[OT]about NIKE, kind of in the debian/linux spirit.
>>> > > THIS IS GOOD...
>>> > >
>>> > > just send it along to someone
>>> > > else...A really good example of Power To The People!!! and, I
>>> > > think, a positive use of technology....
>>> > > I love some of the small, creative and persistent ways people find to
>>> > > protest injustice in the world. It's worth reading this one thru.
>>> > > Nike now lets you personalize your shoes by submitting a word or
>>> > > phrase which they will stitch onto your shoes, under the swoosh. So
>>> > > Jonah Peretti filled out the form and sent them $50 to
>>> > > stitch"SWEATSHOP" on to his shoes.
>>> > > Here's the response he got...
>>> > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>>> > > From:
>>> > > "Personalize, NIKE iD" nikeid_personalize@nike.com
>>> > > To: "'Jonah H. Peretti'" peretti@media.mit.edu
>>> > > Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000
>>> > > Your NIKE iD order was cancelled for one or more of the following
>>> > > reasons:
>>> > > 1) Your Personal iD contains another party's trademark or other
>>> > > intellectual property
>>> > > 2) Your Personal iD contains the name of an athlete or team we do
>>> > > not have the legal right to use
>>> > > 3) Your Personal iD was left blank. Did you not want any
>>> > > personalization?
>>> > > 4) Your Personal iD contains profanity or inappropriate slang, and
>>> > > besides, your mother would slap us.
>>> > > If you wish to reorder your NIKE iD product with a new
>>> > > personalization please visit us again at www.nike.com
>>> > > Thank you, NIKE iD
>>> > >
>>> > > From: "Jonah H. Peretti" peretti@media.mit.edu
>>> > > To: "Personalize, NIKE iD" nikeid_personalize@nike.com
>>> > > Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000
>>> > > Greetings,
>>> > > My order was canceled but my personal NIKE iD does not violate
>>> > > any of the criteria outlined in your message. The Personal iD on my
>>> > > custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes was the word "sweatshop."
>>> > > Sweatshop is not:
>>> > > 1) another's party's trademark,
>>> > > 2) the name of an athlete,
>>> > > 3) blank, or
>>> > > 4) profanity.
>>> > > I choose the iD because I wanted to remember the toil and labor of
>>> > > the children that made my shoes. Could you please ship them to me
>>> > > immediately.
>>> > > Thanks and Happy New Year, Jonah Peretti
>>> > >
>>> > > From: "Personalize, NIKE iD" nikeid_personalize@nike.com
>>> > > To: "'Jonah H. Peretti'" peretti@media.mit.edu
>>> > > Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000
>>> > > Dear NIKE iD Customer,
>>> > > Your NIKE iD order was cancelled because the iD you have chosen
>>> > > contains, as stated in the previous e-mail correspondence,
>>> > > "inappropriate slang". If you wish to reorder your NIKE iD product
>>> > > with a new personalization please visit us again at nike.com
>>> > > Thank you, NIKE iD
>>> > >
>>> > > From: "Jonah H. Peretti" peretti@media.mit.edu
>>> > > To: "Personalize, NIKE iD" nikeid_personalize@nike.com
>>> > > Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000
>>> > > Dear NIKE iD,
>>> > > Thank you for your quick response to my inquiry about my custom
>>> > > ZOOM XC USA running shoes. Although I commend you for your
>>> > > prompt customer service, I disagree with the claim that my personal
>>> > > iD was inappropriate slang. After consulting Webster's Dictionary, I
>>> > > discovered that "sweatshop" is in fact part of standard English, and
>>> > > not slang.
>>> > > The word means: "a shop or factory in which workers are employed
>>> > > for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions" and its
>>> > > origin dates from 1892. So my personal iD does meet the criteria
>>> > > detailed in your first email.
>>> > > Your web site advertises that the NIKE iD program is "about
>>> > > freedom to choose and freedom to express who you are." I share
>>> > > Nike's love of freedom and personal expression. The site also says
>>> > > that "If you want it done right...build it yourself." I was thrilled to
>>>be
>>> > > able to build my own shoes, and my personal iD was offered as a
>>> > > small token of appreciation for the sweatshop workers poised to help
>>> > > me realize my vision. I hope that you will value my freedom of
>>> > > expression and reconsider your decision to reject my order.
>>> > > Thank you, Jonah Peretti
>>> > >
>>> > > From: "Personalize, NIKE iD" nikeid_personalize@nike.com
>>> > > To: "'Jonah H. Peretti'" peretti@media.mit.edu
>>> > > Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000
>>> > > Dear NIKE iD Customer,
>>> > > Regarding the rules for personalization it also states on the NIKE iD
>>> > > web site that "Nike reserves the right to cancel any personal iD up to
>>> > > 24 hours after it has been submitted". In addition, it further explains:
>>> > > "While we honor most personal iDs, we cannot honor every one.
>>> > > Some may be (or contain) other's trademarks, or the names of
>>> > > certain professional sports teams, athletes or celebrities that Nike
>>> > > does not have the right to use. Others may contain material that we
>>> > > consider inappropriate or simply do not want to place on our
>>> > > products.
>>> > > Unfortunately, at times this obliges us to decline personal iDs that
>>> > > may otherwise seem unobjectionable. In any event, we will let you
>>> > > know if we decline your personal iD, and we will offer you the
>>> > > chance to submit another." With these rules in mind, we cannot
>>> > > accept your order as submitted. If you wish to reorder your NIKE
>>> > > iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at
>>> > > www.nike.com
>>> > > Thank you, NIKE iD
>>> > >
>>> > > From: "Jonah H. Peretti" peretti@media.mit.edu
>>> > > To: "Personalize, NIKE iD" nikeid_personalize@nike.com
>>> > > Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000
>>> > > Dear NIKE iD,
>>> > > Thank you for the time and energy you have spent on my request. I
>>> > > have decided to order the shoes with a different iD, but I would like
>>> > > to make one small request. Could you please send me a color
>>> > > snapshot of the ten-year-old Vietnamese girl who makes my shoes?
>>> > > Thanks, Jonah Peretti
>>> > >
>>> > > As one forwarder writes:
>>> > > ... this will now go round the world much farther and faster than any
>>> > > of the adverts they paid Michael Jordan and more than the entire
>>> > > wage packet of all their sweatshop workers in the world to do...
>>> > > I normally avoid making a plea to pass on these things, but this time
>>> > > I say: JUST DO IT
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