On 6 Nov 2003 20:34:05 GMT, wrote:

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 mind**** 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

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invest in it......................investors@blackspotsneaker .org

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join the jam........................jammers@blackspotsneake r.org

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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worldly benefits like many others. So in the later episode
he lost his family. His mom was not feeling well so he went back to
visit her, while he was there, his wife left him and went to court to
get divorce and his son and daughter lost their character as well.

At the same time his company closed "Melbourne branch" of their business
and he was told that he might have to leave (retire), I have been told
the real reason as for them he had changed as he saved my life, so they
considered him too "old". I think it was very hard for him to face the
fact that his son left him, but I do admire his courage as he did not
really cry. And I hope and pray that God forgives him, he really is a
great man. And people like him are really rare in this world. He
actually blamed the society for losing him family and children, he said
the society is too corrupt, which is some what true many many human
beings today don?t even know the results of their actions and what they
are doing and why.

By the way Mr. Graham Sayers last year had told his other Jewish
students that I(and my next generation) was worth thirty thousand
dollars since the day Azeem Hakani changed and gave me some secrets
(like I shouldn?t get marry etc). Graham Sayers also told his Jewish
students that I am the only one who has not fallen because everyone else
around me here and there has already fallen or something.

Basically Jews have been running the business of buying next generation
of every talented Muslim, as they think we are their slaves or
something. I think bad guys should back off now, and stop killing
Muslims around the world and these people should stop terrorising the
world, before it gets a bit too later for them.

May God save us from the fitna of Sata