Not strictly speaking on topic, but certainly within the spirit of
collage:
> > From: "Personalize, NIKE iD" <nikeid_personalizeATnike.com
> > To: "'Jonah H. Peretti'" <perettiATmedia.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 <http://www.nike.com>
> >
> > Thank you, NIKE iD
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Jonah H. Peretti" <perettiATmedia.mit.edu
> > To: "Personalize, NIKE iD" <nikeid_personalizeATnike.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_personalizeATnike.com
> > To: "'Jonah H. Peretti'" <perettiATmedia.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 www.nike.com <http://www.nike.com>
> >
> > Thank you, NIKE iD
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Jonah H. Peretti" <perettiATmedia.mit.edu
> > To: "Personalize, NIKE iD" <nikeid_personalizeATnike.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 statement. 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 statement and reconsider your
> > decision to reject my order.
> >
> > Thank you, Jonah Peretti
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Personalize, NIKE iD" <nikeid_personalizeATnike.com
> > To: "'Jonah H. Peretti'" <perettiATmedia.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) others 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 <http://www.nike.com>
> >
> > Thank you, NIKE iD
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Jonah H. Peretti" <perettiATmedia.mit.edu
> > To: "Personalize, NIKE iD" <nikeid_personalizeATnike.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
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