Good Night Irene

[Benton]

(09-06-2018, 10:46 AM)Nately120 Wrote: How is a man who died in service of this country a fitting choice to sell Nike crap?  This whole premise is based upon the notion that Nike, as a brand or a product, says they represent sacrifice (how?) and then the public gets all butt-hurt fighting over which person best fits this false narrative presented to us.  This is some bizarre stuff.  Nike just has to say they are the most heroic brand and watch the masses scramble to attach the most heroic person they can think of to this suddenly resplendent brand.  Astounding.  We are absolute slaves to marketing.

People are arguing who is best deserving of the "honor" of having his face plastered on the latest completely-full-of-crap advertisement for a brand that, to my knowledge, has nothing to do with sacrifice nor struggle of any kind save the people who manufacture the products.  If open a strip club and call it "Nately's Strip Club for Heroes and Patriots" would people be demanding that Pat Tillman be the face of it?  It's all about patriotism and heroism...so Pat Tillman fits the bill!  God forbid anyone who gave less to this country be the face of this STD-soaked smut house.

And blah blah blah.  Like I said before, people feeling that a dead veteran is NOT being used to shill merchandise is disrespectful to his sacrifice is the most cynical thing I can think of.  Should athletes be on Wheaties boxes?  Shouldn't each box have a dead veteran on the front?  Who are the REAL champions of bran flakes?!

To the bold, agreed. They could have come out with a red, white and blue shoe, and nobody would've said anything. Or, they could've named a plain shoe as "The Most Patriotic Shoe Ever" and people would've blown a gasket over them not being made in America, not being endorsed by the POTUS, not having been worn by George Washington, etc.