Hitler = AIDS?

[cobra_ky]

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1921012,00.html (i'd link the ad itself but it's basically softcore porn. google it yourself.)

on one hand, it definitely sends a strong message about AIDS, but on the other i don't like what it seems to imply about AIDS victims. As a jew, i'm not particularly offended by the comparison between Hitler and AIDS, but i am slightly troubled by an entire nation resorting to Godwin's Law.


EDIT: there's an article on the telegraph about it. you can see the ad there if you want. definitely NSFW though.

 

[Emphraim]

Well, that ad will get reactions at least. But I disagree with the currently popular use of shock tactics used by today's media.

 

[Robert632]

it's funny that germany made this, as they arrest you for putting a swastika on your personal poisetions, weather it be a hate crime or not(ok, that might be a bit of a hyperbole, but you get the idea.)

 

[CuddlyCombine]

I don't see how this is bad - they're getting people to relate to AIDS as something serious. An alarming percentage of people think that there's a cure for HIV/AIDS.

I'm puzzled by the response, though - how does this demonize HIV sufferers? They're saying the disease is bad, not "hate everyone with this".

 

[Srkkl]

Haha, I thought this was funny as hell. It's not really anything new though people have been using Hitler for the embodyment of evil forever.

 

[cobra_ky]

it's funny that germany made this, as they arrest you for putting a swastika on your personal poisetions, weather it be a hate crime or not(ok, that might be a bit of a hyperbole, but you get the idea.)

i think that just makes the anti-AIDS message that much stronger.

I don't see how this is bad - they're getting people to relate to AIDS as something serious. An alarming percentage of people think that there's a cure for HIV/AIDS.

I'm puzzled by the response, though - how does this demonize HIV sufferers? They're saying the disease is bad, not "hate everyone with this".

it could very easily be misinterpreted.

 

[Pimppeter2]

That would be the most awkward thing to see ever.

 

[Wildrow12]

So.....Hitler, huh?

I would've thought The Joker or the Red Skull was behind the AIDS epidemic. Wow, that was quite
the twist.

 

[Fauxity]

I'm glad Eva's not around to see Hitler's infidelity.

EDIT: I would like to add that I have a cuddly HIV plush toy that I sleep next to every night.

 

[DeadlyYellow]

The video is not nearly as funny as that image in the link.

Seems like an awkward approach to the subject matter.

 

[Pilot Bush]

without Hitler, there would be no Jewish state...take that any way you want to

 

[Akai Shizuku]

"Nazis get laid." Great message. Let's tell that to our kids and kids' kids. That is so going to be a good influence on future generations.

/sarcasm

 

[Fauxity]

"Nazis get laid." Great message. Let's tell that to our kids and kids' kids. That is so going to be a good influence on future generations.

/sarcasm

Women do love a man in uniform...

 

[Whistler777]

Hey, if it keeps people from contracting AIDS, I say that a little shock value can be necessary. But the more likely result is just a bunch of media outrage and little effect on the spread of AIDS.

 

[Akai Shizuku]

"Nazis get laid." Great message. Let's tell that to our kids and kids' kids. That is so going to be a good influence on future generations.

/sarcasm

Women do love a man in uniform...

Well, despite the anti-AIDS message, that was the impression I got from the ad.

 

[fedpayne]

I have Aids, yet I am sleeping with someone. Therefore, I am Hitler. Mwahahahaha!

A well intentioned but poorly thought out and executed ad.

 

[cobra_ky]

without Hitler, there would be no Jewish state...take that any way you want to

i'm going to take that as a completely false statement.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_declaration

 

[Seanchaidh]

without Hitler, there would be no Jewish state...take that any way you want to

i'm going to take that as a completely false statement.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_declaration

It sure took 'em awhile to get that going...

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

That's a very difficult tack to take...

Looking back on our countries history, would we be willing to do that to David Koresh, ...

Actually I'm gonna stop there, because mentioning half the names I want to mention would be like pouring napalm on this thread. Let's just say that recent history has a number of mass-murderers who would cause national outrage if replaced in that ad.

 

[Nimbus]

I somehow think "wear a fucking rubber" would be a slightly more effective message than a picture of hitler.