actually went along with it<\/a>.<\/p>\nOkay, so the logo was supposedly in chalk-based paint that would be washed away by the rain. Right.<\/p>\n
But, dammit, it’s the principle of the thing. If CBS wanted to put an ad for “Survivor” on a huge biodegradable banner next to Mount Rushmore, would folks be rightfully upset with the National Park Service for allowing it?<\/p>\n
How about a “American Idol” logo draped tastefully around the Washington Monument? Or flapping in the breeze at Mesa Verde? Or sprayed in water-soluble ink across the flanks of the Grand Canyon?<\/p>\n
Having been to the Uffington White Horse, all I can say is, for shame.<\/p>\n
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Britain’s Channel 4 was looking for someplace striking and noteworthy to put a logo for their Big Brother <\/i>series, and hit upon a great idea — paint it on the greensward next to the 3,000-year-old Uffington White Horse, a football-field-length chalk drawing in Oxfordshire.<\/p>\n