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Starbucks: Harbinger of doom
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Fri Dec 08 2000 at 16:17:33
On the
news
this morn (see date in upper corner) I saw a
fluff story
about
Starbucks
. They have opened a
coffee shop
inside the
Forbidden City
in
China
. I was aghast! All I could think of was the episode of
the Simpsons
where all the stores in the mall are turned into Starbucks shops. I was also reminded of the movie
the Seventh Seal
, and many
bible stories
. Surely this is the begining of the end. The
Chinese
, as I understand it, are fiercly
national
. The Forbidden City is arguably one of their greatest national
landmark
s. The one bright spot in this
travesity
is that Starbucks is not allowed to display signage outside the shop, so at least a small amount of
dignity
has been retained. For the Chinese government to stoop to such
corporate
pandering seems odd to me. Are they that desperate for
foreign trade
? China has a history of
self reliance
and independence from foriegn influence. Will they culturally absorb Starbucks like they did the
Mongols
? Starbucks truly has their mitts in everything. I won't be surprised when I see their
banner ad
over the pale
olive drab
banner of E2.
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