Re: counterbranding game

On 14 Nov 2003 01:40:50 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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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 really care about
God.

One may ask why do bad guys do this to religious people, well it has
many disadvantages, once a person?s shame is gone there is a higher
chance of they doing the same thing again. Once shame is gone, talking
about such things, cheating and thinking about rude things becomes
normal. Secondly one person should know the real defeat does not live
outside in the world, it lives inside once you get defeated inside then
nothing can make you face the world. Once a person does such thing
before marriage, then the charm of family relationship does not grow
that much after marriage. Also if a person can do unlawful things before
marriage they can still do them after marriage. By the way