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| Denmark pulls 'promiscuous' video | Denmark pulls 'promiscuous' video |
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| A video promoting tourism in Denmark has been removed from YouTube after complaints it promoted promiscuity. | 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". | 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". | 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". | 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 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. | "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." | "I don't remember where you're from or even your name." |
| 'Tasteless' | 'Tasteless' |
| Critics says the video implied that along with traditional tourism, Denmark was a place to go to have unprotected sex with strangers, with one Danish newspaper, Ekstra Bladet, labelling it "grotesque" and a "waste of tax payers money". | Critics says the video implied that along with traditional tourism, Denmark was a place to go to have unprotected sex with strangers, with one Danish newspaper, Ekstra Bladet, labelling it "grotesque" and a "waste of tax payers money". |
| The video also prompted a slew of angry comments, with one user saying it was a "tasteless, tactless way of attracting attention." | The video also prompted a slew of angry comments, with one user saying it was a "tasteless, tactless way of attracting attention." |
| 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". | 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. | 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. | 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. |