Brotherhood of the Bean » Lawsuit http://blog.brotherhoodofthebean.com Coffee Cultists of the World Unite! Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:23:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Don’t F*CK with Colombia http://blog.brotherhoodofthebean.com/2009/01/07/dont-columbia/ http://blog.brotherhoodofthebean.com/2009/01/07/dont-columbia/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:41:23 +0000 Brotherhood of the Bean http://blog.brotherhoodofthebean.com/?p=297 Colombia has a lot going against it.  Massive drug cartels, rampant violent, poverty, etc.   It’s one shining light of goodness is it’s coffee trade — and nothing personifies that trade like Juan Valdez.

Everyone knows him, we grew up on his commercials felt a kinship with him, his donkey and his sack of coffee beans.  In Colombia he is an icon, and when that icon is messed with, Columbia’s claws come out.

mother-goose-juan-valdezMike Peter’s has found himself on the receiving end of a lawsuit over his cartoon (above) that lampoons good old Juan Valdez.  According to a report from the Associated Press:

The Colombian Coffee Growers Federation says it will sue “Mother Goose & Grimm” cartoonist Mike Peters “for damage and harm, detriment to intellectual property and defamation.”

Damages which add up to heft $20 million dollars.  Peters was quoted as saying:

Peters told the AP Wednesday he loves Colombian coffee and did not intend any offense.

All I have to say is “Yikes!”  and I’d like to point out how much we love Juan Valdez.

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