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"Sacrificing Everything" by Nike

       We all wear shoes right? Now look down. What are the chances that the shoes you're wearing right now, at this moment, are Nike? We all know Nike for several things: shoes, sports, swoosh, "Just Do It", etc. Would you ever think to throw fire into that list? Go on to Twitter and in the search engine type in "nike ad" and you'll get some.        Recently Nike released an ad with a particular controversial icon by the name of Colin Kaepernick. The ad is widely liked, although the main message of the ad is what conjures up a lot of "fire". At the end of the Nike ad Kaepernick says, "Believe in everything even if it means sacrificing everything".        So many issues have been "sparked" by this ad, one in particular is the burning on Nike shoes. Because Kaepernick is such a controversial icon, people have declared to stop purchasing Nike products, and to be more foolish, burn them. You can find many examples of people d