wtf?

[All Else Failed]

Nike unveils shoe for Native Americans - Sep. 26, 2007

 

[Boomer]

Bwahahah! You have got to be kidding me.

 

[Maulds]

Cash in on some of that casino money...just do it.

 

[Jersey]

interesting...

 

[Peter Parka]

Wtf indeed!

"Nike unveiled Tuesday what it said is the first shoe designed specifically for American Indians, an effort aiming at promoting physical fitness in a population with high obesity rates."

I thought that was Americans in general?:confused

 

[Johnny C]

Native American=American Indians.

 

[Maulds]

Wtf indeed!

"Nike unveiled Tuesday what it said is the first shoe designed specifically for American Indians, an effort aiming at promoting physical fitness in a population with high obesity rates."

I thought that was Americans in general?:confused

You don't like us much, do ya Pete?

 

[Peter Parka]

You don't like us much, do ya Pete?

What? Are you seriously trying to say that American dosen't have one of the highest obesity rates in the world?

 

[Maulds]

I'd say it does. No offense at all dude just seems like you always see the negative with this country before anything else.

 

[Boomer]

It's ok Maulds. Petes just mad cause Brits can't drink. : P

 

[Peter Parka]

Well sorry, I was just stating a fact which applies to that article, there wasn't really anything in there to say to be positive in anyway. You just need to lighten up a bit sometimes, I can take it when I get the piss taken out of me for being British and if anyone gets their country bashed the most it's sexytime about Canada by the Americans on here!

 

[All Else Failed]

well, we are pretty fat, as a nation so peter wasn't far off.

 

[Breath]

Peter, your comment didn't bother me.
And shoes for native Americans doesn't bother me either. If a major corporation wants to target an audience with a known health issue, then I'm all for corporate money flying out of their pockets.

 

[HisHoliness]

"Nike unveiled Tuesday what it said is the first shoe designed specifically for American Indians, an effort aiming at promoting physical fitness in a population with high obesity rates."

Peter, the only things worse than minorities are fat minorities. That's just common knowledge. Welcome to the USA.

 

[Maulds]

Ya know I've never said anything to him about Canada...I'm behind. And yes we are a very poor eating and overweight country overall.

 

[All Else Failed]

I fail to see how them wearing this specific type of shoe will make them less obese.....

 

[Breath]

While it's designed for the unique aspects of the American Indian foot (as the article stated), they don't expect most of the shoes to actually be sold to that population.

It said all profits from the sale of the shoe will be reinvested in health programs for tribal lands, where problems with obesity, diabetes and related conditions are near epidemic levels in some tribes.

The revenue generated by shoe sales is targeted to ultimately help the health issues.

 

[COOL_BREEZE2]

Peter, the only things worse than minorities are fat minorities. That's just common knowledge. Welcome to the USA.

Ironic that the original inhabitants of these parts of the world, USA and other countries have basically all become "minorities"...and often ridiculed.

Things to make you go hmmmm