Seems like the temperature is rising. Last night, a few lucky patrons got to see my passion explode onto a soapbox of righteous indignation (twice). The thing that really gets my juices flowing is the cowardice of people; the willingness to accept injustice because they perceive the cost of standing for what is right to be too high. That's not my game.
People take the truth and say it's an opinion, and there is a case to be argued on both sides of every issue. And they take their opinion and state it as absolute truth. I don't get it.
They say, "you are right, but..." And that's where we run into problems. There is no "but..." I'm either right or I'm wrong. And this talk that a citizen of the United States of America can't walk into a court room and defend himself and be taken seriously unless he has a lawyer is ludicrous. Is that really the state of our justice system? Because if that's the case, I may have a lot bigger battle than just Starbucks. As a US citizen, I would expect the arbitrators of our laws to listen and issue justice no matter who is standing in front of him: lawyer, plumber, preacher... coffeemaker.

As I said last night, the lawyers of the world may have been taught moral relativism- the non-existence of truth and fact (except when it suits them), but that's not the way this world operates. Just because you don't know the answer doesn't mean there isn't one. I stand on what's right. Tell me I'm wrong if you want, but don't tell me I'm right but I'll lose because they have more money than me. I DON'T CARE.
I have a lot of difficult decisions before me. Monday is the day I send my reply to the initial letter from Starbucks. Wish me well.