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the unswoosher

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From: Kareem Ramez AL-Bar
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 22:09
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    <TD class=px15 width=400><B><BR>This is a ground-breaking marketing scheme 
      to uncool Nike. If it succeeds, it will set a precedent that will 
      revolutionize capitalism. <BR></B></TD>
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    <TD class=px15 width=400><B>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.<BR><BR>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?<BR><BR>Adbusters has been doing R&amp;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 
      <I>blackSpot</I> sneaker, the world's first grassroots anti-brand. You can 
      help launch the <I>blackSpot</I> revolution.<BR><BR>THE BIG 
      QUESTION:<BR>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?<BR><BR><A 
      href="http://blackspotsneaker.org/02/">OUR KICK-ASS MARKETING 
      STRATEGY&gt;&gt;<BR></A><BR></B></TD>
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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
mediocre to see beyond worldly illusions. It was a bit painful
experience but I took out that needle(12 inch long) from the lower part
of my digestion system. I probably injured a things or two in the
process. I also removed everything that was attached to my body. They
heard the sound, someone came down stairs, after seeing me sitting
beside another one of jewish terrorists. All these men were dressed in
black. He did not believe it, he started yelling the other xyz man is
dead too. He ran upstairs to get help, I knew it was time to run.I t
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