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Professor Funk
Aug 4, 2008

WE ALL KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN

Rap posted:

"Pro Combat" is seriously a disgusting name for some sports teams' jerseys

Are you that easily offended?

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Professor Funk
Aug 4, 2008

WE ALL KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN

Rap posted:

I mean, I guess Yes? Looks that way. I just don't agree with using the term "combat" because the mixing of sports, military and violence is already really messed up. And since everything Nike does is calculated, it's now a marketing strategy to appeal to the militarism of football fans. That isn't actually good

I respect your opinion and kind of see where you're coming from, but I think you're probably thinking about it a bit too much. It's a pretty apt and harmless marketing campaign, and it's not as if Nike is marketing products in pre-World War I Germany, so I probably wouldn't worry too much about the "militarism" of football fans.

Professor Funk fucked around with this message at 15:25 on Feb 2, 2012

Professor Funk
Aug 4, 2008

WE ALL KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN

BIGFOOT PEE BED posted:

The militarism of football fans is a massive loving deal because it's a huge part of manufacturing consent for contemporary wars in the middle east.

That said there are far more egregious examples than 'pro combat', so I accept that much

This is a wonderful post.

Professor Funk
Aug 4, 2008

WE ALL KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN

wilfoy posted:

lol is this real?

Absolutely not but it owns

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