http://spyderkl.net/2006/12/14/cupcakes-for-peace/ Parenting, politics, geeky crafting stuff, monster movies... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:48:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://spyderkl.net/2006/12/14/cupcakes-for-peace/comment-page-1/#comment-2151 Strollerderby : Photo Stamps Company Loves War, Hates Kids Who Love Cupcakes Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:10:55 +0000 http://spyderkl.net/?p=327#comment-2151 [...] As if it weren't bad enough that some people don't like Christmas peace wreaths in their housing developments, Shana Weiss over at HuffPo reports that some people don't even like cupcakes - even when eight-year-olds are the ones making them! Weiss tried to order some PhotoStamps of her son in his "Make Cupcakes Not War" t-shirt, and the company rejected her order because the image she used "makes a political statement." Because, Goddess forbid, we wouldn't want people making political statements with their stamps now, would we? People's faces might fall off if they see a cupcake stamp!What's farcical is that this isn't even a partisan political statement; it's a pacifist one. It's not lie the shirt reads "Assassinate The President", or "Liberals Taste Best Deep-Fried in Vegetable Oil". You'd think that parents of any political stripe would bristle at a company dictating what they can and cannot print on their own damn stamps. Too bad Weiss didn't name precisely which company delivered the Anti-War Smackdown; I'd love to know who NOT to give my moolah to.(Thanks to Evil Mommy for the pointer)  [...] [...] As if it weren’t bad enough that some people don’t like Christmas peace wreaths in their housing developments, Shana Weiss over at HuffPo reports that some people don’t even like cupcakes – even when eight-year-olds are the ones making them! Weiss tried to order some PhotoStamps of her son in his “Make Cupcakes Not War” t-shirt, and the company rejected her order because the image she used “makes a political statement.” Because, Goddess forbid, we wouldn’t want people making political statements with their stamps now, would we? People’s faces might fall off if they see a cupcake stamp!What’s farcical is that this isn’t even a partisan political statement; it’s a pacifist one. It’s not lie the shirt reads “Assassinate The President”, or “Liberals Taste Best Deep-Fried in Vegetable Oil”. You’d think that parents of any political stripe would bristle at a company dictating what they can and cannot print on their own damn stamps. Too bad Weiss didn’t name precisely which company delivered the Anti-War Smackdown; I’d love to know who NOT to give my moolah to.(Thanks to Evil Mommy for the pointer)  [...]

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