The French Tourist Office has changed its brandnew logo already after the introduction in 2008. The new logo got a lot of criticism because of the way the letters formed Marianne's breasts (Marianne has been the national symbol since the revolution).
I bet most of the complaints didn't even come from the french population. Probably countries with a less tolerant culture did the complaining. So all that is left is a dull logo, stripped from fun, originality and romance.
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Hey.. I had seen our new "tourist" logo and hadn't even realized about the breast thing... You might be right about the analysis... Which reminds me of a funny incident when I was a exchange teacher over in the States. I had a 100 franc banknote circulating among the students to have look at "French" money and got very negative comments from some of the (female, I must admit...) students. "A bare breasted woman on the note!!!" Well, true, there was a painting by Delacroix on the note, with "Liberty leading the People" very bare breasted indeed. And there I was, being accused of indecency by prudish girls... Oh well...
Cheers!
It's so funny and at the same time so sad to see how different cultures handle nudity in a different way. I love the way we dutch handle nudity in a down to earth and liberal way. Art is art, nudity is part of our culture and pornography is banned from tv, exactly the way I like it.
No doubt it was the US. I live in such a backwards country!
I didn't even see the "breasts" in the first logo.
It seems the religious right always has their minds in the gutter.
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