Re: the shoes we wear

On 6 Nov 2003 22:46:13 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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Khalid al-Jabbar




feel a lot
of pain in the front and back side of my chest and in lower back. There
was another man named Azeem Hakani at that time working as chief
engineer at some oil American oil company. He and his friend took me to
this place where this man gave me a drink, the man liked me too and gave
me a book to read which I still have today with me. When I drank this
drink whatever it was I felt very strange kind of things in my right and
left side of lower back near kidney. This is how my life was saved for
the first time. Ordinary Israelis should know we are not out there to
kill them, but we will do unbiased justice, Islam and the world is not
your slave and we will not let you play with people?s minds and
feelings. I have forgiven everyone for anything they did in my past.
(more to follow). This part occurred in mid to late 1996. I can be wrong
if so you people only have to prove me wrong that is all and I would
like everyone to keep this in mind.

Though these are my experiences and thoughts but like always they can be
wrong, if so may God forgive me and show me the right path. May God
bring the real truth and unbiased