At the risk of upsetting the lawyers, I used the word Hon in the title of this post! Living on the edge, I am.
It's not going to be much of a standing-around weather on Sunday, and protesting Café Hon's Denise Whiting's move to trademark the word Hon is not the most important issue facing the country or even Hampden, but if you HAVE a jacket, and if you feel strongly that Whiting's greed (which I mentioned before) has gone too far, you could do worse than join the Café Hon protest scheduled for Sunday the 19th, at 12pm.
Here is the link to the Facebook Event. I'm stealing the image from the Facebook page, but I didn't start this event, just for the record. Wait, is anyone keeping a record?
4 comments:
3 words. Waste of time. Born and raised in Baltimore city and all this drama about a non-word is absurd. Protest in cold weather? Then go down to the harbor and walk with the protesters about the slave wages they work for. Head down to DC to protest a phony war and the citizenry getting robbed by multi national corporations.
Protesting someone legally trademarking a brand called 'hon', which will result in bragging rights at best, and a closed restaurant resulting in more unemployment at worst is boredom and lack of motivation combined.
Do everyone a favor and go back to Rocket to Venus or Golden West and keep drinking PBR.
I tell you what, Jason. I live here. When I see my neighborhood turning into Pottersville, I get upset and I want to have my say. Now, I did write on the post that this is not the most important issue in the country of even in Hampden. They're selling heroin a block away from the cafe. There's still prostitution in Hampden. There's violence and racism and unemployment. But at least there's also a sense of community. There's a main street that accepts very limited number of chain businesses--a model for other cities. Whiting, who has been the leading voice in support of the nearby planned Wal-Mart, is betraying the community. Sure, Hampden has problems, but at least we're not trying to cover them with HON stickers.
Huh? How can anyone in Baltimore trademark the word "hon"? That's like someone from London trademarking the word "blimey". Everyone says it. Surely it can't stand up to legal scrutiny?
Some legal challenges are going on now that people have found out about it. She has a Hon Cafe and HonBar, and she created HonFest (street festival), but it's still a long way from there to a commercial ownership of a common word. She's just a cynical manipulator.
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