Comments on: Tourists turn their backs on Denmark http://www.eye-for-image.com/blog/tourists-turn-their-backs-on-denmark/ THE blog for copywriters and communicators Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:09:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Kathryn http://www.eye-for-image.com/blog/tourists-turn-their-backs-on-denmark/#comment-217 Kathryn Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:09:34 +0000 http://www.eye-for-image.com/blog/?p=117#comment-217 The idyllic hollyhocks and blue and white porcelain are just that - idyllic - and safe. The alternatives all have their dark side - the open-mindedness contrasts with the Muhammed cartoons and an intolerance of immigrants; there have been 62 hate crimes against gays in the last 2½ months; Christiania seems to be a political thorn in the side of official Denmark; and apparently the Danes are a happy lot, but they're the most stressed in the EU. So are the hollyhocks and porcelain used cos they're not political and no one can say anything negative about them? Whereas the alternatives aren't. Maybe it's time for the marketeers to take some risks instead of playing it safe. The idyllic hollyhocks and blue and white porcelain are just that - idyllic - and safe. The alternatives all have their dark side - the open-mindedness contrasts with the Muhammed cartoons and an intolerance of immigrants; there have been 62 hate crimes against gays in the last 2½ months; Christiania seems to be a political thorn in the side of official Denmark; and apparently the Danes are a happy lot, but they’re the most stressed in the EU. So are the hollyhocks and porcelain used cos they’re not political and no one can say anything negative about them? Whereas the alternatives aren’t.

Maybe it’s time for the marketeers to take some risks instead of playing it safe.

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