definitely the last pic is the most offensive. there's no gag involved, it's just a picture of hitler. although offensive might be the wrong word to use, i'm not particularly offended. i just think it's really fucking stupid to associate your product with the least popular person in history.

But he's got a smiley face button on. See? That makes it cute and edgy!

I don't know, I don't think it's offensive. I think it's pretty funny.

Offensive not, bad advertising probably but it depends on the market they are burning up to get into.

this would be more interesting if the model were a woman.

@5 I thought the first shot with the rose was a woman.

Cause for offense: The idea that the murder of millions was the result of Hitler being "stressed out." If he'd just had this tea, maybe the inherent loathsomeness of Jews (and gypsies and gays) wouldn't have driven him to mass murder.

what about this one:

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/nude_gay…

hitler is never a good spokesmodel. just never. isn't that advertising 101?

don't look at this one

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Q9489HJjO7Q/R6…

Classy

@7,

Don't you mean his belief that those people are loathsome? I understand what you're getting at but using the word "inherent" in that statement is very, very bad.

13: I was commenting on Hitler's viewpoint (ala the ad makers).

considering that Turks have never met (or carried out) a genocide they couldn't deny the existence of

Unlike the Americans, who all recognize the existence of the genocides in Vietnam, Iraq, Native Americans, etc? We're currently carrying out a genocide that tops both the Armenian genocide and the Killing Fields of Cambodia in the number of people killed because of their ethnicity.

@15
As long as the U.S. carries out genocides against brown people, nobody notices.

"Turks have never met (or carried out) a genocide they couldn't deny the existence of,". Niiiiice. All Turks deny all genocides. Seriously this is an ad firm. It is not the Turkish National Advertising Team. It is bad ad work though.

considering that Turks have never met (or carried out) a genocide they couldn't deny the existence of

wtf?? Consider the actual history of the shoah, in which the Greek, Bulgarian, Italian and so many other governments all cooperated with the Nazis and allowed Jews in the areas they controlled to be deported and killed, and contrast that to Turkey, whose lands were the only places in the region which DIDN'T end up being taken over with Nazi gov'ts and collaborating with the shoah - other than Thrace which was under Bulgarian occupation. Saying this is an insult to the Turkish Jews who survived because their gov't held out long enough. Yeah I know maybe if you think of Turkey you only think of the Armenian genocide, and calling that out is important, but don't act like this is simple enough that you can generalize that and say Turkish people must be deniers and/or perpetrators of ALL GENOCIDES. That's racist, intersectionality fail, and stupid.