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arisbe ([personal profile] arisbe) wrote2006-02-06 11:55 am
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It's Official: The UQ

“Welcome to Gay Britain . . . with our proud gay history, cutting-edge culture and fashion, flamboyant cities and pulsating nightlife, isn’t it time you came out . . . to Britain?”

Note: The Times quotes the ad as saying "Welcome to the United Queendom of Great Britain..." Perhaps the copy was changed under pressure. It is, after all, a government web site.
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[identity profile] ein-suender.livejournal.com 2006-02-06 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Ugh. They make it sound like sex, culture, and fashion is all there is to being a gay person. *sigh*

[identity profile] arisbe.livejournal.com 2006-02-06 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
That's marketing.

[identity profile] scottopic.livejournal.com 2006-02-06 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
It is a site promoting tourism, not profound dialogue :p

GREAT BRITAIN IS FABULOUS!!

[identity profile] arisbe.livejournal.com 2006-02-06 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Absolutely Fabulous!

[identity profile] benkilpatrick.livejournal.com 2006-02-07 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
The cynic in me wants to agree with the ad.

[identity profile] prester-scott.livejournal.com 2006-02-06 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
What would be decried to the ends of the earth if it were satire, is perfectly acceptable as a serious ad campaign?

[identity profile] arisbe.livejournal.com 2006-02-06 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
My point precisely. Sounds just like the jokes working class Irish Americans would tell back in the days.
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