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[jddeloa67]

hoax

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[MarkSBG]

sounds like a hoax to me. Frankly I don't drink Starbucks anyway as they are too expensive for me.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/starbucks.asp

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/s/starbucks-iraq.htm

Dear Readers,

Almost 5 months ago I sent an e-mail to you my faithful friends. I did a wrong thing that needs to be cleared up. I heard by word of mouth about how Starbucks said they didn't support the war and all. I was having enough of that kind of talk and didn't do my research properly like I should have. This is not true. Starbucks supports men and women in uniform. They have personally contacted me and I have been sent many copies of their company's policy on this issue. So I apologize for this quick and wrong letter that I sent out to you.

Now I ask that you all pass this email around to everyone you passed the last one to. Thank you very much for understanding about this.

Howard C. Wright
Sgt USMC
1st Force Rcon Co
1st Plt PLT RTO

 

[soberups]

The downside to the Internet is that it is now very easy for myths, hoaxes, half-truths and snippets of information taken out of context to go viral and quickly spread.

It can be a valuable source of information as long as one practices due diligence and verifies facts from multiple sources before jumping to conclusions or making important decisions.