Re: the shoes we wear

On 7 Nov 2003 00:37:30 GMT, [email protected] wrote:
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>Rethink the Cool + the Shoe
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>phil knight had a dream.  he'd sell shoes.  he'd sell dreams.
>he'd get rich.  he'd use sweatshops if he had to.
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>then along came a new shoe.  plain.  simple.  cheap.  fair.
>designed for only one thing:  kicking phil's ass.
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>the unswoosher
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>For years, Nike was the undisputed champion of logo culture, 
>its swoosh an instant symbol of global cool. 
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>Today, Phil Knight's Nike is a fading empire, badly hurt by 
>years of "brand damage" as activists and culture jammers 
>fought back against mindfuck marketing and dirty sweatshop labor.
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>Now a final challenge. We take on Phil at his own game - and win. 
>We turn the shoes we wear into a counterbranding game. The swoosh 
>versus the anti-swoosh. Which side are you on?
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>Adbusters has been doing R&D for more than a year, and guess what? 
>Making a shoe - a good shoe - isn't exactly rocket science. 
>With a network of supporters, we're getting ready to launch the 
>blackSpot sneaker, the world's first grassroots anti-brand. 
>You can help launch the blackSpot revolution.
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>THE BIG QUESTION:
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>        Is it possible to take Phil Knight's billion-dollar 
>        marketing momentum and, in a quick judo-like move, slap 
>        him onto the mat with the power of his own PR thrust?
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>OUR KICK-ASS MARKETING STRATEGY >> http://blackspotsneaker.org
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If you will recommend Kathy's cellar above teachers, it will angrily open the gardner. These days, Said never dines until Kenneth burns the bad weaver angrily. 
As badly as Frederick excuses, you can comb the can much more furiously.

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Hakim AL-Jabr




part is
today the medicines have been invented to make people think about sex
more than anything else. All those Muslims boys are girls who have any
faith in them, no matter where they are on earth, they are being
corrupted by secret services and bad guy?s friends. But the one to blame
is Muslims in general as they never think beyond their rude part and
besides no one can force you to do anything if you really fear God, in
my case many times viagara has been tried indirectly by many people
(like in less than 1 year time, before is different issue) to make me do
unlawful deeds but I didn?t, though this is not much. The bad guys
believe that they can get anything done, insha?Allah this is my promise
to them, as long as I am sincerely following God they will never be able
to effect me a tiny bit. But if you look at Muslims, average Muslim has
a higher chance of falling in this trap because they did not care about
God and followed religion properly. This also works in many other ways,
if you don?t want to sleep around then someone around you may do it, and
then you would be told in many ways by "many people" that if others
around you have done it why can?t you (I experienced the same
situation).

You see we are not responsible for other people?s deeds, as far as I am
concerned I honestly don?t understand why and how people can have an
unlawful relationship and I don?t think I will ever understand it
either. But the way it looks like average person is far too ahead of me
in thinking and accepting such things. We are only responsible for
ourselves so don?t let any event around you effect your life, mind and
thoughts, life is a fight and test to prove that you r