[ALBY]

the people like starbucks.

the people have spoken !

starbucks has literally CREATED the coffeehouse phenomenon in most of the united states. they are singlehandedly responsible for the rapid inflation in the price of a cup of coffee and the proliferation of coffee culture everyhwere. they may be responsible for the success of more independent shops than the destruction of independent shops, and probably by a factor of 10-1.

i say, find a way to make it work to your advantage. flow with the go.

[ALBY]

im not into banning things. probably because the sheeples republic of maryland is always whining about my assault rifles.

to me, banners (as in those who ban) are unamerican.

mostly, i find these holier than thou eggheaded dogooders to be pedantic narcissists. their blather burns my ears and give me a headache.

don't be worrying about what the fuk i be doin

[Zardoz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Gideon', 'Y')our neighbors have spoken, Caver.

[JustinFrankl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Gideon', 'Y')our neighbors have spoken Caver.

[max_power29]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JustinFrankl', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Gideon', 'Y')our neighbors have spoken Caver.

[Laughs_Last]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('frankthetank', 'W')e don't even have a starbucks here.

[gego]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', '
')
Secondly, the question is not some Bushesqe fantasy of freedom vs. those that hate freedom. The question is of whose freedom is pre-eminent. Should local people have the right to control the flavor of communities and their local commerce or should distant corporations have a right to impose their procrustean ideas of commerce, craft the whole world in their image, and convert it into a giant conveyer of cash going into a perpetually shrinking collection of pockets. Living in a world where everywhere looks like everywhere else and all the commerce is controlled by a few dozen CEO's thousands of miles away who suck up all the profits does not strike me as being freedom.

[smallpoxgirl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gego', 'M')aybe others should decide how you use your property based on their own wants and economic needs and tell you how to live your life,

[gego]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', 'A')hh, but of course they do my friend. They are seizing, for example, 25% of my income to fight a war that benefits their corporations. They're seizing another 15% for the benefit of the pharmaceutical companies. Ever heard of zoning? Ever heard of building codes? Freedom of property is a joke my friend.

[dinopello]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gego', '
')Your view of freedom is absurd. Just because you band together with some of your neighbors, you do not suddenly have the right to control what someone or some corporation does with its property so long as they do not commit overt acts of aggression against you. Competition in not aggression.
.

[smallpoxgirl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gego', 'I') am confused. You advocate your right to control the property of Starbucks, but you seem to object when you are deprived of your right to keep your own income and manage your own property.

[TommyJefferson]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('caver456', 'H')i all - our peak oil group is trying to keep Starbucks from opening 2 new branches in our otherwise small town.