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From: Faith Short <fes4@cornell.edu>
To: frank@DRI.cornell.edu
Subject: [Fwd: Nike Excuses for Exploitation]
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 17:57:05 -0400

to add to you nike collection . . .



>             The Top 16 Excuses Given by Nike to
>               Justify Third World Exploitation
>
>
>
>16> It's not slave labor.  It's... it's... T'ai Chi class!
>
>15> You think we're ripping THEM off??  YOU paid $200 for that
>    molded rubber you're wearing.
>
>14> 14 cents an hour buys *twice* as much in Southeast Asia than
>    it does in the U.S.
>
>13> We'd pay 'em more if they had a decent fadeaway jumper.
>
>12> Relax!  We only require 20 hours a week from the terminally
>    ill or malnourished.
>
>11> A nation of 5-year olds who not only can tie a shoe, but can
>    MAKE a shoe?  That's not exploitation, pal, that's progress!
>
>10> If we paid our workers a living wage, Michael couldn't support
>    his golf gambling habit.
>
> 9> Hey, do you know how many bathroom breaks a 9-year old takes??
>    *We're* the ones being exploited!
>
> 8> Too busy counting our money to notice.
>
> 7> CEO Phil Knight still owes Bill Gates a few billion from last
>    year's poker game.
>
> 6> Interior decor of company jet was *embarrassingly* passTheta.
>
> 5> Hey, Reebok gets *their* shoe leather from baby seals!
>
> 4> Complaints about LOW PAY?  We thought it was Lo Pei, the
>    supervisor!
>
> 3> Average hourly wage for young workers much higher if you
>    include Tiger Woods.
>
> 2> Our CEO keeps downsizing his conscience.
>
>
>    and the Number 1 Excuse Given by Nike to
>       Justify Third World Exploitation...
>
>
> 1> Just Screw 'Em!