Glenn Sacks's campaign targets Major Outlet! Your assistance needed!

zenpriest writes "The "A" in "MANN" stands for "Activism", and the most activist thing I have seen come out of the men's movement yet is Glenn Sacks's campaign against the violence against boys advocated by david & goliath. We discussed here before that this issue might be the "Stonewall" of the men's movement. After 3 decisive victories, Glen himself has characterized the current focus, Claire's and Icing, as being the "Stalingrad" of his campaign.

Claire's has 2,875 of d & g's 3500 retail outlets. To encourage them to drop the line would eliminate over 80% of d & g's market. This is the best opportunity for men, AND the women who support them, to roar.
There is nothing defensible about this product line. They slander Asians, blacks, and, interestingly, gold-digging women as well as white males.

http://www.hisside.com/join_his_side_campaign.htm

Here is the text of the email that I sent to the 5 officers of the corporation which Glenn so thoughtfully provided to us. Please, either plagiarize this, or write your own. Forward it to EVERYONE in your address book, and post it to every mailing list you are on."



I would encourage people to choose to write their own as individual letters tend to do a little better than everyone sending copies of the same letter, or to at least put a couple personalizing touches onto Zenpriest's well written letter. Glenn has asked all his listeners to participate. I would like to ask all our readers to participate as well. Glenn has called this battle the "Stalingrad" of this campaign. He needs all the help he can get.


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To: The Management of Claire's
Subject: Serious complaint against one of your lines of products.



In a time when child abuse is a serious concern to all, I believe that selling products which show it in a humorous light to be in the worst possible taste, and a horrible example of poor corporate citizenship.



The david & goliath line of products panders to hatred, and shows violence in a cartoon fashion. Like Wylie Coyote in the Road Runner cartoons, it portrays violence as having no lasting consequences - while in real life it certainly does. One of david & goliath's designs actually shows a child with his eye gouged out and the bloody
eyeball lying on the ground. That anyone could find "humor" in this is sad. And, the fact that someone could make the trivialization of such violence into a multi-million dollar company is nothing short of tragic. The reality of what is being suggested - a picture of a real live boy with his eye gouged out - would make most people sick. I am saddened by the courseness of our culture today that a cartoon of it does not have the same effect.



It would be nice to believe that most people are not so concerned about the almighty dollar that simply bringing to their attention the destructiveness of one of their product lines would be enough to get them to reconsider it.



However, there are other factors at work here as well. Claire's and Icing are not just stores, they are brands. As your competitor Gadzooks just learned, it can be serious mistake to have your
brand become associated with being anti-something in the public consciousness.



There is certainly no shortage of retail outlets available as choices to the consumer,and small things can tilt the scales toward choosing one outlet over another.



There are 3 Claire's outlets in my immediate vicinity. And, as long as Claire's carries the david & golitath brand, I will prevail on everyone I know, in every way I can, to do no business with any
of them.

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