Coffeehouse giant Starbucks is standing by its campaign to put thought-provoking messages on its coffee cups despite a national uproar and threat of boycott over messages from its customers that it prited on its paper coffee cup.
Some messages were felt as "Anti-God," while some were felt as too much "Pro-God."
After I read this news, I can only feel that the American people are really sensitive about this issue, bordering on being very edgy about things. And I believe America tends to be a society that likes to talk about spiritual things or like to engage in activities that deem "spiritual."
From a sociological point of view, I think this is definitely the sign of Protestant-Capitalism Work Ethic, as Weber rightly saw it. Unfortunately, it is severely single-minded and fails to take the world view as things "actually are" into account.
As a result, I genuinely feel sorry for the American people. Just look at the "flame" comments they left after they read the story in Digg. If only they knew that this kind of thing is an endless karma! That's why their suffering never ends! This is one of the prime reasons their society has so much stress!
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