Wear Yellow - Support the fight against cancer

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Wear Yellow - Support the fight against cancer

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$3 at the Nike Store (Smith St and in the city) scores you a wrist band and helps people around the world who are living with cancer. Proceeds benefit the Lance Armstrong Foundation.

http://www.wearyellow.com/

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Good cause and ^ one of the most inspiring humans on this planet!
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Yeah, definately a fantastic cause. Either buy them, or purchase daffodils aplenty Image
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agree, great cause Lucas.....

Im not to sure about the Nike association tho....? are they still paying kiddes 5c a day to sew socks?

Meh.. I'll do anything to hault the big C.. that fukers got to be stopped!
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Post by Hardy »

Gotta agree wif Stovequeen on this. While it's a great cause, there's something a bit fucking wrong with Nike supporting this shit when they happily keep children as slaves.
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Post by mecka »

Does it matter if you're mostly yellow to begin with?

Many many people are working to cure cancer. I hear far less in the news about exploited children being paid extremely substandard wages.
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Post by lucas »

mecka wrote:Does it matter if you're mostly yellow to begin with?
WTF?
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Or asian. Its a running joke.
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Post by Will »

Whaddaya mean 'mostly' Ol? You suffering from a bit of the old MJ syndrome?
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I ain't full yellow Will. Didn't anybody ever tell you I'm quarter Dutch? hahahaha.
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You Dutch basted.
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Post by Focus »

stovequeen wrote:.

Im not to sure about the Nike association tho....? are they still paying kiddes 5c a day to sew socks?
I did a study on Nike and although the conditions and the pay isn't as crash hot as western society Nike arn't as bad as these campaigners make them out to be. Business is a lot about reputation and pleasing the stakeholders, Nike in no wants a negative image. I spose Nike portray the white and campaigners portray the black. IMO.
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Don't like Nike? Buy daffodils.
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Post by witty_pseudonym »

were the yellow wrist bands made by babies i wonder??

it's daffodils for me.

none the less it's a good cause. :)
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...or just donate to the Cancer Council :)
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Post by lucas »

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I dunno, personally I don't have any problems with Nike providing a point-of-sale for the wrist bands.

Questionable business practices or not, Nike doesn't keep any money from the sales, so I really think it's a non-issue.

I don't think we would have refused their offer if they had've wanted to help out with Beat Aid.

Nevertheless, if you still want a wrist band you can buy it online directly from the Lance Armstrong foundation without having to set foot in a Nike store.

http://www.laf-store.org/

Thanks.

Lucas (Proudly half-yellow, Nike wearing, and yellow wrist-banded).
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Hehe.. not so sure you can really claim to be 'nike'-wearing Lucas, but otherwise a sound argument! :D
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yeah, fuck nike. buy adidas or reebok instead. they don't exploit people.

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valuetime wrote:yeah, fuck nike. buy adidas or reebok instead. they don't exploit people.

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Not true! They exploit people with no sense of style.. :)
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dont knock reebok.
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Aaw.. sorry lynt! You'd be the exception that proves the rule :smt054
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