Tempest in coffee pot over Starbucks logo

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A Christian group called the Resistance made time in its busy schedule recently to criticize Starbucks for bringing back a “slutty” retro version of its mermaid logo. The logo, a more revealing version of the familiar Starbucks logo, will now adorn Starbucks’ Pike Place bags of coffee. The Resistance complains that it “has a naked woman on it with her legs spread like a prostitute. … The company might as well call themselves Slutbucks.”

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