KING 5 News
> >
> > KENT, Wash. -- Starbucks' decision to revert to its original mermaid
> > logo this month is causing a stir at one local school.
> >
> > Thirty-five years after the first cup of Starbucks was sold, the java
> > giant is returning to its artistic roots. During September, Starbucks'
> > cups are sporting the original logo, a familiar mermaid. But for some,
> > the sketched depiction clearly showing the mermaid's breasts is a
> > little too much skin.
> >
> > A Kent elementary school principal has asked that teachers stopping
> > for a cup on the way to work be sure to get a cup sleeve to cover up
> > the image.
> >
> > "The principal at that school made a decision that she thought that it
> > could be distracting for students," school district spokeswoman Becky
> > Hanks said.
> >
> > One student we talked with agreed.
> >
> > "The kids would talk about it ... like, 'whoa, it's the naked lady',"
> > said Victoria Awiten, 12.
> >
> > Awiten's dad, Dave Phelps, wasn't particularly disturbed.
> >
> > "I think she's seen worse in movies," he said.
> >
> > Whatever distraction there might be, he said, it doesn't call for a
> > rule.
> >
> > Other residents say they don't think so either.
> >
> > "If I had an elementary school kid, I wouldn't care," said Uma Ramiah.
> >
> > Hanks said the cup rule is not a district wide policy, just one
> > request by one principal for the month of September.
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Date: 12 Sep 2006 10:00:47
From: Nancy2
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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Richard C. wrote:
> > Of course I don't buy Starbucks because of some naked logo - I don't
> > patronize them because they are anti-union and they have fired employees
> > who tried to organize their store, as is their legal right to do so.
> >
> ============================
> Yet it is rated (by employees) as one of the BEST places to work!
> MOST of such rated places are non-union.
> ============================
It's an adverse cause-and-effect. The best places to work (great
companies, great bosses, great policies and practices, good pay and
benefits, etc.) have no need of unions. Unions are opportunistic just
like infections. Where there is weakness, unions can get a foothold.
I'm neither for nor against unions - my son is an IBEW member. I'm
just sayin' .... the best companies have no need for unions.
N.
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Date: 12 Sep 2006 13:43:39
From: usenet
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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Of course I don't buy Starbucks because of some naked logo - I don't
patronize them because they are anti-union and they have fired employees
who tried to organize their store, as is their legal right to do so.
cuppa tatas wrote:
> http://www.komotv.com/news/printstory.asp?id=45217
> Starbucks Siren Takes It All Off
> By Travis Mayfield
>
> SEATTLE - It's a party at Starbucks.
>
> The local coffee legend is celebrating its 35th anniversary and as
> part of the event, they're handing out their old logo.
>
> The problem, some folks found that original logo offensive.
>
> "This is degrading to the women of today," says regular Starbucks
> customer Theresa Miyahara.
>
> The 1971 original is "a twin tailed mermaid, or siren as she's called
> in Greek mythology," says Starbucks Carol Pucik. The siren also has
> bare breasts.
>
> Pucik says every hot beverage cup in their Washington and Oregon
> company owned stores will feature the original logo over the next two
> months.
>
> "Its really for nostalgia," says Pucik who agrees they meant no
> offense.
>
> Before Starbucks was ubiquitous worldwide, the old logo was still well
> known around Seattle. You can still see it at the first Starbucks in
> Pike's Place ket.
>
> But in the early 1990's, there were growing complaints about the
> appropriateness of the original logo and the company gave her a
> 'modest makeover.' That's the logo used widely today more focused on
> her face and barely showing her fins or chest.
>
> Sitting outside a downtown Starbucks, Ken Lacy laughs off the coffee
> controversy: "most great art in the world is, some of the nudes."
>
>
> http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_090506WABstarbucksJK.6fdb2e31.html
> Starbucks' old, new logo creates stir
>
> 09:06 AM PDT on Wednesday, September 6, 2006
>
> By AMY FINLEY / KING 5 News
>
> KENT, Wash. -- Starbucks' decision to revert to its original mermaid
> logo this month is causing a stir at one local school.
>
> Thirty-five years after the first cup of Starbucks was sold, the java
> giant is returning to its artistic roots. During September, Starbucks'
> cups are sporting the original logo, a familiar mermaid. But for some,
> the sketched depiction clearly showing the mermaid’s breasts is a
> little too much skin.
>
> A Kent elementary school principal has asked that teachers stopping
> for a cup on the way to work be sure to get a cup sleeve to cover up
> the image.
>
> "The principal at that school made a decision that she thought that it
> could be distracting for students," school district spokeswoman Becky
> Hanks said.
>
> One student we talked with agreed.
>
> "The kids would talk about it ... like, ‘whoa, it’s the naked lady’,”
> said Victoria Awiten, 12.
>
> Awiten’s dad, Dave Phelps, wasn’t particularly disturbed.
>
> “I think she’s seen worse in movies,” he said.
>
> Whatever distraction there might be, he said, it doesn't call for a
> rule.
>
> Other residents say they don't think so either.
>
> "If I had an elementary school kid, I wouldn’t care,” said Uma Ramiah.
>
> Hanks said the cup rule is not a district wide policy, just one
> request by one principal for the month of September.
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Date: 12 Sep 2006 07:11:18
From: Richard C.
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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"usenet" <usenetreader1234@earthlink.net > wrote in message
news:fQyNg.10519$bM.2204@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> Of course I don't buy Starbucks because of some naked logo - I don't
> patronize them because they are anti-union and they have fired employees
> who tried to organize their store, as is their legal right to do so.
>
============================
Yet it is rated (by employees) as one of the BEST places to work!
MOST of such rated places are non-union.
============================
> cuppa tatas wrote:
>> http://www.komotv.com/news/printstory.asp?id=45217
>> Starbucks Siren Takes It All Off
>> By Travis Mayfield SEATTLE - It's a party at Starbucks. The local coffee
>> legend is celebrating its 35th anniversary and as
>> part of the event, they're handing out their old logo. The problem, some
>> folks found that original logo offensive. "This is degrading to the women
>> of today," says regular Starbucks
>> customer Theresa Miyahara. The 1971 original is "a twin tailed mermaid,
>> or siren as she's called
>> in Greek mythology," says Starbucks Carol Pucik. The siren also has
>> bare breasts. Pucik says every hot beverage cup in their Washington and
>> Oregon
>> company owned stores will feature the original logo over the next two
>> months. "Its really for nostalgia," says Pucik who agrees they meant no
>> offense. Before Starbucks was ubiquitous worldwide, the old logo was
>> still well
>> known around Seattle. You can still see it at the first Starbucks in
>> Pike's Place ket. But in the early 1990's, there were growing
>> complaints about the
>> appropriateness of the original logo and the company gave her a
>> 'modest makeover.' That's the logo used widely today more focused on
>> her face and barely showing her fins or chest. Sitting outside a downtown
>> Starbucks, Ken Lacy laughs off the coffee
>> controversy: "most great art in the world is, some of the nudes."
>> http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_090506WABstarbucksJK.6fdb2e31.html
>> Starbucks' old, new logo creates stir
>>
>> 09:06 AM PDT on Wednesday, September 6, 2006
>>
>> By AMY FINLEY / KING 5 News
>> KENT, Wash. -- Starbucks' decision to revert to its original mermaid
>> logo this month is causing a stir at one local school. Thirty-five years
>> after the first cup of Starbucks was sold, the java
>> giant is returning to its artistic roots. During September, Starbucks'
>> cups are sporting the original logo, a familiar mermaid. But for some,
>> the sketched depiction clearly showing the mermaid’s breasts is a
>> little too much skin. A Kent elementary school principal has asked that
>> teachers stopping
>> for a cup on the way to work be sure to get a cup sleeve to cover up
>> the image. "The principal at that school made a decision that she thought
>> that it
>> could be distracting for students," school district spokeswoman Becky
>> Hanks said.
>> One student we talked with agreed.
>>
>> "The kids would talk about it ... like, ‘whoa, it’s the naked lady’,”
>> said Victoria Awiten, 12. Awiten’s dad, Dave Phelps, wasn’t particularly
>> disturbed. “I think she’s seen worse in movies,” he said. Whatever
>> distraction there might be, he said, it doesn't call for a
>> rule. Other residents say they don't think so either. "If I had an
>> elementary school kid, I wouldn’t care,” said Uma Ramiah.
>>
>> Hanks said the cup rule is not a district wide policy, just one
>> request by one principal for the month of September.
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Date: 11 Sep 2006 21:40:44
From:
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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MERMAID MANIPULATORS
The original Starbucks Mermaid tradek model was found, according to
Starbucks founder Jerry Baldwin, in an old 15th Century Nordic woodcut
found in a picture book. The bawdy babe was found in a rather
suggestive pose spreading her tails above her head inviting the local
Seattle iners to enjoy her wares. She had somewhat more sass than
what fictional Seattle local Lou Grant would have recognized as
"spunk."
She has changed, through the years in addition to going from being on a
brown field to being on a green field, from a siren to a sweet water
babe all for the sake of what would be good for business, and that is
all fair.
The interesting thing to this coffee trade history student is the
unusual level of control Starbucks has over media. Sanitizing and
simplifying the company tradek, and icon as the company grew, went
public and international is to be expected. Starbucks has taken its
control of its image even to its word description of the change. What
was begun as a "modesty makeover" has become sanitized as a "modest
makeover." Starbucks corporation excels at controlling both its
corporate image and the news content on the company that filters
through to the fifth estate.
-Donald Schoenholt
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Date: 11 Sep 2006 08:13:46
From: Nancy2
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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cuppa tatas wrote:
> Whatever distraction there might be, he said, it doesn't call for a
> rule.
>
> Other residents say they don't think so either.
>
> "If I had an elementary school kid, I wouldn't care," said Uma Ramiah.
>
> Hanks said the cup rule is not a district wide policy, just one
> request by one principal for the month of September.
Silly parents. Do they take clothing along to museums so their kids
won't be offended by nekkid bodies? LOL.
Someone should show her how to crease a Land O' Lakes butter carton to
give the Indian maiden bare boobs....;-) Then she could get outraged
about that.
N.
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Date: 11 Sep 2006 15:35:43
From: Michael Archon Sequoia Nielsen
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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This is even better:
http://static.flickr.com/2/3571542_dc56243f6c.jpg
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Date: 11 Sep 2006 05:44:42
From: John S.
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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cuppa tatas wrote:
> http://www.komotv.com/news/printstory.asp?id=45217
> Starbucks Siren Takes It All Off
> By Travis Mayfield
>
> SEATTLE - It's a party at Starbucks.
>
> The local coffee legend is celebrating its 35th anniversary and as
> part of the event, they're handing out their old logo.
>
> The problem, some folks found that original logo offensive.
>
> "This is degrading to the women of today," says regular Starbucks
> customer Theresa Miyahara.
>
> The 1971 original is "a twin tailed mermaid, or siren as she's called
> in Greek mythology," says Starbucks Carol Pucik. The siren also has
> bare breasts.
>
> Pucik says every hot beverage cup in their Washington and Oregon
> company owned stores will feature the original logo over the next two
> months.
>
> "Its really for nostalgia," says Pucik who agrees they meant no
> offense.
>
> Before Starbucks was ubiquitous worldwide, the old logo was still well
> known around Seattle. You can still see it at the first Starbucks in
> Pike's Place ket.
>
> But in the early 1990's, there were growing complaints about the
> appropriateness of the original logo and the company gave her a
> 'modest makeover.' That's the logo used widely today more focused on
> her face and barely showing her fins or chest.
>
> Sitting outside a downtown Starbucks, Ken Lacy laughs off the coffee
> controversy: "most great art in the world is, some of the nudes."
>
>
> http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_090506WABstarbucksJK.6fdb2e31.html
> Starbucks' old, new logo creates stir
>
> 09:06 AM PDT on Wednesday, September 6, 2006
>
> By AMY FINLEY / KING 5 News
>
> KENT, Wash. -- Starbucks' decision to revert to its original mermaid
> logo this month is causing a stir at one local school.
>
> Thirty-five years after the first cup of Starbucks was sold, the java
> giant is returning to its artistic roots. During September, Starbucks'
> cups are sporting the original logo, a familiar mermaid. But for some,
> the sketched depiction clearly showing the mermaid's breasts is a
> little too much skin.
>
> A Kent elementary school principal has asked that teachers stopping
> for a cup on the way to work be sure to get a cup sleeve to cover up
> the image.
>
> "The principal at that school made a decision that she thought that it
> could be distracting for students," school district spokeswoman Becky
> Hanks said.
>
> One student we talked with agreed.
>
> "The kids would talk about it ... like, 'whoa, it's the naked lady',"
> said Victoria Awiten, 12.
>
> Awiten's dad, Dave Phelps, wasn't particularly disturbed.
>
> "I think she's seen worse in movies," he said.
>
> Whatever distraction there might be, he said, it doesn't call for a
> rule.
>
> Other residents say they don't think so either.
>
> "If I had an elementary school kid, I wouldn't care," said Uma Ramiah.
>
> Hanks said the cup rule is not a district wide policy, just one
> request by one principal for the month of September.
For those few worried about being temporarily exposed to the sight of a
drawing depicting highly simplified female breasts, just turn your
head. The logo isn't in use, and is being shown much as an exhibit of
old drawings might be. Why don't those doo-gooders focus more on the
magazines available in the grocery checkout line that regularly depict
the female form in various stages of undress. Not to mention museums,
books on naval history, innumerable statues, paintings, etc.
I venture to say one could find postage stamps and currency with the
female body in some stage of undress too. Should those be benned from
public use and view too?
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Date: 11 Sep 2006 07:07:01
From: Richard C.
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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"John S." <hjsjms@cs.com > wrote in message
news:1157978682.579000.320710@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
>
> I venture to say one could find postage stamps and currency with the
> female body in some stage of undress too. Should those be benned from
> public use and view too?
>
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These for example?
http://www.snap-dragon.com/nudes_on_stamps.htm
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Date: 11 Sep 2006 14:41:37
From: Bob (this one)
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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Richard C. wrote:
> X-No-archive: yes
>
> "John S." <hjsjms@cs.com> wrote in message
> news:1157978682.579000.320710@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> I venture to say one could find postage stamps and currency with the
>> female body in some stage of undress too. Should those be benned from
>> public use and view too?
>>
> =======================================
> These for example?
> http://www.snap-dragon.com/nudes_on_stamps.htm
Is it legal to lick them...?
Just askin...
Pastorio
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Date: 09 Sep 2006 21:05:03
From:
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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>> Bush isn't even a fundamentalist; he's just a born-again Christian. They aren't necessarily the same thing. 'Course, I reckon that the distinction is hard to perceive from your remove...
> Oh yes, he's every bit the Christian isn't he. Killing for no good reason is always such a Christian thing.
No good reason? Come on... What does it take for you to have a good
reason? For me, it's a bad cup a' joe.
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Date: 09 Sep 2006 09:39:35
From:
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 16:27:18 +0000, cuppa tatas <wanna@cuppa.ta.tas >
wrote:
>http://www.komotv.com/news/printstory.asp?id=45217
>Starbucks Siren Takes It All Off
>By Travis Mayfield
>
>SEATTLE - It's a party at Starbucks.
>
>The local coffee legend is celebrating its 35th anniversary and as
>part of the event, they're handing out their old logo.
>
>The problem, some folks found that original logo offensive.
*sigh*. 2006 Bush'ian/Republican/Fundamentalist America.
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Date: 09 Sep 2006 10:54:55
From: Geoff Miller
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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<a@b.com > wrote:
> *sigh*. 2006 Bush'ian/Republican/Fundamentalist America.
If you don't like it, you know where the friggin' door is,
metaphorically speaking.
Bush isn't even a fundamentalist; he's just a born-again
Christian. They aren't necessarily the same thing. 'Course,
I reckon that the distinction is hard to perceive from your
remove...
Geoff
--
"Liberace was a great piano player, but
he sucked on the organ." -- Mike Oxbig
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Date: 09 Sep 2006 23:00:30
From: T
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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In article <eduv5f$cbd@u1.netgate.net >, geoffm@u1.netgate.net says...
>
>
> <a@b.com> wrote:
>
> > *sigh*. 2006 Bush'ian/Republican/Fundamentalist America.
>
>
> If you don't like it, you know where the friggin' door is,
> metaphorically speaking.
Now now. If we don't like it we simply elect a Democrat majority and
impeach the sons of bitches.
> Bush isn't even a fundamentalist; he's just a born-again
> Christian. They aren't necessarily the same thing. 'Course,
> I reckon that the distinction is hard to perceive from your
> remove...
Oh yes, he's every bit the Christian isn't he. Killing for no good
reason is always such a Christian thing.
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Date: 10 Sep 2006 11:27:20
From: Geoff Miller
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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T <nospam.kd1s@cox.nospam.net > writes:
> Now now. If we don't like it we simply elect a Democrat
> majority and impeach the sons of bitches.
Yeah, that's what you people said in '04. And yet...
> Oh yes, he's every bit the Christian isn't he. Killing for
> no good reason is always such a Christian thing.
The reasons have been sufficiently articulated. You may not
like or agree with them, but that's not quite the same thing.
Geoff
--
"Liberace was a great piano player, but
he sucked on the organ." -- Mike Oxbig
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Date: 10 Sep 2006 15:59:10
From: Dan Abel
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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In article <ee1le8$2mi@u1.netgate.net >,
geoffm@u1.netgate.net (Geoff Miller) wrote:
> T <nospam.kd1s@cox.nospam.net> writes:
> > Oh yes, he's every bit the Christian isn't he. Killing for
> > no good reason is always such a Christian thing.
>
> The reasons have been sufficiently articulated. You may not
> like or agree with them, but that's not quite the same thing.
You spelled "fabricated" wrong.
--
Dan Abel
dabel@sonic.net
Petaluma, California, USA
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Date: 10 Sep 2006 16:54:24
From: T
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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In article <ee1le8$2mi@u1.netgate.net >, geoffm@u1.netgate.net says...
>
>
> T <nospam.kd1s@cox.nospam.net> writes:
>
> > Now now. If we don't like it we simply elect a Democrat
> > majority and impeach the sons of bitches.
>
> Yeah, that's what you people said in '04. And yet...
There were some major electoral oddities in Ohio and Florida in 2004
having to do with Dieblod of all things.
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Date: 10 Sep 2006 20:51:52
From: Geoff Miller
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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T <nospam.kd1s@cox.nospam.net > writes:
> There were some major electoral oddities in Ohio and Florida in 2004
> having to do with Dieblod of all things.
Never proven. The Defeatocrats, grasping at straws, simply seized on
the theoretical *possibility* of foul play due to the computerized
nature of the voting machines: "The machines were hacked! They
*could've* been, therefore they were! Yeah, that's the ticket!"
When a credible legal case is made, come back and we'll talk. Until
then, be sure to keep your tinfoil hat cinched down (shiny side out)
so as to repel the mind-control rays of those evil shmallow People
from the planet Xiroxon.
Geoff
--
"Liberace was a great piano player, but
he sucked on the organ." -- Mike Oxbig
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Date: 12 Sep 2006 21:59:10
From: T
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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In article <ee2mgo$ik6@u1.netgate.net >, geoffm@u1.netgate.net says...
>
>
> T <nospam.kd1s@cox.nospam.net> writes:
>
> > There were some major electoral oddities in Ohio and Florida in 2004
> > having to do with Dieblod of all things.
>
>
> Never proven. The Defeatocrats, grasping at straws, simply seized on
> the theoretical *possibility* of foul play due to the computerized
> nature of the voting machines: "The machines were hacked! They
> *could've* been, therefore they were! Yeah, that's the ticket!"
Except for the testimony of one of the programmers, and the fact that
it's been amply demonstrated that hacking a diebold machine is a
relatively simple matter.
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Date: 11 Sep 2006 14:45:03
From: Bob (this one)
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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Geoff Miller wrote:
> T <nospam.kd1s@cox.nospam.net> writes:
>
>> There were some major electoral oddities in Ohio and Florida in 2004
>> having to do with Dieblod of all things.
>
>
> Never proven. The Defeatocrats, grasping at straws, simply seized on
> the theoretical *possibility* of foul play due to the computerized
> nature of the voting machines: "The machines were hacked! They
> *could've* been, therefore they were! Yeah, that's the ticket!"
>
> When a credible legal case is made, come back and we'll talk. Until
> then, be sure to keep your tinfoil hat cinched down (shiny side out)
> so as to repel the mind-control rays of those evil shmallow People
> from the planet Xiroxon.
You could be more of a superficial moron, but it's difficult
to imagine how. Obviously, you've done not one whit of
checking, not an iota of research on the subject. Instead
you vomit this partisan crap that more belongs fertilizing a
cornfield. Amazing you could fit that much manure in one
mouth. There have been numerous studies and even one major
federal government one that details abuses that happened and
are documented.
"Never proven..." Moron.
Pastorio
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Date: 11 Sep 2006 14:10:03
From: Vernon Laugger
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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"Geoff Miller" <geoffm@u1.netgate.net > wrote in message
news:ee2mgo$ik6@u1.netgate.net...
>
>
> T <nospam.kd1s@cox.nospam.net> writes:
>
> > There were some major electoral oddities in Ohio and Florida in 2004
> > having to do with Dieblod of all things.
>
>
> Never proven. The Defeatocrats, grasping at straws, simply seized on
> the theoretical *possibility* of foul play due to the computerized
> nature of the voting machines: "The machines were hacked! They
> *could've* been, therefore they were! Yeah, that's the ticket!"
You haven't done any homework at all, have you Geoff ?
Don't insult this guy, he's making things simple for you...
http://tinyurl.com/h5px2
VL
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Date: 11 Sep 2006 08:26:52
From: cyndiann
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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Geoff Miller wrote:
> T <nospam.kd1s@cox.nospam.net> writes:
>
>> There were some major electoral oddities in Ohio and Florida in 2004
>> having to do with Dieblod of all things.
>
>
> Never proven. The Defeatocrats, grasping at straws, simply seized on
> the theoretical *possibility* of foul play due to the computerized
> nature of the voting machines: "The machines were hacked! They
> *could've* been, therefore they were! Yeah, that's the ticket!"
>
> When a credible legal case is made, come back and we'll talk. Until
> then, be sure to keep your tinfoil hat cinched down (shiny side out)
> so as to repel the mind-control rays of those evil shmallow People
> from the planet Xiroxon.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-id.issues.vote.10sep10,0,6456225.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines
"For Instance, during the 2004 presidential election, one machine in a
Columbus, Ohio, suburb tallied almost 3,900 more votes for President
Bush than he received. The glitch was easily caught because only 638
voters cast presidential ballots at that precinct on election day.
Another malfunction wiped out nearly 4,500 votes in local races in
Carteret County, N.C."
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/05/opinion/05tue1.html?ex=1157688000&en=2d14938386d6b51c&ei=5087%0A
"The most troubling evidence comes from Ohio, a key swing state, whose
electoral votes decided the 2004 presidential election. A recent
government report details enormous flaws in the election system in
Ohio’s biggest county, problems that may not be fixable before the 2008
election.
"Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland, hired a consulting firm to
review its election system. The county recently adopted Diebold
electronic voting machines that produce a voter-verified paper record of
every vote cast. The investigators compared the vote totals recorded on
the machines after this year’s priy with the paper records produced
by the machines. The numbers should have been the same, but often there
were large and unexplained discrepancies. The report also found that
nearly 10 percent of the paper records were destroyed, blank, illegible,
or otherwise compromised."
Sounds credible to me. The articles are based on a government report.
cyndiann
http://www.mynudelife.com
http://www.yournudelife.com
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Date: 09 Sep 2006 12:43:30
From: T
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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In article <edk5g29u5g9dqr7ou33o2ijppjgfhj6jno@4ax.com >, a@b.com says...
> On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 16:27:18 +0000, cuppa tatas <wanna@cuppa.ta.tas>
> wrote:
>
> >http://www.komotv.com/news/printstory.asp?id=45217
> >Starbucks Siren Takes It All Off
> >By Travis Mayfield
> >
> >SEATTLE - It's a party at Starbucks.
> >
> >The local coffee legend is celebrating its 35th anniversary and as
> >part of the event, they're handing out their old logo.
> >
> >The problem, some folks found that original logo offensive.
>
> *sigh*. 2006 Bush'ian/Republican/Fundamentalist America.
The very people who trot out the "Had god meant you to be naked you
would have been born that way." line at every opportunity.
We need a little more full frontal in society.
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Date: 09 Sep 2006 10:51:39
From: St. John Smythe
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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a@b.com wrote:
> *sigh*. 2006 Bush'ian/Republican/Fundamentalist America.
Heh. And all the time I was thinking it was the 2006 liberal Democrat
"political correctness" movement.
Maybe we just ought not to attribute motives to labeled groups, y'think?
--
St. John
One way to make your old car run better is to look up the price of a new
one.
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Date: 09 Sep 2006 08:19:52
From: Richard C.
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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X-No-archive: yes
"St. John Smythe" <sinjen@n4vu.com > wrote in message
news:edukdr$qfh$26@n4vu2.n4vu.com...
> a@b.com wrote:
>> *sigh*. 2006 Bush'ian/Republican/Fundamentalist America.
>
> Heh. And all the time I was thinking it was the 2006 liberal Democrat
> "political correctness" movement.
>
==============================
Much more likely!
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Date: 09 Sep 2006 17:26:37
From: David Looser
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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"Richard C." <post-age@spamcop.net > wrote in message
news:0cCdnWZpvL4BRp_YnZ2dnUVZ_v6dnZ2d@comcast.com...
> X-No-archive: yes
>
> "St. John Smythe" <sinjen@n4vu.com> wrote in message
> news:edukdr$qfh$26@n4vu2.n4vu.com...
>> a@b.com wrote:
>>> *sigh*. 2006 Bush'ian/Republican/Fundamentalist America.
>>
>> Heh. And all the time I was thinking it was the 2006 liberal Democrat
>> "political correctness" movement.
>>
> ==============================
> Much more likely!
By snipping the important line :-
"Maybe we just ought not to attribute motives to labeled groups, y'think?"
you're making yourself sound like "Anna"
David.
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Date: 08 Sep 2006 21:35:53
From: Quiet Desperation
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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In article <6oh0g2hf0d7q5rjfp16bohcmeg3n2fosp2@news >,
cuppa tatas <wanna@cuppa.ta.tas > wrote:
> "This is degrading to the women of today," says regular Starbucks
> customer Theresa Miyahara.
Are there really human beings that talk like this over a harmless logo?
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Date: 09 Sep 2006 01:09:57
From: Ed Needham
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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Yes, sadly there are those that are outraged by the appearance of a bare
breast. Even a cartoon-like 'drawing' of a bare breast gets them all worked
up.
But they only talk about it during the commercials, while watching their
favorite prime time shows on TV. The ones where people are getting their
heads blown off at point blank range, with blood splatter on the wall behind
them for more entertainment value. No sir. That's not degrading at all.
That's entertainment!
Oh my. Show that stuff, and lets get the kids in there to watch, but don't
dare!!! show a bare breast.
The last time I checked, no one has ever been harmed by a bare breast.
--
*********************
Ed Needham®
"to absurdity and beyond!"
ed at homeroaster dot com
(include [FRIEND] in subject line to get through my SPAM filters)
*********************
"Quiet Desperation" <x@x.com > wrote in message
news:x-D21B1E.21355308092006@news.giganews.com...
> In article <6oh0g2hf0d7q5rjfp16bohcmeg3n2fosp2@news>,
> cuppa tatas <wanna@cuppa.ta.tas> wrote:
>
>> "This is degrading to the women of today," says regular Starbucks
>> customer Theresa Miyahara.
>
> Are there really human beings that talk like this over a harmless logo?
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Date: 11 Sep 2006 16:17:17
From: Randy G.
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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"Ed Needham" <ed@NOSPAMhomeroaster.com > wrote:
>Yes, sadly there are those that are outraged by the appearance of a bare
>breast. Even a cartoon-like 'drawing' of a bare breast gets them all worked
>up.
>
We were talking last night- I said, "I wonder what would have been the
reaction if Janet Jackson had been breast feeding during the half time
show...?"
Randy "its intended use" G.
http://www.EspressoMyEspresso.com
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Date: 11 Sep 2006 15:23:58
From:
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:17:17 -0700, Randy G. <frcn@DESPAMMOcncnet.com >
wrote:
>"Ed Needham" <ed@NOSPAMhomeroaster.com> wrote:
>
>>
>
>We were talking last night- I said, "I wonder what would have been
the
>reaction if Janet Jackson had been breast feeding during the half
time
>show...?"
>
>
> Randy "its intended use" G.
>http://www.EspressoMyEspresso.com
>
>
Interesting idea Randy. I could not believe at the time, how worked
up people got over that Janet Jackson incident. It looked playful but
the outrage was so sickening. I think someone even had to pay a fine.
Again, we are all born with naked bodies that have breasts and until
things change, that will be the norm for 100% of humans.
aloha,
beans -trying to be a bit anonymous
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Date: 09 Sep 2006 10:59:12
From: Geoff Miller
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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Ed Needham <ed@NOSPAMhomeroaster.com > writes:
> The last time I checked, no one has ever been harmed by a bare
> breast.
Watch out -- they usually travel in pairs.
Geoff
--
"Liberace was a great piano player, but
he sucked on the organ." -- Mike Oxbig
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Date: 09 Sep 2006 06:30:18
From:
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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On Sat, 9 Sep 2006 01:09:57 -0400, "Ed Needham"
<ed@NOSPAMhomeroaster.com > wrote:
>Yes, sadly there are those that are outraged by the appearance of a
bare
>breast. Even a cartoon-like 'drawing' of a bare breast gets them all
worked
>Oh my. Show that stuff, and lets get the kids in there to watch, but
don't
>dare!!! show a bare breast.
>
>The last time I checked, no one has ever been harmed by a bare
breast.
And Ed, Every One has breasts! Shocking but true. We were lucky
enough to have recently seen the David statue by Michelangelo and it
is a work of breathless beauty. People who do not see beauty in the
human form ought to go back into their dark caves.
Just my $.02.
aloha, Cea
--smithfarms.com
farmers of pure kona
roast beans to kona to email
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Date: 09 Sep 2006 10:52:06
From: Geoff Miller
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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<beans@smithfarms.com > writes:
> And Ed, Every One has breasts! Shocking but true.
Men have breasts? That's certainly news to me. Why don't
men wear bras, then?
So how do you explain that old joke about how, if men had
breasts, we'd stay home all day playing with 'em? Humor
has to have some basis in reality in order to be funny;
otherwise, a joke would be a non sequitur.
And so it seems to me that if men really _did_ have breasts,
it never would've occurred to whoever it was (George Carlin?)
to coin that joke originally. Certainly, no one would've
laughed at it. But they did, both at the time and down through
the years. It's demonstrated enduring value as humor. That
wouldn't be the case if it were patently nonsensical.
What next, women have penises...in the guise of clitorises?
The politically correct impulse to draw tortured parallels
between the sexes by way of insisting that men and women are
almost identical can be downright funny at times.
Then there are the feminists who express their disdain for
men's fascination with breasts by huffily pointing out that
they aren't sex organs. Well, they certainly are if some guy
slides Mr. Happy betwixt them!
We all know what a "pearl necklace" is. A friend of mine once
asked me if I knew how to make "pearl earrings." When I allowed
as how I didn't, he pantomimed a woman laying on her back and
shaking her head from side to side while saying, "No! No! No!'
Geoff
--
"Liberace was a great piano player, but
he sucked on the organ." -- Mike Oxbig
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Date: 11 Sep 2006 15:44:55
From: Terry J. Wood
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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geoffm@u1.netgate.net (Geoff Miller) wrote in news:eduv06$bv6
@u1.netgate.net:
> Men have breasts? That's certainly news to me. Why don't
> men wear bras, then?
See: http://tinyurl.com/2sdbc
Terry "That was easy" Wood
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Date: 09 Sep 2006 22:58:40
From: T
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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In article <eduv06$bv6@u1.netgate.net >, geoffm@u1.netgate.net says...
>
>
> <beans@smithfarms.com> writes:
>
> > And Ed, Every One has breasts! Shocking but true.
>
>
> Men have breasts? That's certainly news to me. Why don't
> men wear bras, then?
What, you never heard of moobs? Perhaps you've never seen built up
pectoral muscles before. Or heard of gynecomastia.
> So how do you explain that old joke about how, if men had
> breasts, we'd stay home all day playing with 'em? Humor
> has to have some basis in reality in order to be funny;
> otherwise, a joke would be a non sequitur.
If you shot us up with a couple little hormones or fed us lots of soy,
we'd even produce milk.
> And so it seems to me that if men really _did_ have breasts,
> it never would've occurred to whoever it was (George Carlin?)
> to coin that joke originally. Certainly, no one would've
> laughed at it. But they did, both at the time and down through
> the years. It's demonstrated enduring value as humor. That
> wouldn't be the case if it were patently nonsensical.
>
> What next, women have penises...in the guise of clitorises?
The head of the penis and that very sensitive part around the edge is
essentially the clitoris in women. And our testicles are very similar to
ovaries, there but for a little genetic switch.
> The politically correct impulse to draw tortured parallels
> between the sexes by way of insisting that men and women are
> almost identical can be downright funny at times.
>
> Then there are the feminists who express their disdain for
> men's fascination with breasts by huffily pointing out that
> they aren't sex organs. Well, they certainly are if some guy
> slides Mr. Happy betwixt them!
>
> We all know what a "pearl necklace" is. A friend of mine once
> asked me if I knew how to make "pearl earrings." When I allowed
> as how I didn't, he pantomimed a woman laying on her back and
> shaking her head from side to side while saying, "No! No! No!'
Now that's one I hadn't heard of yet.
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Date: 10 Sep 2006 11:24:10
From: Geoff Miller
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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T <nospam.kd1s@cox.nospam.net > writes:
> What, you never heard of moobs?
"Moobs?" Sounds like the name of some sort of candy, something
that comes in a box that you could get at the cinema snack bar.
"I'll have a box of Moobs, a medium popcorn, and a large Coke,
please!"
Where I come from, we call 'em "mantits."
> Perhaps you've never seen built up pectoral muscles before.
> Or heard of gynecomastia.
Mantits (whether the result of gynecomastia or just plain ol'
obesity) are composed of fat. Pectoral muscles are composed of
...wait for it...muscle. *Breasts* are made of milk glands.
Just because something is in the pectoral area doesn't make it
a breast. That's necessary but not sufficient, you might say.
> If you shot us up with a couple little hormones or fed us lots
> of soy, we'd even produce milk.
Yeah, and if the queen had balls, she'd be the king.
> The head of the penis and that very sensitive part around the
> edge is essentially the clitoris in women.
Yes, I know that. That's why I wrote what I did last time around.
For all that, a clitoris is not a penis.
> And our testicles are very similar to ovaries, there but for a
> little genetic switch.
Which little genetic switch makes all the difference. Testes are
not, in fact, ovaries.
["pearl necklace"]
> Now that's one I hadn't heard of yet.
It made me laugh out loud the first time I heard it.
Geoff
--
"Liberace was a great piano player, but
he sucked on the organ." -- Mike Oxbig
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Date: 11 Sep 2006 22:21:34
From: Scott en Aztlán
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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geoffm@u1.netgate.net (Geoff Miller) said in misc.consumers:
>> What, you never heard of moobs?
>
>"Moobs?" Sounds like the name of some sort of candy, something
>that comes in a box that you could get at the cinema snack bar.
To me it sounds like someone saying the word "boobs" when they have
one in their mouth.
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Date: 10 Sep 2006 16:56:44
From: T
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
|
In article <ee1l8a$2jl@u1.netgate.net >, geoffm@u1.netgate.net says...
>
>
> T <nospam.kd1s@cox.nospam.net> writes:
>
> > What, you never heard of moobs?
>
> "Moobs?" Sounds like the name of some sort of candy, something
> that comes in a box that you could get at the cinema snack bar.
> "I'll have a box of Moobs, a medium popcorn, and a large Coke,
> please!"
>
> Where I come from, we call 'em "mantits."
>
>
> > Perhaps you've never seen built up pectoral muscles before.
> > Or heard of gynecomastia.
>
> Mantits (whether the result of gynecomastia or just plain ol'
> obesity) are composed of fat. Pectoral muscles are composed of
> ...wait for it...muscle. *Breasts* are made of milk glands.
> Just because something is in the pectoral area doesn't make it
> a breast. That's necessary but not sufficient, you might say.
>
>
> > If you shot us up with a couple little hormones or fed us lots
> > of soy, we'd even produce milk.
>
> Yeah, and if the queen had balls, she'd be the king.
>
>
> > The head of the penis and that very sensitive part around the
> > edge is essentially the clitoris in women.
>
> Yes, I know that. That's why I wrote what I did last time around.
> For all that, a clitoris is not a penis.
>
>
> > And our testicles are very similar to ovaries, there but for a
> > little genetic switch.
>
> Which little genetic switch makes all the difference. Testes are
> not, in fact, ovaries.
In reality it's several switches or combinations of A, C, T and G
arranged along the Y chromosome.
> ["pearl necklace"]
>
> > Now that's one I hadn't heard of yet.
>
> It made me laugh out loud the first time I heard it.
Same here.
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Date: 10 Sep 2006 19:05:09
From: Edwin Pawlowski
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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"Geoff Miller" <geoffm@u1.netgate.net > wrote in message
>
> Mantits (whether the result of gynecomastia or just plain ol'
> obesity) are composed of fat. Pectoral muscles are composed of
> ...wait for it...muscle. *Breasts* are made of milk glands.
> Just because something is in the pectoral area doesn't make it
> a breast. That's necessary but not sufficient, you might say.
How then, do men get breast cancer? Rare, but they do.
If you go to the superket, do you buy chicken pectorals?
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Date: 10 Sep 2006 19:47:01
From: David Looser
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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"Geoff Miller" <geoffm@u1.netgate.net > wrote in message
news:ee1l8a$2jl@u1.netgate.net...
>
>
*Breasts* are made of milk glands.
Well no, not really. There is a milk gland, but it occupies only a very
small part of the bulk of the average female breast. Most of the breast is
fat, just like man-boobs. This is why there is no correlation between
breast-size and milk supply in breast-feeding mothers. Look at the other
primates, such as chimps. They don't have large breasts like humans do, yet
they can breast-feed their infants perfectly well.
David.
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Date: 09 Sep 2006 17:21:09
From: Robert Harmon
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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People who DO see beauty in the human form have never seen my first ex
naked! Looks like mud flaps mounted on the wrong side of the front tires.
;)
--
Robert (IMHO, breasts are over-rated; give me a nice tight tush anytime)
Harmon
http://tinyurl.com/pou2y
http://tinyurl.com/fkd6r
<beans@smithfarms.com > wrote in message
news:mrq5g210rgn81g1b4s3o0s05urkucantns@4ax.com...
> And Ed, Every One has breasts! Shocking but true. We were lucky
> enough to have recently seen the David statue by Michelangelo and it
> is a work of breathless beauty. People who do not see beauty in the
> human form ought to go back into their dark caves.
>
> Just my $.02.
>
> aloha, Cea
> --smithfarms.com
> farmers of pure kona
> roast beans to kona to email
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Date: 08 Sep 2006 16:34:13
From:
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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Penman wrote:
> ---"This is degrading to the women of today," says regular Starbucks
> customer Theresa Miyahara.
>
>
> Does anyone remember if it was degrading to the women of yesterday?
> Why only the women of today? Perhaps it is such a minor degradation
> that they forget about it by the time they wake up the next day? Is
> that what she means?
All I can do is roll my eyes. "Hooters" the restaurant chain could be
called offensive. Living under Taliban law is certainly degrading for
women. But a coffee cup??
These people DO need to get a life.
And the kids at that school probably would pay no attention to their
teacher's coffee cups if such a fuss weren't being made over the
original Starbucks logo, Starbucks cups being as ubiquitous to modern
life as they are. Say nothing about the logo, make no attempt to hide
it and the kids probably won't care, much. Try to hide and act like
kids are too innocent and sensitive to handle it, and the kids will be
going crazy to find out what the logo looks like.
Melissa
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Date: 08 Sep 2006 11:08:38
From: stickyw
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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I prefer the popular sanitized logo, which looks like a logo should
look. The original has too many details.
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Date: 08 Sep 2006 06:12:44
From: Penman
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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---"This is degrading to the women of today," says regular Starbucks
customer Theresa Miyahara.
Does anyone remember if it was degrading to the women of yesterday?
Why only the women of today? Perhaps it is such a minor degradation
that they forget about it by the time they wake up the next day? Is
that what she means?
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Date: 08 Sep 2006 10:48:38
From: Kontessa Fanfarria
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
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"Penman" <bruce@facilitycorp.com > wrote:
>---"This is degrading to the women of today," says regular Starbucks
>customer Theresa Miyahara.
>
>
>Does anyone remember if it was degrading to the women of yesterday?
>Why only the women of today? Perhaps it is such a minor degradation
>that they forget about it by the time they wake up the next day? Is
>that what she means?
I guess she feels God degraded women because he gave them breasts.
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Date: 07 Sep 2006 17:43:17
From: daveb
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid ~~~~ right on!!
|
I've been to Pike Place Starbucks, the mecca of espresso. :)
I like it just fine.
why not bitch about music videos, and gangsta rap?? a far bigger
deal..
Dave
877 286 2833
notbob wrote:
> On 2006-09-07, cuppa tatas <wanna@cuppa.ta.tas> wrote:
>
> [clip stuff]
>
> Even the articles were too spineless to show the original logo, so
> here it is along with the original image and variations over time:
>
> http://www.deadprogrammer.com/?p=1684
>
> nb
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Date: 08 Sep 2006 20:57:17
From: notbob
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid ~~~~ right on!!
|
On 2006-09-08, daveb <davebobblane@gmail.com > wrote:
> why not bitch......
Who's bitching?
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Date: 07 Sep 2006 17:05:37
From: notbob
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
|
On 2006-09-07, cuppa tatas <wanna@cuppa.ta.tas > wrote:
[clip stuff]
Even the articles were too spineless to show the original logo, so
here it is along with the original image and variations over time:
http://www.deadprogrammer.com/?p=1684
nb
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Date: 07 Sep 2006 14:50:22
From: Taylor (mynetworktv@yahoo.com)
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
|
cuppa tatas wrote:
> http://www.komotv.com/news/printstory.asp?id=45217
> Starbucks Siren Takes It All Off
> By Travis Mayfield
>
> SEATTLE - It's a party at Starbucks.
>
> The local coffee legend is celebrating its 35th anniversary and as
> part of the event, they're handing out their old logo.
>
> The problem, some folks found that original logo offensive.
>
> "This is degrading to the women of today," says regular Starbucks
> customer Theresa Miyahara.
>
> The 1971 original is "a twin tailed mermaid, or siren as she's called
> in Greek mythology," says Starbucks Carol Pucik. The siren also has
> bare breasts.
>
> Pucik says every hot beverage cup in their Washington and Oregon
> company owned stores will feature the original logo over the next two
> months.
>
> "Its really for nostalgia," says Pucik who agrees they meant no
> offense.
>
> Before Starbucks was ubiquitous worldwide, the old logo was still well
> known around Seattle. You can still see it at the first Starbucks in
> Pike's Place ket.
>
> But in the early 1990's, there were growing complaints about the
> appropriateness of the original logo and the company gave her a
> 'modest makeover.' That's the logo used widely today more focused on
> her face and barely showing her fins or chest.
>
> Sitting outside a downtown Starbucks, Ken Lacy laughs off the coffee
> controversy: "most great art in the world is, some of the nudes."
>
>
> http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_090506WABstarbucksJK.6fdb2e31.html
> Starbucks' old, new logo creates stir
>
> 09:06 AM PDT on Wednesday, September 6, 2006
>
> By AMY FINLEY / KING 5 News
>
> KENT, Wash. -- Starbucks' decision to revert to its original mermaid
> logo this month is causing a stir at one local school.
>
> Thirty-five years after the first cup of Starbucks was sold, the java
> giant is returning to its artistic roots. During September, Starbucks'
> cups are sporting the original logo, a familiar mermaid. But for some,
> the sketched depiction clearly showing the mermaid's breasts is a
> little too much skin.
>
> A Kent elementary school principal has asked that teachers stopping
> for a cup on the way to work be sure to get a cup sleeve to cover up
> the image.
>
> "The principal at that school made a decision that she thought that it
> could be distracting for students," school district spokeswoman Becky
> Hanks said.
>
> One student we talked with agreed.
>
> "The kids would talk about it ... like, 'whoa, it's the naked lady',"
> said Victoria Awiten, 12.
>
> Awiten's dad, Dave Phelps, wasn't particularly disturbed.
>
> "I think she's seen worse in movies," he said.
>
> Whatever distraction there might be, he said, it doesn't call for a
> rule.
>
> Other residents say they don't think so either.
>
> "If I had an elementary school kid, I wouldn't care," said Uma Ramiah.
>
> Hanks said the cup rule is not a district wide policy, just one
> request by one principal for the month of September.
lmfao It's still not as bad as the cartoon drawing of "Joe Camel"! ;-)
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Date: 07 Sep 2006 14:37:08
From: Wordsmith
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
|
empress2454@wowway.com wrote:
> some people just need to bitch about something.
Gripers of such things need to at least consider getting a life.
W : )
> Empress2454 #124457
>
>
> The best Games
>
>
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> href=http://uc.gamestotal.com/>Massive Multiplayer Online
> Games</a><br><a href=http://gc.gamestotal.com/>Galactic Conquest</a> -
> <a href=http://gc.gamestotal.com/>Strategy Games</a><br><a
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> href=http://www.stephenyong.com/kingsofchaos.htm>Kings of chaos</a><br>
>
>
>
>
> cuppa tatas wrote:
> > http://www.komotv.com/news/printstory.asp?id=45217
> > Starbucks Siren Takes It All Off
> > By Travis Mayfield
> >
> > SEATTLE - It's a party at Starbucks.
> >
> > The local coffee legend is celebrating its 35th anniversary and as
> > part of the event, they're handing out their old logo.
> >
> > The problem, some folks found that original logo offensive.
> >
> > "This is degrading to the women of today," says regular Starbucks
> > customer Theresa Miyahara.
> >
> > The 1971 original is "a twin tailed mermaid, or siren as she's called
> > in Greek mythology," says Starbucks Carol Pucik. The siren also has
> > bare breasts.
> >
> > Pucik says every hot beverage cup in their Washington and Oregon
> > company owned stores will feature the original logo over the next two
> > months.
> >
> > "Its really for nostalgia," says Pucik who agrees they meant no
> > offense.
> >
> > Before Starbucks was ubiquitous worldwide, the old logo was still well
> > known around Seattle. You can still see it at the first Starbucks in
> > Pike's Place ket.
> >
> > But in the early 1990's, there were growing complaints about the
> > appropriateness of the original logo and the company gave her a
> > 'modest makeover.' That's the logo used widely today more focused on
> > her face and barely showing her fins or chest.
> >
> > Sitting outside a downtown Starbucks, Ken Lacy laughs off the coffee
> > controversy: "most great art in the world is, some of the nudes."
> >
> >
> > http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_090506WABstarbucksJK.6fdb2e31.html
> > Starbucks' old, new logo creates stir
> >
> > 09:06 AM PDT on Wednesday, September 6, 2006
> >
> > By AMY FINLEY / KING 5 News
> >
> > KENT, Wash. -- Starbucks' decision to revert to its original mermaid
> > logo this month is causing a stir at one local school.
> >
> > Thirty-five years after the first cup of Starbucks was sold, the java
> > giant is returning to its artistic roots. During September, Starbucks'
> > cups are sporting the original logo, a familiar mermaid. But for some,
> > the sketched depiction clearly showing the mermaid's breasts is a
> > little too much skin.
> >
> > A Kent elementary school principal has asked that teachers stopping
> > for a cup on the way to work be sure to get a cup sleeve to cover up
> > the image.
> >
> > "The principal at that school made a decision that she thought that it
> > could be distracting for students," school district spokeswoman Becky
> > Hanks said.
> >
> > One student we talked with agreed.
> >
> > "The kids would talk about it ... like, 'whoa, it's the naked lady',"
> > said Victoria Awiten, 12.
> >
> > Awiten's dad, Dave Phelps, wasn't particularly disturbed.
> >
> > "I think she's seen worse in movies," he said.
> >
> > Whatever distraction there might be, he said, it doesn't call for a
> > rule.
> >
> > Other residents say they don't think so either.
> >
> > "If I had an elementary school kid, I wouldn't care," said Uma Ramiah.
> >
> > Hanks said the cup rule is not a district wide policy, just one
> > request by one principal for the month of September.
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Date: 10 Sep 2006 02:11:29
From: Mike H
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
|
"Wordsmith" <wordsmith@rocketmail.com > wrote in
news:1157665028.005904.260550@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com:
>> some people just need to bitch about something.
>
> Gripers of such things need to at least consider getting a life.
And Gripers about such gripers even more so need to consider it.
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Date: 07 Sep 2006 14:30:21
From: Amy Sun Ono
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
|
> >
>
> Oh my God, it isn't just Starbucks. Merril Lynch has a nekid cow as
> their logo. Boycot ! Even worse, have you seen the Pillsbury Dough-boy
> ?
I worked at an animation studio that had the Pillsbury Doughboy
account. I believe the filthiest thing I have ever seen was an
unauthorized film of the dough, *ahem*, rising. It was just wrong.
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Date: 07 Sep 2006 21:41:18
From: Robert Harmon
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
|
LMAO! That must have caused an uproar at Pillsbury? Was it inserted
subliminally into the film as the non-Disney like Jessica Rabbit was?
--
Robert (duck & cover) Harmon
http://tinyurl.com/pou2y
http://tinyurl.com/fkd6r
"Amy Sun Ono" <cecilia.cannon@gmail.com > wrote in message
news:1157664621.393828.218390@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
>
>> >
>>
>> Oh my God, it isn't just Starbucks. Merril Lynch has a nekid cow as
>> their logo. Boycot ! Even worse, have you seen the Pillsbury Dough-boy
>> ?
>
>
> I worked at an animation studio that had the Pillsbury Doughboy
> account. I believe the filthiest thing I have ever seen was an
> unauthorized film of the dough, *ahem*, rising. It was just wrong.
>
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Date: 07 Sep 2006 14:17:33
From: Randy G.
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
|
cuppa tatas <wanna@cuppa.ta.tas > wrote:
>http://www.komotv.com/news/printstory.asp?id=45217
>Starbucks Siren Takes It All Off
>By Travis Mayfield
>
>SEATTLE - It's a party at Starbucks.
>
>The local coffee legend is celebrating its 35th anniversary and as
>part of the event, they're handing out their old logo.
>
>The problem, some folks found that original logo offensive.
>
>"This is degrading to the women of today," says regular Starbucks
>customer Theresa Miyahara.
>
Since so many women of today seem offended by the Starbies logo I
thought I would create an artist's vision of a new logo for them that
would not be so offensive and still hold somewhat true to the original
vision:
see on alt.binaries.coffee:
subject: "proposed non-offensive to women Starbies logo"
WARNING: do not view if humorous cartoon nudity is offensive to you.
Randy "gotta love photoshop!" G.
http://www.EspressoMyEspresso.com
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| |
Date: 07 Sep 2006 14:15:57
From:
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
|
Magda wrote:
> On 7 Sep 2006 12:38:33 -0700, in alt.gossip.celebrities, "Dr. Sooz"
> ... WHY do people get so worked up over breasts? GOD! We all started out
> ... sucking on one!
>
> Not me. I had a bottle.
Did your bottle have a nipple on it or where you chuggin' it down ??
www.Fairwindlakes.com
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Date: 07 Sep 2006 21:22:17
From: Robert Harmon
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
|
Watch it, you can't say nipple or the religious thought police will be all
over you. You know, that 'vast' right-wing conspiracy Hilarious Hillary
likes to blame for all the problems of the world.
--
Robert (My Mama never exposed herself to a minor!) Harmon
http://tinyurl.com/pou2y
http://tinyurl.com/fkd6r
<mikecannibal1@Yahoo.com > wrote in message
news:1157663757.108886.120880@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
>
> Magda wrote:
>
>
>> On 7 Sep 2006 12:38:33 -0700, in alt.gossip.celebrities, "Dr. Sooz"
>
>> ... WHY do people get so worked up over breasts? GOD! We all started
>> out
>> ... sucking on one!
>>
>> Not me. I had a bottle.
>
> Did your bottle have a nipple on it or where you chuggin' it down ??
>
> www.Fairwindlakes.com
>
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Date: 07 Sep 2006 13:02:15
From: Dean G.
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
|
cuppa tatas wrote:
> http://www.komotv.com/news/printstory.asp?id=45217
> Starbucks Siren Takes It All Off
> By Travis Mayfield
>
> SEATTLE - It's a party at Starbucks.
>
> The local coffee legend is celebrating its 35th anniversary and as
> part of the event, they're handing out their old logo.
>
> The problem, some folks found that original logo offensive.
>
>
Oh my God, it isn't just Starbucks. Merril Lynch has a nekid cow as
their logo. Boycot ! Even worse, have you seen the Pillsbury Dough-boy
?
Next thing you know, they'll have pictures of nekid people in the art
museum.
Dean G.
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Date: 07 Sep 2006 12:53:45
From: Dean G.
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
|
Dr. Sooz wrote:
> cuppa tatas wrote:
> > http://www.komotv.com/news/printstory.asp?id=45217
> > Starbucks Siren Takes It All Off
> > By Travis Mayfield
> ``````````````````````````
> WHY do people get so worked up over breasts? GOD! We all started out
> sucking on one! They're as natural and familiar as anything can
> possibly be. Shut up!
If God wanted us to be naked, we would have been born that way.
Dean G.
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Date: 07 Sep 2006 12:38:33
From: Dr. Sooz
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
|
cuppa tatas wrote:
> http://www.komotv.com/news/printstory.asp?id=45217
> Starbucks Siren Takes It All Off
> By Travis Mayfield
>
> SEATTLE - It's a party at Starbucks.
>
> The local coffee legend is celebrating its 35th anniversary and as
> part of the event, they're handing out their old logo.
>
> The problem, some folks found that original logo offensive.
>
> "This is degrading to the women of today," says regular Starbucks
> customer Theresa Miyahara.
>
> The 1971 original is "a twin tailed mermaid, or siren as she's called
> in Greek mythology," says Starbucks Carol Pucik. The siren also has
> bare breasts.
>
> Pucik says every hot beverage cup in their Washington and Oregon
> company owned stores will feature the original logo over the next two
> months.
>
> "Its really for nostalgia," says Pucik who agrees they meant no
> offense.
>
> Before Starbucks was ubiquitous worldwide, the old logo was still well
> known around Seattle. You can still see it at the first Starbucks in
> Pike's Place ket.
>
> But in the early 1990's, there were growing complaints about the
> appropriateness of the original logo and the company gave her a
> 'modest makeover.' That's the logo used widely today more focused on
> her face and barely showing her fins or chest.
>
> Sitting outside a downtown Starbucks, Ken Lacy laughs off the coffee
> controversy: "most great art in the world is, some of the nudes."
>
>
> http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_090506WABstarbucksJK.6fdb2e31.html
> Starbucks' old, new logo creates stir
>
> 09:06 AM PDT on Wednesday, September 6, 2006
>
> By AMY FINLEY / KING 5 News
>
> KENT, Wash. -- Starbucks' decision to revert to its original mermaid
> logo this month is causing a stir at one local school.
>
> Thirty-five years after the first cup of Starbucks was sold, the java
> giant is returning to its artistic roots. During September, Starbucks'
> cups are sporting the original logo, a familiar mermaid. But for some,
> the sketched depiction clearly showing the mermaid's breasts is a
> little too much skin.
>
> A Kent elementary school principal has asked that teachers stopping
> for a cup on the way to work be sure to get a cup sleeve to cover up
> the image.
>
> "The principal at that school made a decision that she thought that it
> could be distracting for students," school district spokeswoman Becky
> Hanks said.
>
> One student we talked with agreed.
>
> "The kids would talk about it ... like, 'whoa, it's the naked lady',"
> said Victoria Awiten, 12.
>
> Awiten's dad, Dave Phelps, wasn't particularly disturbed.
>
> "I think she's seen worse in movies," he said.
>
> Whatever distraction there might be, he said, it doesn't call for a
> rule.
>
> Other residents say they don't think so either.
>
> "If I had an elementary school kid, I wouldn't care," said Uma Ramiah.
>
> Hanks said the cup rule is not a district wide policy, just one
> request by one principal for the month of September.
``````````````````````````
WHY do people get so worked up over breasts? GOD! We all started out
sucking on one! They're as natural and familiar as anything can
possibly be. Shut up!
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Date: 07 Sep 2006 22:10:37
From: Magda
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
|
On 7 Sep 2006 12:38:33 -0700, in alt.gossip.celebrities, "Dr. Sooz"
<penhall98@sbcglobal.net > arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... WHY do people get so worked up over breasts? GOD! We all started out
... sucking on one!
Not me. I had a bottle.
|
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Date: 08 Sep 2006 14:47:54
From: JAH
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
|
On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 22:10:37 +0200, Magda <chriscross@hey.eu > wrote:
>On 7 Sep 2006 12:38:33 -0700, in alt.gossip.celebrities, "Dr. Sooz"
><penhall98@sbcglobal.net> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
>
> ... WHY do people get so worked up over breasts? GOD! We all started out
> ... sucking on one!
>
>Not me. I had a bottle.
Of scotch?
(tee hee)
JAH
Net Crimes & Misdemeanors
netcrimes.net
2nd edition NOW OUT!!
haltabuse.org
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Date: 08 Sep 2006 16:57:46
From: Magda
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
|
On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:47:54 GMT, in alt.gossip.celebrities, anotherwriter@hotmail.com
(JAH) arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 22:10:37 +0200, Magda <chriscross@hey.eu > wrote:
...
... >On 7 Sep 2006 12:38:33 -0700, in alt.gossip.celebrities, "Dr. Sooz"
... ><penhall98@sbcglobal.net> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... >
... >
... > ... WHY do people get so worked up over breasts? GOD! We all started out
... > ... sucking on one!
... >
... >Not me. I had a bottle.
...
...
... Of scotch?
Coffee and milk - I swear! Very little coffee.
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Date: 07 Sep 2006 20:38:27
From: Terry J. Wood
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
|
Magda <chriscross@hey.eu > wrote in
news:r3v0g2h482eqbi0114tfo4v4kf7ll3kvus@4ax.com:
> ... WHY do people get so worked up over breasts? GOD! We all
> started out ... sucking on one!
> Not me. I had a bottle.
To quote W.C. Fields, "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a
frontal lobotomy".
Terry "http://tinyurl.com/q5nen" Wood
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| |
Date: 07 Sep 2006 18:42:23
From: Colin B.
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
|
In alt.coffee cuppa tatas <wanna@cuppa.ta.tas > wrote:
> http://www.komotv.com/news/printstory.asp?id=45217
> Starbucks Siren Takes It All Off
> By Travis Mayfield
>
> SEATTLE - It's a party at Starbucks.
>
> The local coffee legend is celebrating its 35th anniversary and as
> part of the event, they're handing out their old logo.
>
> The problem, some folks found that original logo offensive.
>
> "This is degrading to the women of today," says regular Starbucks
> customer Theresa Miyahara.
>
> The 1971 original is "a twin tailed mermaid, or siren as she's called
> in Greek mythology," says Starbucks Carol Pucik. The siren also has
> bare breasts.
(snip)
OK, I was annoyed when they sanitised the original logo. I was disgusted
when they removed the belly button. People like Ms. Miyahara are more
offensive and degrading to women than any 15th century depiction of a
NON-HUMAN MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURE!
It's rare when I approve of anything Starbucks does, but this is kind of
cool. Honestly, some people need a life.
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Date: 07 Sep 2006 19:04:31
From: LT
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
|
>
> OK, I was annoyed when they sanitised the original logo. I was disgusted
> when they removed the belly button. People like Ms. Miyahara are more
> offensive and degrading to women than any 15th century depiction of a
> NON-HUMAN MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURE!
>
> It's rare when I approve of anything Starbucks does, but this is kind of
> cool. Honestly, some people need a life.
Right on... I like neckad women...
Larry T
|
| |
Date: 07 Sep 2006 11:07:00
From:
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
|
empress2454@wowway.com wrote:
> some people just need to bitch about something.
>
> Empress2454 #124457
>
>
> The best Games
>
>
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> href=http://www.gamestotal.com/>Strategy Games</a><br><a
> href=http://uc.gamestotal.com/>Unification Wars</a> - <a
> href=http://uc.gamestotal.com/>Massive Multiplayer Online
> Games</a><br><a href=http://gc.gamestotal.com/>Galactic Conquest</a> -
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>
>
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| |
Date: 07 Sep 2006 09:33:47
From:
Subject: Re: Naked mermaid in Starbucks logo causing a stir
|
some people just need to bitch about something.
Empress2454 #124457
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cuppa tatas wrote:
> http://www.komotv.com/news/printstory.asp?id=45217
> Starbucks Siren Takes It All Off
> By Travis Mayfield
>
> SEATTLE - It's a party at Starbucks.
>
> The local coffee legend is celebrating its 35th anniversary and as
> part of the event, they're handing out their old logo.
>
> The problem, some folks found that original logo offensive.
>
> "This is degrading to the women of today," says regular Starbucks
> customer Theresa Miyahara.
>
> The 1971 original is "a twin tailed mermaid, or siren as she's called
> in Greek mythology," says Starbucks Carol Pucik. The siren also has
> bare breasts.
>
> Pucik says every hot beverage cup in their Washington and Oregon
> company owned stores will feature the original logo over the next two
> months.
>
> "Its really for nostalgia," says Pucik who agrees they meant no
> offense.
>
> Before Starbucks was ubiquitous worldwide, the old logo was still well
> known around Seattle. You can still see it at the first Starbucks in
> Pike's Place ket.
>
> But in the early 1990's, there were growing complaints about the
> appropriateness of the original logo and the company gave her a
> 'modest makeover.' That's the logo used widely today more focused on
> her face and barely showing her fins or chest.
>
> Sitting outside a downtown Starbucks, Ken Lacy laughs off the coffee
> controversy: "most great art in the world is, some of the nudes."
>
>
> http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_090506WABstarbucksJK.6fdb2e31.html
> Starbucks' old, new logo creates stir
>
> 09:06 AM PDT on Wednesday, September 6, 2006
>
> By AMY FINLEY / KING 5 News
>
> KENT, Wash. -- Starbucks' decision to revert to its original mermaid
> logo this month is causing a stir at one local school.
>
> Thirty-five years after the first cup of Starbucks was sold, the java
> giant is returning to its artistic roots. During September, Starbucks'
> cups are sporting the original logo, a familiar mermaid. But for some,
> the sketched depiction clearly showing the mermaid's breasts is a
> little too much skin.
>
> A Kent elementary school principal has asked that teachers stopping
> for a cup on the way to work be sure to get a cup sleeve to cover up
> the image.
>
> "The principal at that school made a decision that she thought that it
> could be distracting for students," school district spokeswoman Becky
> Hanks said.
>
> One student we talked with agreed.
>
> "The kids would talk about it ... like, 'whoa, it's the naked lady',"
> said Victoria Awiten, 12.
>
> Awiten's dad, Dave Phelps, wasn't particularly disturbed.
>
> "I think she's seen worse in movies," he said.
>
> Whatever distraction there might be, he said, it doesn't call for a
> rule.
>
> Other residents say they don't think so either.
>
> "If I had an elementary school kid, I wouldn't care," said Uma Ramiah.
>
> Hanks said the cup rule is not a district wide policy, just one
> request by one principal for the month of September.
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