The way I see it, among all the coffee companies somebody was going to get to be the big evil corporation that dominates all the others. That's just the way economics works. In a way I'm glad it was Starbucks, because of the way they do things like be careful where they get the coffee from and also give away used coffee grounds for free for people to use in their gardens.
That said, I was VERY disappointed to hear that Starbuck's has chosen to support Al Cureda in this manner. For the time being, my coffee will be coming either from the nearest gas station, or the cheap dirty coffee maker in my office, or the one in my kitchen, but NOT from Starbuck's until they stop this shit.
I read this whole thread before posting, and am very disgusted with the type of meddling that's going on. What exactly do y'all mean by "in the system" anyway?
I assume this kid-snatching thing is just in Europe? Because, here in the US I've always heard there's a surplus of foster kids. I've heard 90% of the foster homes here are hellholes. (That bit of info coming from my two adopted sisters, who've told me a few horror stories.) Hope they're better in Europe.