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Article #2664grassroots anti-brand
From: Khalid Musharraf
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 22:11
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 22:11
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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&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
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or so. I don?t know I guess the world is really
coming to an end, everything has a rude meaning thanks God I don?t know
many of them. Later the same man told me he did really send someone to
my door, but I didn?t do anything so now they will try a "different"
method.
Though nothing much happened but this man was influential enough to send
someone of my kind to my door from my neighbourhood in a day, this shows
they really do control minds and bodies using events, information and
secret services is not wrong. But I do question, if it was not me, and
some other kind of man was there, what should have happened. This also
shows that Muslims have left God and have started taking shortcuts
wherever whenever they can. And that is why it has made it very easy for
those who are fighting against God to control their bodies and minds.
Though these are my thoughts and experience, but like always they can be
wrong. May God give us the ability to fight our weakness and obey God
properly. May God save us from Satan and his friends and may God unite
all the Muslims and give them ability to
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