Posted on 09/25/2003 1:34:39 PM PDT by truthandlife
Would you believe Target has approved its Marshall Field's stores to sell a product called FCUK? Target must consider parents really naive to not know exactly what type of message they are "targeting" to our kids.
Here's how one mother put it:
I didn't see this on television but it was an advertisement insert in last Sunday's newspaper for Marshall Field's dept. store for a cologne and a clothing line aimed at teenagers called "Fcuk" and their advertising slogan to go with it is "scent to bed". I was really appalled at this and then a friend of mine saw huge posters promoting this IN the Marshall Field's store in my area. When she complained to a clerk about it she was referred to a manager who told her the corporate office makes all the decisions about what they advertise. Another mother put it this way:
Not only does the name make an obvious grab at the mind to be misspelled as one of the vilest slang words ever used, it also goes further to make its point. A young, attractive, half dressed couple are snuggling on a bed with the words "scent to bed" superimposed over their picture. On the inside where you can pull the flyer apart to see what the product smells like you read "open here to try fcuk her" and "open here to try fcuk him". On the back page is an offer to "get your scent to bed t-shirt". For a major retailer to promote and sell this type of product is reprehensible to me. I hope it is to you too! I think we need to pull out all the stops to let Target know they have crossed the line with our families.
ACTION NEEDED Will you join me by making an extra effort in contacting the Target corporation by taking action? We already know the Target will block emails sent through the AFA Action Alert system, so your extra effort is greatly appreciated!
Call Target's toll-free number and let them know how disgusted you are with their decision to sell FCUK products through their Marshall Field's stores. Their toll free number is 1-800-440-0680, extension 1.
Here's a note: You will be told that you are calling Target, not Marshall Field's. Don't be fooled by their attempt to discourage you. Target is responsible for Marshall Field's decision to sell their nasty product!
In addition, they may ask for your mailing address. We recommend not giving that information. By doing so, your home might become a target for receiving a promotional mail out for the product.
Additional contact information:
Headquarters Address Target Stores 1000 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN 55403 (612) 304-6073 Fax: 612-696-3731 Online comment form: Click Here
Just damn.
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In the last 3-4 years. Dayton-Hudson Corporation has been renamed Target Corporation; Daytons and Hudsons dept stores have been renamed Marshall Fields.
Mark Dayton, scion of the Dayton family, was elected to the Senate in 2000.
MY OPINION: Wildmon is organizing this campagin on Target because they are a nationwide popular retailer. Other retailers are also deserving of this kind of activism. Ask mgmt in your local stores, and escalate your concerns as directed.
The person you will be speaking to at Target or any other big company will not be the person who made the decision to market the clothing & fragrance, nor the wicked advertising executive who is, as someone here so aptly said, attempting to mainstream the sexualization of children. That person will be a messenger and note taker for someone with power. Don't shoot messengers and secretaries. If you call, be a nice social conservative or good Christian witness, or whatever you are (I'm tolerant)
Finally, who has the money to shop at malls, see big F--K posters and be offended? Thrift shopping rules!
Certainly not, this does not in the least offend me.
obvious grab at the mind to be misspelled as one of the vilest slang words ever used
Words cannot hurt you.
Puritanical holy-rollerism is far more harmful.
Oh, wait.. it's for the childrun who can be oh-so-easily corrupted by one of the vilest slang words ever used.
Maybe yours can, but not mine.
"If you see Kay....tell her I miss her...
If you see Kay....tell her I love her..."
Figures it's those weasely French again! I f*rt in their general direction.
Of course it is! How could we have been so gullible.
To hell with Target.
"If you see Kay....tell her I miss her... If you see Kay....tell her I love her..."April Wine recorded this song in 1982 and the Republic survived. >:)
-Eric
Words cannot hurt you.The "decency" lobby pretty much had its way during the 1950s. Look what happened when the children of that era reached maturity.....the '60s.
Puritanical holy-rollerism is far more harmful.
Oh, wait.. it's for the childrun who can be oh-so-easily corrupted by one of the vilest slang words ever used.Maybe yours can, but not mine.
-Eric
Target store chain void of common decency
UPDATE!
As expected, the Target corporation is blocking your emails to them. Here is our recommended action (We have provided additional contact information below):
Call Target's toll-free number and let them know how disgusted you are with their decision to sell FCUK products through their Marshall Field's stores. Their toll free number is 1-800-440-0680, extension 1.
Here's a note: You will be told that you are calling Target, not Marshall Field's. Don't be fooled by their attempt to discourage you. Target is responsible for Marshall Field's decision to sell their nasty product!
In addition, they may ask for your mailing address. We recommend not giving that information. By doing so, your home might become a target for receiving a promotional mail out for the product.
Additional contact information:
Headquarters Address Target Stores 1000 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN 55403 (612) 304-6073 Fax: 612-696-3731 Online comment form: Click Here
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