Tuesday, July 08, 2003

That'll be uplifting!
Elephants mating logo causes consternation at Thai AIDS conference:
BANGKOK (AFP) - An irreverent alternative logo for the World Aids Conference to be held in Thailand next year, which features two elephants mating, has caused outrage among event organisers, a report said.
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"The logo fails to convey any meaning," an indignant Doctor Sombat Tanprasertsuk of the Diseases Control Department told The Nation newspaper.

"There is only one message people would get: that community workers are obsessed with sex."
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But Sombat indicated he saw the funny side of the incident, quipping that the alternative logo could not even be described as educational because "it doesn't show the male elephant wearing a condom at all."

Community groups displaying the flags at the AIDS conference said they were design to create fun and attract attention to their programmes at next year's world symposium.
And we all know that fun is in short supply at world symposia. To help out, here's a motto: "Is that your trunk or are you just glad to see me?"