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title, you may probably believe that I don't like Starbucks
(SBUX).  I don't, but I'm reminded of the very meaningful
expression "hate the sin and not the sinner."  I've only used
that expression one other time in my life, as my people's piety
stopped evolving more than two millennia ago and failed to get
that memo. But a few years ago we were hosting an inner city
child in our home. One night he found some spray paint and
adorned the side of our home with some 5th grade literary prose
that extolled his prowess with the opposite sex.  He understood
the expression, as I used it to express my dissatisfaction.  And
then there's Starbucks.  I don't like their coffee. It makes my
heart race and makes me even more annoying than I usually am,
especially in social situations. My wife is a self-professed
coffee snob and until she got me the gift she always wanted for
my birthday, a Nespresso coffee machine, we always had either
Starbucks or Peet's (PEET) in