Labels

    Barf Sunshine Citrus Cola Company vs. Coke-Da-Cola Company could be the one of the cases argued before the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) this summer.  Barf cola lawyers contend that Coke-Da-Cola has an unfair market advantage because of its name recognition, causing Barf Cola company employees and executives to feel inferior to the employees and executives of Coke-Da-Cola.  Executives at Barf Cola contends that if it would be allowed to label its drink Coke-Da-Cola “everything would be fair, equal and we would feel better about ourselves…”

    Barf Sunshine Citrus Cola, est. 2011, is a non-carbonated clear greenish liquid with pineapple/asparagus flavoring.  While Coke-Da-Cola, est. 1892, is dark carbonated drink and gets its flavor from the kola nut.  In all actuality the only thing the two drinks have in common is they are both liquids but still, Barf lawyers are set to argue there is no difference, both drinks are equal and they should be known by the same name.  It should also be noted that standing on the sidelines is the newly established Dingle Berry Bio-fuel Company, they have developed a pineapple/kola nut based bio-fuel that also happens to be a liquid.  Depending on the SCOTUS decision they would also like to label and market their product as Coke-Da-Cola.

    If this case does come before SCOTUS, I’m expecting a quick decision… A similar case is currently being argued dealing with the label “Marriage”.  The gay/lesbian community wishes to redefine (for everyone) the established term of marriage (the religious, social or civil union between one man and one woman) in the name of fairness, equality, inclusion and “FEELINGS”.  For some reason the label “Domestic Partnership” that defines the unions they enter into is not to their liking.  If the “Domestic Partnership” laws are not to their liking why not work towards change them? 

    A San Francisco psychotherapist, Michael Halyard contends that gay/lesbian couples experience “stress-related disorders, low self-esteem, guilt and shame” when denied the label “Marriage”.  Really?  Isn’t it more likely the feelings of stress, low self-esteem, guilt and shame stem from the “Behavior” and not the label used to define the behavior?  Are they still looking for someone to tell them they are “Normal”?  Could the same argument be used for other behaviors, I could see where someone addicted to drugs could feel “stress, low self-esteem, guilt and shame” from being saddled with the label “addict or junky”… Maybe they would feel better if they could use the label Pharmacist… Ultimately it’s not about inclusion or they would have included polygamist relationships, man and goat relationships, or how about two women and a Buick relationship?

I don’t know their status but… they seem happy and committed.

    If my argument seems oversimplified, think again Sunshine, “Feelings” of happiness and commitment could be the new and only defining factors of marriage.  Changing the label on the packaging doesn’t change the content of the package… changing the definition of marriage doesn’t legitimize the abnormal behavior of a gay/lesbian relationship.  The word marriage can be tracked back as far as the early 13^th century and had never been used to describe a relationship between anyone other than one man and one woman but much like the folks at Barf Cola, gay and lesbians want to misrepresent the… drink… the behavior.  Our “Labels” describe our behaviors, if you don’t like the label… don’t participate in the behavior.  If you choose to participate in the behavior be ready to wear the appropriate “LABEL”.  

Pineapple/Asparagus flavoring… Where

did that come from??? Oh well…

The TOMCAT