Back in July, I was in Stockholm to take part in the Liberty Alliance plenary meetings and to run the 7th of our series of Privacy Summits. Travelling in and out of town on the tunnelbana (metro) it was hard not to spot the following distinctive advertising hoardings:
The rightmost poster, if you'll forgive a slightly loose translation, reads: "Stockholm is celebrating the condom. Will you come too?" [ahem]
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The condom should be celebrated in more countries as it prevents a lot of disease. It should also be advertised especially among young people to prevent unwanted pregnancy. The condom is absolutely not only an adult thing.
Posted by Thommy M. Malmström on September 22, 2008 at 01:48 PM GMT+00:00 #
Thommy, that's a fair comment. I didn't mean condoms are not for young people as well... it's just that I'm conscious there are many different cultural attitudes to contraception, and some readers of my blog may come from countries where that poster campaign would be seen as shockingly explicit.
Posted by Robin Wilton on September 22, 2008 at 01:58 PM GMT+00:00 #
Robin, I think this an example of a masterpiece in delivering the message, as well as a great piece of art. Double-entendre at its finest.
Posted by Carolyn on September 23, 2008 at 01:11 AM GMT+00:00 #