War on Xmas : decisive battle won by naked terrorists in NZ

[tocqueville]

Porn parade Down Under outdraws Santa Claus
Auckland officials fail to stop publicity stunt

Wednesday, August 23, 2006 Posted: 1429 GMT (2229 HKT)

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) -- Two dozen bare-breasted porn stars paraded on motorcycles and military vehicles down the main street of New Zealand's biggest city on Wednesday after beating efforts by Auckland officials to prevent the promotional stunt.

Thousands of people, many of them clicking away with cell phone cameras, lined the street for the parade by male and female porn actors, most semi-clad in black leather, to publicize an erotica show which opens in Auckland later this week.

The crowd -- four deep in some places -- was reportedly bigger than that for the city's annual Santa Parade at Christmas time.

Organizer Steve Crow, a local multimillionaire porn movie distributor and producer, earlier had won approval for the parade from the city council, infuriating the conservative mayor and several councilors.



http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/08/23/porn.parade.ap/index.html

[CottonBear]

1. Those crazy Kiwis. What will they do next?

[TechBear_Seattle]

3. The juxtaposition of the photos in your post, CottonBear...

Just seem so wrong, given the context. :hi:

[CottonBear]

4. You know...I didn't really consider that. :(

:blush:

[TrogL]

2. Xmas needs a new marketing strategy

Naked porn stars, perhaps?

[gula]

5. Warning: boobs on bikes

"Boobs on Bikes": http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,433125,00.html