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Starbucks coffee cup messages are pretty good. ⇒

   11 May 2007, lunch time

"Heaven is totally overrated. It seems boring. Clouds, listening to people play the harp. It should be somewhere you can’t wait to go, like a luxury hotel. Maybe blue skies and soft music were enough to keep people in line in the 17th century, but Heaven has to step it up a bit. They're basically getting by because they only have to be better than Hell."

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  1. I like this comment, highlighted at the end of the piece:

    “This is just another example of satanic leadership in an American corporation. It’s not the ship’s fault it’s off course. It’s the person or persons behind the wheel steering the ship. ... It’s not necessary to attack God to help market a product successfully, but some human beings in the company thought it was a good idea. They are the ones to blame for the idea and implementation. Not the company itself.”

    I like how that sounds moderate and rational on the one hand (don’t blame the company for these cups) and completely the opposite on the other (blame the company’s devil-worshipping executives).

    by Matt on May 11 2007, 5:04 pm   #

  2. They are statements of belief from customers. Whatever those beliefs are, the project was to let the customers have a voice. If all the customers had said “Jesus makes my life better”, that would have received no attention. A couple of atheists or agnostics express their views, and suddenly the company is evil. I am not a big fan of the Great Atheist Revolution (of Reddit), but this is one case where I’m like, dude. WTF.

    by Ben on May 11 2007, 6:07 pm   #

  3. all the more reasons why we should all support lug-a-mugs.

    by tiff on May 12 2007, 4:14 pm   #

  4. did any one else notice that the worldnetdaily (which, honestly, what kinda fuckin name is that) publishes editorials written by chuck norris? honestly, i’d rather get punched in the throat than try and decipher one of walker’s asinine metaphors for explaining current events.

    by awardtour on May 13 2007, 12:59 am   #

  5. Well, either way, Chuck Norris is your guy. That dude knows how to punch some throat.

    by Matt on May 14 2007, 11:43 am   #

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