Austria : Vienna’s traffic lights are now gay-themed

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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...ow-gay-themed/

Traditionally, the traffic lights in Austria show a figure of the man who goes when the light is green and stands on red . Now, almost 50 lighst show homosexual pairs.

Do you have a feeling that there is this tendency to create problems where there is none? Communism was inventing problems to heroically fight with them...

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Who cares? This doesn't hurt anyone.

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waste of money in my eyes, but does not hurt, except the feminists, since the female figure wears a dress, ergo advocating for patriarchy or whatever.
will catch some attention if you see it the first time, and thats it.
people who do not pay attention to a green or red traffic light, most likely won't notice what figure is displayed inside anyway.

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Do you have a feeling that there is this tendency to create problems where there is none? Communism was inventing problems to heroically fight with them...

http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...traffic-lights

It is because of the upcoming Eurovision Song contest.

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Who said that the figure in the dress was a woman in the first place? Seems like the people who commissioned the lights are transphobic if they made such a leap in logic.

Tsk tsk tsk

[Graeham]

This seems rather silly. A classic case of trying to paint a problem where there isn't one.

[Kalis]

It's a publicity stunt for the extremely camp Eurovision Song Contest, an event beloved of women with beards and men who wear see through chaps.

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waste of money in my eyes, but does not hurt, except the feminists, since the female figure wears a dress, ergo advocating for patriarchy or whatever.
will catch some attention if you see it the first time, and thats it.
people who do not pay attention to a green or red traffic light, most likely won't notice what figure is displayed inside anyway.

I never notice any figure, I just pay attention to the color of the light.

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This seems rather silly. A classic case of trying to paint a problem where there isn't one.

People really need to read the whole story before jumping to conclusions.

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Fabulous

As in Vienna, German proponents of female traffic lights have also cited scientific reasons despite their political objectives. "One advantage of the 'traffic light woman' would be the enlargement of the illuminated area," the Green and Social Democrats argued in their statement back then.

A fat bloke on the light could also solve that. Or just colour the whole thing in.

[Grimbold21]

theres already a thread about this

[Skronk]

Do you have a feeling that there is this tendency to create problems where there is none?

Yes, i do. Oh, i'm not talking about the traffic lights though, i'm talking about this thread.

[Darsithis]

Please use the open thread linked earlier.