| WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY TO IMPERIAL TOBACCO? - POLL The same day as the You Are The Target book launch (per national newswire the day before) a phone call from Imperial Tobacco came in - at 7:10 a.m. - ordering three copies. The decision was made not to accept tainted tobacco dollars; however, a complimentary copy of the book was dispatched free of charge with three inscriptions indelibly handwritten inside the covers. The opportunity to send messages to Imperial Tobacco was shared around the world and winners were chosen in a draw. In addition to the letter from the publisher to Imperial Tobacco, the three winning messages appear below, with a link to all entries received. Thanks to all who participated! |
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| May 8, 2002 Ms. Margot Diochon, Corporate Librarian, Imperial Tobacco, 3711 St.Antoine Street, Montreal, P.Q. H4C 3P6 We refer to your recent phone call ordering three copies of our new book release You Are The Target (Big Tobacco: Lies, Scams - Now The Truth) by Georgina Lovell. In view of your employer's record of profits made from suffering, also the death and destruction of countless lives from the use of tobacco products, we have decided we are unable to accept Imperial Tobacco's blood money. However, we believe even employees of this insidious industry are fully entitled to know the real truth about the tobacco cartel and enclose one copy with our compliments. You will find three inscriptions inside the covers of your free book. They represent public perception of your employer, as chosen from submissions in a recent worldwide poll. If you would like to see what other participants of this poll had to say, please visit our website at www.you-are-the-target.com where all submissions appear. Please accept this book as a gift of hope to all those who work for a company who places profit before humanity. Yours truly, everyone at you-are-the-target.com |
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| # 1 WE CHALLENGE YOU TO USE TOBACCO TO SAVE LIVES. GillianArsenault, M.D. |
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| #2 Dear Imperial Tobacco, Thank you for ordering this book. We hope the research in it helps your tireless efforts to combat the world's overpopulation problem. We realize this job is often thankless and sympathize with your ability to stay the course despite constant pressure from health-nazis who don't understand how vital your industry is in keeping this planet's population from spiralling out of control. We hope widespread dissemination of You Are The Target will help correct the public perception that you're just in it for the money. We understand your expansion into China is proceeding well, and understand thanks in part to your help, this nation may soon be able to relax its one-child per family policy. Rank amateurs like Osama will never put a dent in this problem. Few of the do-gooders realize every eight hours you and your fellow tobacco companies manage to reduce the world's population by a wider margin than Osama has in a decade of attacks on Americans. We trust if Osama grows tired of the little league, you will offer him the chance to realize his full potential in your corporate hierarchy. Thanx again for making this book possible. Yours truly, Marc Ander, AIRSPACE |
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| #3 MY ORGANIZATION HRIDAY-SHAN WORKS ON PROMOTING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES IN INDIA AS WELL AS ORGANIZING ANTI TOBACCO CAMPAIGNS. I AM NINETEEN YEARS OLD AND I AM EAGER TO SEND A MESSAGE. Kanika Kashore LIFE IS TO BE SPENT AND EACH MOMENT TO BE FELT. THEN, WHY USE TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND END YOUR LIFE, WHICH IS FOR YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR WIFE? THEIR MARKETING STRATEGIES MAKE YOU MAD THEIR BEAUTIFUL PACKETS AND LOVELY ADS MAKE YOU GO AFTER THEM. IS THIS YOUR LIFE'S END? SO, IT'S TIME TO TARGET THE COMPANYS WHO KILL PEOPLE, SIMPLY. WE RAGE A WAR AGAINST THEIR DEEDS, TO SAVE PEOPLE'S LIVES, WHICH IS HOUR'S NEED. |
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