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Old 06-18-2002, 10:23 PM   #1
The Hunter of Jahanna
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Join Date: September 25, 2001
Location: NY , NY
Age: 64
Posts: 960
Quote:
STARBUCKS YANKS AD
MOCKING 9/11

By JARED PAUL STERN and KATE SHEEHY
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CLUELESS IN SEATTLE:
This Starbucks ad near the WTC site takes a cheap shot at the Twin Towers.

June 18, 2002 -- A Starbucks ad campaign has ground to a halt after concerns that its posters - including one displayed near Ground Zero - callously mimicked the Sept. 11 tragedy.
The tempest in a teapot revolved around 3,000 window displays touting summer tea brews by depicting two "twin" cups of the concoction standing side-by-side in tall, squared-off blades of grass with dragonflies dive-bombing into one of them.

The words "Collapse into Cool" are printed above the image.

Starbucks has now yanked the posters - and none too soon.

"As a New Yorker who watched the whole [Sept. 11] incident outside my window . . . seeing the poster in Starbucks directly across from Ground Zero adds some resonance that perhaps the people in Seattle did not grasp," fumed customer Gregory Moore, who first complained to The Post.
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/50613.htm this is the link so you can see the picture.

All I can say is , ITS JUST A FRAGGING PICTURE !!! GET OVER IT !!!

some people will do anything to get attention.
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