The Resistance, an organization based in San Diego, is calling on All True Christians to boycott Starbucks. Apparently, Starbucks’ new logo is too sexy for the faithful:
The Resistance’s leader, Mark Dice (formerly known as John Conner – I can’t imagine why he changed his name; does anyone know anything about this wacko?) had this to say about the logo, which:
“has a naked woman on it with her legs spread like a prostitute…Need I say more? It’s extremely poor taste, and the company might as well call themselves Slutbucks.”
Give me a break! What’s really funny about this is that the new logo is a relatively modest rendition of the initial Starbucks logo that emerged in 1971:
Compare the two logos. The new one has a mermaid’s hair flowing over, thereby more or less concealing, the breasts. The original logo has the breasts fully exposed. But, according to Mr. Dice, the new logo is offensive. What’s even funnier is that the familiar green logo is pretty sexy too, a fact that seems to have escaped Mr. Dice’s attention:
I’ll bet a week’s grocery money that the curves in that long, flowing hair are not simply natural curls!
Anyway, Mr. Dice and his colleagues can stay home and play with their boring, squeaky clean, totally unsexy Mr. Coffee machines. I’m gonna head over to Starbucks Slutbucks for a cuppa cocoa.
UPDATE: Shortly after I wrote comment #3 below, I browsed around Dice’s web site some more. One of the features is a video by Babes in Bikinis who promote Dice’s 9/11 theory. Seems a tad hypocritical to me.
– the chaplain
Posted by Tommykey on May 18, 2008 at 12:50 am
I get the sense that there is no organization, it’s just this one nutty guy and whoever is videotaping him.
It almost seems like a spoof to me.
Posted by vjack on May 18, 2008 at 8:05 am
This will just generate free publicity for Starbucks. Maybe they are supporting him?
Posted by the chaplain on May 18, 2008 at 8:06 am
Tommy – I don’t think it’s a spoof, but I could be wrong (it happens on occasion). Huffington Post and several newspapers have picked up the story, but they don’t have many more details about this one than I do. The group’s web site is pretty bizarre. It’s got a discussion forum and some weird right wing essays: 9/11 conspiracy theory, our right to bear arms, the usual RW junk. It’s also got links to video clips about Dice from ABC News, The O’Reilly Factor, etc. And, surprise, surprise, surprise, Dice is using the site to promote and sell his book. The group “boasts” about 3,000 members, so we’re not talking about a major player, just another lunatic on the fringe and a few dummies who go along with him for the ride.
Posted by PhillyChief on May 18, 2008 at 9:56 am
I’m glad you covered this. I saw it mentioned on tv but didn’t have a chance to follow up on it. I knew that they had a woman in the logo, but I never thought too much about it until I saw the original logo, then I passed a Starbucks yesterday and looked and saw the anchor behind her head and laughed. Yup, that’s a closeup of the original.
I can’t help but think of Proctor & Gamble and how they had to change their logo because the old one, which was pretty cool with a crescent moon and stars, was considered Satanic. Probably without the whacky christians, they’d be forced to change today because it would be considered too islamic looking.
You know while we have weirdoes here outraged by some poorly drawn boobs, last week in Brazil they were outraged by a naked woman in an ad for Brazilian booze. No drawing, actual naked chick. You know why they were outraged? Because the booze isn’t really Brazilian but the ad says it is. Kind of puts things in perspective, no?
Unfortunately I can’t support Starbucks. Maybe if they were tasty sluts I could, but they’re actually nasty corporate whores with a subpar product. I can understand protesting Starbucks for ruining perfectly good beans by over roasting, spreading like a virus across the country, charging outrageous prices for a cup of coffee or their annoyingly pretentious terminology (”venti”? Just call it large goddamnit) but for a pair of poorly drawn boobs in the logo? Fuck, where are our priorities?
Posted by PhillyChief on May 18, 2008 at 9:57 am
Oops, I guess that isn’t an anchor, it’s the crown and the ends of the tail. Nevermind.
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Posted by the chaplain on May 18, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Philly – I don’t drink coffee, so I don’t know how Starbucks’ compares to anyone else’s – it all tastes horrible to me. I’ve had some of their teas and have not been impressed. Their hot chocolate is pretty good and I like the hot caramel apple cider. But they are overpriced and I’ve learned to be very careful about buying their pastries – some of the stuff in the display case is unbelievably stale. Since they have a store around the corner from my office, I stop in once every month or so to pick up a quick breakfast.
Posted by Vinny on May 18, 2008 at 1:41 pm
It’s a naked mermaid with her fins spread, not a naked woman with her legs spread. Brings a whole new meaning to “smells like fish.”
This is one of the stupidest since Ashcroft wanted to cover the naked breasts on statues.
In any case, I prefer Dunkin’ Donuts coffee.
Posted by Ric on May 18, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Wait, I’ll comment on Starbucks later. I’m still studying the intellectual profundities of the bikini babes. Priorities, you know.
Posted by Tommykey on May 18, 2008 at 3:19 pm
I go to Starbucks instead of Dunkin donuts because Starbucks has a soy milk option. Unfortunately, I don’t tolerate milk so well anymore.
If I recall, Starbucks had problems with their logo in Saudi Arabia because it was deemed to racy, so apparently they have a logo in the Middle East that is specific to the region.
Posted by Tommykey on May 18, 2008 at 3:21 pm
BTW, if Mark Dice really was once called John Conner, then sadly he is going to be the one to lead humanity after Skynet takes over and tries to wipe out the human race. Maybe the Terminator movies were prophetic after all.
Posted by mercurious on May 19, 2008 at 10:17 am
Truly unbelievable. If this guy is seeing a girl with her legs spread in this image, he’s one messed up fellow.
I too, wonder, though, if this is a real story.
Posted by bullet on May 19, 2008 at 2:33 pm
At least they’re being honest. Starbucks really is Slutbucks.
We’ve managed to keep fighting them off in New Orleans. That burnt NW coffee doesn’t play well down here.
Posted by DB on May 20, 2008 at 8:37 pm
That’s it! I will no longer allow my kids to get lattes and coffee from Starbucks anymore! Kidding of course. I can’t believe people are this touchy.