quoted 5 lines who the hell do you think you are to say that scott is naive?
> >who the hell do you think you are to say that scott is naive?
> I have the ability to say that Scott Herren is naive for not knowing what
> industries his music is now supporting. If he does know all the things that
> Foot Locker commercial stands for, and he just doesn't care, then I'd say
> he's a fool.
That's rather black'n'white logic, which is fine on paper but ill-suited to
understanding (and from that evaluating) the situation. For example, visit
Footlocker's website and on the same page where the company brags about its
sponsorships of professional sports and touts its international market reach, it
also dips into the company's more benevolent activities:
http://www.footlocker.com/content/custserv.cfm?TID=5555-22120217572122170830011-0&help=contact&Q=2&Q2=2fl-2
Now, some will presume the ultimate motive of a program like the Fred Jordan
Mission Shoe Giveaway Program is to sway the public sentiment of the athletic
shoe-buying segment, but it's just that: a presumption. At the end of that
program, though, Footlocker is out 5000 pairs of shoes whatever the tax
write-off might be, and 5000 kids who didn't have good shoes now have them.
That's quantifiable, regardless what sort of moral value is placed on it.
My own experience (with the semiconductor industry) in such arenas is that the
truth of a corporation's aims lies somewhere in the grey and is often a haze of
variables not the least of which is a person or group of people with a passion
that outstrips their personal economic involvement. In a similar fashion, I
feel Scott's hand in the escalating Footlocker Scandal can't be boiled down to
him being either naive or uncaring, and it's inconsiderate of his standing as an
artist to make a judgement based on such presumptions.
Definitely better than an Ae-sucks/rules thread,
Heath
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