This is pretty funny.

brant


---------------------- Forwarded by Brant Reves/HOU/ECT on 02/20/2001 03:04 
PM ---------------------------


Rob Hanlen <rhanlen@tigsecurities.com> on 02/20/2001 02:21:00 PM
To: Rob Hanlen <rhanlen@tigsecurities.com>
cc:  
Subject: FW: just do it




-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Freret
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 1:24 PM
To: Jeff Sullivan; Jon Platon; Rob Hanlen
Subject: FW: just do it




-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Shivers [mailto:stephens@cpsinet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 1:07 PM
To: Wally Poole (E-mail); Spencer Williams; Paul Omezi; Michael Muscat;
Bradley Shivers; Lucy Green; Lise' Shivers; Jimmy Shivers; Dawn Sanders
Freret; Kellie Mitchell; GEORGE MILLER; Gary Constantine; David Lane;
Chris Freret; Chris Freret (E-mail); Butch Shivers; Brett Freret; BRYAN
ADAMS - HOME; Bryan Adams; Adele Bullock
Subject: Fw: just do it


Fw this one on to all, if you want to.


----- Original Message -----
From: Karen Waggoner <karenm@cpsinet.com>
To: JERRY KISER <jerryk@cpsinet.com>; JENNIFER SWEENEY
<jsweeney@cpsinet.com>; MATT JOHNSON <mattj@cpsinet.com>; STEPHEN SHIVERS
<stephens@cpsinet.com>


>
> ----- Original Message > > > Subject: just do it
> > >
> > > In the interest of full disclosure, I am usually a Nike apologist, but
> > > this
> > > killed me...
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >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"
> > > onto
> > > > >his shoes.
> > > > >
> > > > >Here's the responses he got... fun and games with Nike...
> > > > >
> > > > >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> > > > >
> > > > >   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
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > ><no response>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >   As one forwarder writes:
> > > > >
> > > > >   ... this will now go round the world much farther and faster
than
> > > any
> > > > >of the adverts they paid Michael Jordan 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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