Sunday, September 19, 2004

Bilal al Basit had been forwarding useful informations through e-mails but, the latest one he sent me looks spam to me and suspicious. After googling about Tommy Hilfiger, I found out the e-mail circulating was a chain letter against this fashion designer. What I did, I copied some articles, hit reply to Bilal's e-mail and pasted something about the chain letter correction then sent it to him. I hope he got my message clear not to forward damaging contents against anyone without verifying the credibility of the message.

Here are related articles about Tommy Hilfiger:

• About.Com: Hilfiger 'Racist' Rumor Is Fashionable Again
• BreakTheChain.Org's "Say It Ain't So, Tommy"
• Tommy Hilfiger's website

If you are reading this and you made it a habit to forward mails you received from friends without thinking or verifying its content, it's about time you stop spreading chain letters... may this post serves as a reminder.

Below is the copy of his message:

*** Start of chain letter ***

YEAH FOR OPRAH

Good for Oprah !!!! I'm sure many of you watched the recent taping of The Oprah Winfrey show where her guest was "Tommy Hilfiger".

On the show, she asked him if the statements about race he was accused of saying were true.

Statements like : "... if I'd known African Americans, Hispanics, Jews and Asians would buy my clothes, I would not have made them so nice.. I wish these people would *NOT* buy my clothes, as they are made for upper class white people."

His answer to Oprah was a simple "YES". Where after she immediately asked him to leave her show.

My suggestion ? Don't buy your next shirt or Perfume from Tommy Hilfiger. Let's give him what he asked for. Let's not buy his clothes. Let's put him in a financial state where he himself will not be able to afford the ridiculous prices he puts on his clothes.

BOYCOTT PLEASE, & SEND THIS MESSAGE TO ANYONE YOU KNOW !!!!!

*** End of chain letter ***