Posted on 09/16/2009 8:05:00 AM PDT by tlb
A video promoting tourism in Denmark has been removed from YouTube after complaints it promoted promiscuity.
The three-minute clip shows a young blonde woman, trying to find a man whom she had a one night stand with, who fathered her child "August".
VisitDenmark's manager, Dorte Kiilerich said the film was supposed to be a "nice and sweet story of a woman".
But Denmark's Economy Minister, Lene Espersen, said it "was not a very well-thought-out picture of the country".
In the advert, the woman says - in English - that she was "trying to find August's father".
"We met one night a year and a half ago when you were on vacation here in Denmark.
"We met... and then decided to have a drink and, yeah, it's really embarrassing but it's more or less what I remember.
"I don't remember where you're from or even your name."
Critics says the video implied that along with traditional tourism, Denmark was a place to go to have unprotected sex with strangers.
Ms Kiilerich said she regretted any offence the video may have caused, but the intent had been to tell "a nice and sweet story about a grown-up woman who lives in a free society and accepts the consequences of her actions".
The YouTube clip received more than 800,000 hits and although the official video has been removed, copies have been spreading across YouTube.
It has also spawned numerous parodies, with men from across the world saying they were "not bimbos" and trying to find the mother of their child.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Actually this video will probably draw in loads of tourists. Male tourists, but whatever. They count.
Wonder why muslims think all infidel women are whores?
They have a lot more problems to worry about that blonde bimbos. ROP comes to mind.
wow, sad for her.
Friggin’ bizarre to make a tourism video about that!
AU-gust Ursus has a nice ring to it!
It’s a made up story! Not even real.
It’s not real, she’s an actress. The tourism board made the video. It’s a fictional story.
Oh heavens, I’m a dad!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.