Insidious Marketing

[Leslie]

I just put

this sweatshirt on Avery. And he looks down, and says... "this is a symbol of our land". Complete with a look of patriotic pride on his face.

Erm...I do shop Roots because of its um...roots among other reasons, but...as a symbol of Canada?

I hate what marketers are putting into my kid's brains.

 

[Winky]

They didn't put it there...

I pledge allegiance to the flag,
of...

 

[Leslie]

They didn't put it there...

I pledge allegiance to the flag,
of...

the Roots Beaver Sweatshirt?

 

[PT]

Are you sure he didn't mean the beaver?

 

[Leslie]

It's all tied into one now. The Roots (Olympics) and the beaver. And from there, the whole Roots Beaver Sweatshirt.

 

[chcr]

More Beaver!!!!!

 

[catocom]

must be a Canadian thing.
I ain't gotta clue what a beaver, athletics, roots or patriotism have in common.