Swedish peace activists deploy 'gay sailor' to deter Russian submarines

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Ever wondered how to keep suspected Russian submarines out of your territorial waters? Never mind expensive naval hardware -- Swedish peace activists have come up with a novel method: lowering a "Singing Sailor" device emitting a gay-friendly message via Morse code into the Baltic Sea. [...] The animated neon sign shows a man wearing only a sailor's hat and white underpants thrusting his hips, with little love hearts flashing. It bears the message: "Welcome to Sweden" in both Russian and English, with the text "Gay since 1944" -- a reference to the year that Sweden legalized homosexuality -- added in English. A Morse code message simultaneously calls out: "This way if you are gay."

Yes, it is an ineffectual stunt, but it is an absolutely hilarious ineffectual stunt. I salute the creativity and sense of humor.

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