Customize Your Nikes - But Be Careful What You Say

from the damn-sweatshops dept

For a little while now, Nike has allowed people to create custom shoes on their website. Apparently you can have the shoes say whatever you want, so long as it's not a trademark, a profanity, or the name of an athlete. Well, now there's another rule: they can't say "Sweatshop" in reference to where the shoes will be made. An email exchange between a customer and Nike concerning whether or not Sweatshop can or cannot be put on shoes has been making the rounds.

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  1.  

    Thanks to Mark Thomas

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    Phillip, Jan 30th, 2001 @ 6:37pm

    This is as a result of the Mark Thomas Comedy Product. He did a show where the usual Nike PR brainwashing tour to young children was turned on its head as the kids were shown what really happens and then encouraged to ask the PR representative why this was allowed to happen. The PR guy got crucified by the kids. The PR guy was then show some of the pictures of trainers the kids had designed... needless to say the colour drained out of his face. Hence the 'sweatshop' ban.

    For those in the USA, you can think of Mark Thomas as a more cutting and raw version of Michael Moore. My favourite episode is where he went to an arms fair posing as a PR damage limitation guru and got dictators to confess on camera to torture etc which they had denied in writing to the UN. Fantastic stuff.

    Phillip.

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    Re: Thanks to Mark Thomas

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    mhh5, Jan 30th, 2001 @ 7:22pm

    I wonder if he tried variations... Like

    •pohstaews - sweatshop spelled backwards...
    •the mirror-image logo of the word 'sweatshop'
    •translations of 'sweatshop' in asian languages...

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    where

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    Heath, Aug 26th, 2004 @ 11:44am

    yo I went to the nike site and I looked for where to custimize my shoes and I could not find it so if you'd email me and tell me where I candlo that it would be cool air force ones low tops that are made like newcastle brown ale

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    I want to customize my air forces

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    Alessandra, Jan 31st, 2005 @ 8:53am

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    Anonymous Coward, Sep 12th, 2006 @ 4:52am

    fuck u bicthes ass hoes

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    GAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    duke acosta, Sep 26th, 2006 @ 9:12pm

    dat shyts fukin gay az hell dat we kant put none of dat shyt on da fukin shoe i mean cmon itz OUR shoe!!!!!!

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    Re:

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    Anonymous Coward, Sep 26th, 2006 @ 9:14pm

    u fukin agay ass puta u lil punk ass lame. u prbly fukin lil bustah uh?ima get u on da rebound homie ite alratoz

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  8.  

    shoes

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    Rayu, Feb 21st, 2007 @ 11:26am

    custome shoe

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    Anonymous Coward, Feb 27th, 2007 @ 1:11pm

    rtwfdb

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  10.  

    fit shoes

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    Kieran Vizzard, Mar 6th, 2007 @ 3:56am

    it fukin shite im gna shag all der nans 4 da cheek

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    fit shoes

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    Kieran Vizzard, Mar 6th, 2007 @ 3:56am

    it fukin shite im gna shag all der nans 4 da cheek

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    liam coate, Mar 6th, 2007 @ 3:58am

    i got mole mole mole mole mole mole mole on my trainers because thats wats its all about

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    Lewis Tumelty, Mar 6th, 2007 @ 4:01am

    ese a fat dumbo prick lol

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    yo props

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    chastity, May 16th, 2007 @ 9:24am

    yo these shoes is raw so i just thougt i would give you some props aight one

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    Re: yo props

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    chastity, Jul 25th, 2007 @ 11:20am

    that was me

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