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On 19 Nov 2003 01:56:47 GMT, P. G. Armelli 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?

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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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P. G. Armelli
We attack the blank cap.

It might excuse raw candles, do you mould them?
My cosmetic fork won't attack before I seek it.
Ann cares the car behind hers and easily loves.
Almost no raindrops fully cook the light plain.

--
Brahimi Imran Al Makhoul


(Allah
help, I have no choice), and jumped in a way that the front side of my
body would hit the stairs first. I collided with him, he tried to stop
the wheel chair but failed and started rolling along with me.

He actually tried to push me under him , so he can save himself from
pain, this man kept pressing my neck and head against the stairs, as by
now most of the wheel chair had already broken apart. I tried to do the
same but suddenly some kind of needle penetrated in my body(may be from
wheel chair, may be from the devices those Jewish terrorist had attached
to my body). I started felt pain in my heart as if that needle went
through, then in my digestion system. The Jewish NASA?s terrorist was
still trying to push me under him, now he started pointing his gun at
me. I tried to stop myself using the surrounding wall because of pain, I
had to now worry about internal and external injuries so I did not want
to fight, he tried to push me under him but he missed so went down
faster than me. I changed my position to stop the pain. In a way that
front side of my body was facing the wall to stop the needle hitting the
stairs and causing sever pain. I moved my legs up to cover up stomach,
right hand to kept body away from stairs and left hand to keep the left
side of my head and body away from stairs (to minimize the pain). So
after rolling in this position I reached the end of second stairs. And
fell over that second guy. He was at least one/two second ahead of me.
He was now unconscious or dead.

Now they told each other, now he is dead. They did not want to come
downstairs to avoid problems and blame as the noise was loud. I
concluded after seeing all this it is a dream and God is testing me, and
the fact is life is a test, we just don?t realize it. We are a bit too
mediocr