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Thursday, March 09, 2006
Official British Prudery But it gets better: The ban has been applied to an advertisement being run by a government department -- the Australian government's tourism promotion arm. The Australian bureaucracy is like any bureaucracy -- pretty prim and proper. But it is obviously not prim and proper enough for the Brits. The actual sentence (from a tourism promo) that upset the Brits was "Where the bloody hell are you?". You can view the advertisement here. It's a very professional production. The Australian Tourism authorities are of course delighted by the ban: "But Tourism Australia was unfazed by the British TV ban, welcoming it as unexpected publicity for the campaign. "It's a bit of a PR dream," Tourism Australia managing director Scott Morrison told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio. "This is a great opportunity to really promote the campaign. We'll be driving people to the Internet like there's no tomorrow," he said Incidentally, the title of the woman who imposed the ban is: "Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport". That sounds like something out of the old Soviet or Nazi regimes to me. I am sure that culture and sport could get along perfectly well without government getting its sticky fingers into either. And I won't comment on government censorship of the media! Ask any libertarian and you will hear my views on that matter. (For more postings from me, see EDUCATION WATCH, GREENIE WATCH, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS WATCH, GUN WATCH, SOCIALIZED MEDICINE, AUSTRALIAN POLITICS and DISSECTING LEFTISM. My Home Page. Email me (John Ray) here.) Blogger News Network is advertiser-supported, and your visits to our advertisers help BNN to meet its expenses. Help keep us afloat! posted by JR at 6:15 PM |
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