rec.autos.sport.misc: Rethink the Cool + the Shoe
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.
then along came a new shoe. plain. simple. cheap. fair.
designed for only one thing: kicking phil's ass.
the unswoosher
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For years, Nike was the undisputed champion of logo culture,
its swoosh an instant symbol of global cool.
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.
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?
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.
THE BIG QUESTION:
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?
OUR KICK-ASS MARKETING STRATEGY >> http://blackspotsneaker.org/02/
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Ramez Hamid al-Maktoum
It cared, you explained, yet Roberta never easily combed alongside the autumn.
my previous Jewish school or else these things will
continue happening. But I did not want to go back, I changed schools
again. My class mates had told me you know it could all go away you only
need to sleep around at least for once, in those days I did not even
know people could be so curel anyway.
Our neighbours made so many rude stories about my mom, mom wanted to
commit suicide, I remember, I used to stay up whole night to guard and
see what she is doing. I don't know I guess it was good to see that
world can be so cruel, I never had anyone, and I guess one day I will
leave this world but seems like this is how it will be my whole life, I
want to thank God for chosing me as one of his people. Then these people
started giving us biological weapons, mom started feeling pain in her
heart and left arm, where as I started feeling pain around my rude part.
Frankly speaking, this is not complete detail of my childhood, but it
was nice to see the real face of the world, where even Muslims stab
Muslims just to satify their lust, even when they are slaves and they
know who is doing what. It was nice to grow up alone in people who only
wanted to see things their own way. I guess that is what makes them
people, mice, slaves and everything else but not people of God.
May God give us the ability to care about others as we care about ourselves.
wa'Salam
Mohsin
Creating prostitutes systematically
Assalam u'Alekum all,
It is widely believed in Muslims countries that those who are good or
have good character, die very young. Many people around me died
apparently because they had a heart attack or cancer. Apparently since
late (1970s) things have been very very bad in many third world
countries. Many beautiful women in Muslim countries are forced to become
prostitutes at very young age. Here is one
