Thursday, November 03, 2005

The Evil Coffee Empire

I have a friend who frequently refers to Starbucks as "The Evil Coffee Empire" in his blog. I've never traced his use of that name back to find out exactly what he means by it and I have never asked him. I just think it's funny. I read two articles recently that made me think of him and that I thought were worth sharing. You can read them here and here.

So here's the question: Do you buy coffee from someone who openly supports such an unbiblical agenda or not? Frankly, I'm not big on boycotts and I think there are much more important things to be doing to support my biblical mission than finding companies to NOT do business with. I guess I tend to take the approach that says, "Stay out of my face and I'll stay out of yours." However, since Starbucks is getting loud about thier positions on some hot button issues, I'm wondering if it is not a stretch to voice my opinion back with my money. What do you think?

As I think about it, the more pressing question is "What posesses any of us to pay four bucks for a cup of coffee anyway?" :-)

1 comment:

Brian Jones said...

If you google for "evil coffee empire" you will see that this is a common phrase out there on the "Innernets" (as President Bush once called it), so it was not invented by me, nor do I know the inventor or origin of this hip phrase.

The author of the second article is right: "if we boycotted everything we disagreed with, we would be naked and hungry." I would add, "decafinated" too.