If you mean by coffee a venti, double shot, sugar-free, non-fat, vanilla soy, decaf, no foam, extra hot, Peppermint, white Chocolate Mocha -With light whip and extra syrup. If you mean that underlying, crystaline, bitter- fine substance that employs sugar to entice your Palate by concealing its hidden dangers. If by Coffee you mean that insecure, two faced, fat “friend” That gives you a short sharp shot of self worthiness – Just to empty your pockets and spit you out onto the pavement with the knowing arrogance that you will be back in line come two o’clock when you need your next fix. If you mean that same slimy substance that conceals itself in your childhood chocolate bars and favourite soft drinks. If you mean that roller coaster of artificial highs and ground breaking lows, the chronic adrenal exhaustion followed by yet more fatigue, irritability, headaches and confusion. If you mean the degradation of the environment and the impact of cultivation. The industry that leaves it’s own producing countries underdeveloped, it’s own workers underpaid and overworked but it’s children uneducated and malnourished, Then certainly I am against it. But if when you say Coffee you mean the stimulant of creative thought, The milk of thinkers and chess players, the juice that fires up the working man’s cogs on a brisk morning and the oil that keeps him turning all day long. If you mean the brew that helps exhausted mothers and fathers raise children by helping them stay awake after sleepless nights. The drink that enables a man to drive through the night to get home to his wife and family and the brew that sees the homeless man safe through the night. That one more cup of coffee shared between a couple after a meal, and that one more excuse to stick around. If you mean the ‘drug’ that plays a crucial role in societies. The strong social binding effects it has on cultures. If you mean family income and important agricultural export commodity for developing countries. If you mean that Non Aggressive, simple, everyday, pleasure. The pleasure that is both yours, mine and every human’s right too enjoy; that inalienable fundamental right to which a person is inherently entitled; to drink a cup of coffee. If by Coffee you mean The beverage that speaks of common moral language. Then certainly I am for it. That is my position. I will not retreat from it. I will not compromise.