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Author: Tariq al-Mutawa
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 23:45
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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 
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      With a network of supporters, we're getting ready to launch the 
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      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 
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the truth, cops asked him why he was so late, if they were a few
minutes late I would have died, Selgin initially couldn?t reply but
later he asked them why ambulance couldn?t come for at least 25 minutes,
even when hospital was told it is an emergency, I think he won logical
argument there (it was my point :)), they attached other things to my
body, placed me in ambulance and started the journey back to hospital. I
had another dream while they were interrogating (Chinese and others
standing near by). But just before we left he tip, someone fired two
shots as ambulance, the driver really was scared, he moved the vehicle
in such a way that I could have died, later another shot was fired(they
only acknowledge one shot), but the other guy came to check me at the
back he fixed a few things and then we started moving again.

At the hospital the Cop who was assigned to handle my case would not
trust me, though I kept losing consciousness again and again, during the
mean while after leaving the cops, Selgin called the Jewish Muslims I
was living with, they came to hospital to check, it was very late in the
evening, I only had fe
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