Re: rec.sport.orienteering, grassroots anti-brand

rec.sport.orienteering:  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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        Make a straight donation... it's a worthy cause 
        with the potential to set an historic precedent 
        that could be repeated in other industries and 
        usher in more grass roots version of capitalism 
        in which megacorps do not control every area of 
        our children's lives.

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Shah Afif Al Siri
There, pens lift in back of noisy plains, unless they're closed.


left that school. My friends at my school (in year 12) had told me
that there aren't any people who have not done unlawful things, the best
things to avoid problems is be like everyone else, just do unlawful
things. I was also told that those who don't sleep around, these secret
service people would torture their families and take the most
intelligent/handsome child from that family.

May God free us all from evil and give us the ability to work on problem
collectively and individually. May God give us the ability to standup
for truth and justice. wa'Salam Mohsin


So I changed Schools......

Assalam u'Alekum all,

It is tragic that in Muslim countries Jews who run and control the
economy, army, media and administartion of countries have stronger
relationship with other minor communities than Muslims do. At the end of
grade 8 I left Jinnah public school, this time mom wanted me to stay but
other family members wanted me to change school, so the collective
decision was to change school. In the new school there was a teacher who
was teaching only a few intelligent students, I was one of them. He
started calling us all to his house, one day he took my hand and made me
touch his rude part. I came home told my mom, as dad was always away and
I told her what had happened I wanted to leave school. Story became
really big