I’ve been remiss about blogging, remiss about keeping up with crucial issues, and remiss about following the myriad GOP presidential candidates’ debates. I intend to remedy the first two situations now.
I am committed to blogging more regularly, even though I am discouraged. My website has been in the middle of a do-over much of this year, and it hasn’t gone smoothly. This, in turn, has occupied more of my time; so blogging has suffered. The site still isn’t working correctly, but there is no date on the horizon where things will be fixed. So I need to get on with it.
Coffee with friends this morning got me thinking about the current discussion (I hesitate to use the work ‘debate,’ as it’s been commandeered by politicos.) regarding Starbucks and its red cup. That’s the one that supposedly heralds the start of the holiday season. The one that has featured snowflakes and reindeer and other signs of winter in past years. The one that curmudgeons now say is taking Christ out of Christmas this year because it simply has the company’s logo on a red background. Even Donald Trump has weighed in, suggesting we should all boycott Starbuck’s and then saying he really doesn’t care.
Let’s look at this.
First, it’s a disposable cup, not a keepsake. Second, the meaning attached to it comes from people. You think this; I think that. It’s all opinion. Third, I don’t believe an image of Jesus Christ himself has ever been on the cup. If it had and was then removed, perhaps some people might say, “They’ve taken Christ’s image off the cup.” And this is actually more factual than suggesting Starbuck’s is taking Christ out of Christmas.
Tonight is the next GOP debate, which I won’t be watching. But I’ll check tomorrow’s news to see if the cup makes the list of topics that were argued about.
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