This was printed on the side of the Starbucks coffee I bought this morning:
"THE WAY I SEE IT #43
My only regret about being gay is that I repressed it for so long. I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake yourself. Life's too damn short. -Armistead Maupin, Author of the Tales of the City series and the novel The Night Listener"
I thought "Wow... that's pretty cool of Starbucks to put that out there for all of America" and then I saw the fine print at the bottom of the cup which read "This is the author's opinion, not necessarily that of Starbucks."
Still..., it's better than a kick in the face.
Well, to look on the bright side: They DID print it. That's more than I would have expected. I suspect they have that disclaimer there in order to avoid lawsuits from narrow-minded morons with nothing better to do.
Posted by: Magnus | July 24, 2005 at 04:39 PM
It is a damn good quote.
Being one that has access to a fair trade coffee shop, I spend the time waiting for the superheated cup to cool reading about where my coffee came from.
Posted by: Ginja Ninja | July 24, 2005 at 05:19 PM
Regardless, IT IS STARBUCKS opinion for allowing it printed on their cups. The little asterisk is just Starbucks playing lawyer ball. Good for them.
They don't have a "The Way I See It.. #44" I enjoy being a redneck and being a Republican...." Do they?
Posted by: flyte44 | July 25, 2005 at 03:48 PM
No, number 44 is "I think all them dur negrahs needs some lashin'!"
Posted by: Magnus | July 26, 2005 at 12:02 AM