HMS Belfast airbrushed from 2012 poster

papa_smurf · 11-10-11, 08:41 AM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15673648

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London 2012 organisers have apologised for airbrushing the historic World War II ship HMS Belfast from an official poster depicting the capital's skyline.
Games organisers said it was "a simple mistake in the advertising production process" for London 2012 Festival.

Herr-Berbunch · 11-10-11, 09:11 AM

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...a simple mistake in the advertising production process...

My arse! It was deliberately airbrushed as Coe & Co wouldn't have wanted anything 'military'. No way on earth can it be an accident. I'm only surprised that they haven't gotten rid of the Tower of London, too.

joegrundman · 11-10-11, 09:59 AM

yeah it happens all the time. i'm always accidentally airbrushing stuff out of pictures. always seems to happen to my mother-in-law for some reason. it's a simple mistake. Can happen to anyone

Dread Knot · 11-10-11, 10:15 AM

An honest mistake. They were planning to Photoshop it back in the Thames at some point, I'm sure. Covered with psychedelic colors and peace symbols so as not to spook the tourists into thinking there was still a war on.

Osmium Steele · 11-10-11, 10:47 AM

Did it appear for a few minutes at the de-gaussing station near the Norfolk Naval Station?

papa_smurf · 11-10-11, 10:50 AM

They should of airbrushed the Houses of Parliament instead, no need to advertise that place in the current state of things

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nikimcbee · 11-10-11, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

My arse! It was deliberately airbrushed as Coe & Co wouldn't have wanted anything 'military'. No way on earth can it be an accident. I'm only surprised that they haven't gotten rid of the Tower of London, too.

+1

Whoops, sorry. I don't buy that answer for a second. Probably one of those "anti-military types" holding the air-brush, or the person's boss. We get this every once in awhile with the pt-boat. We love the boat, hate the guns.

Usually some city bureaucrate.

11-10-11, 03:29 PM

This really is good, that particular part of the festival that poster is about had its publicity launch at Horseguards, among the venues it is using and advertising are the naval college, the buildings which were once the admiralty and a square named after a big naval battle.

frau kaleun · 11-10-11, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Tribesman

This really is good, that particular part of the festival that poster is about had its publicity launch at Horseguards, among the venues it is using and advertising are the naval college, the buildings which were once the admiralty and a square named after a big naval battle.

They're airbrushing Nelson off the Column as we speak.

11-10-11, 05:53 PM

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They're airbrushing Nelson off the Column as we speak.

They are airbrushing the column itself, it is far too phallic for a sensitive modern public.

11-10-11, 09:59 AM	#3
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	yeah it happens all the time. i'm always accidentally airbrushing stuff out of pictures. always seems to happen to my mother-in-law for some reason. it's a simple mistake. Can happen to anyone __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill

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Osmium Steele Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Upper midwest USA Posts: 1,101 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Did it appear for a few minutes at the de-gaussing station near the Norfolk Naval Station? __________________ In the month of July of the year 1348, between the feasts of St. Benedict and of St. Swithin, a strange thing came upon England... My U297 build thread

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papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	They should of airbrushed the Houses of Parliament instead, no need to advertise that place in the current state of things. __________________

11-10-11, 10:15 AM	#4
Dread Knot Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,288 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	An honest mistake. They were planning to Photoshop it back in the Thames at some point, I'm sure. Covered with psychedelic colors and peace symbols so as not to spook the tourists into thinking there was still a war on.

11-10-11, 03:29 PM	#8
Tribesman Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	This really is good, that particular part of the festival that poster is about had its publicity launch at Horseguards, among the venues it is using and advertising are the naval college, the buildings which were once the admiralty and a square named after a big naval battle.