Originally posted by tezzajw
How can people link a coffee advertising campaign with NAZI deathcamps?

Oh, do you challange me?
C-o-f-f-e-e same number of letters as H-i-t-l-e-r, Esso has "SS" in it (now there is a link!), eh, the nazis sure must have drunk a lot of coffee to keep up with all the warring and killing...eh...let's see...coffee is black, just as the SS-uniforms...many coffee plantations uses slave labour, so it is not so far fetched, they probably have sort of camps there too...maybe this brand of coffee is supposed to be superior to other types of coffee, making it some sort of über-coffee, yes, a special breed of bean, and the it is no mixture, it is pure and probably pure arabica, and what is located in the arab area? Iran! And what does Iran mean? That's right: The Aryan Empire. There you have it! Can't believe you couldn't find a link! I did, it was as easy as finding my feet!

I guess it was much worse when one of our politicans here in Sweden said that "remeber that Work gives Freedom!" (Arbeit Mach Frei)

Sure, remember them, but move on. Will each future generation still be forced to use the crutch of the Holocaust to censor their thoughts and actions???

Eh, what should we do with the following ancient grudges then:
Israel vs. Palestine
Balkan states vs. Each others
Various African states vs. Each others
Armenia vs. Azerbadjian
India vs. Pakistan
Sunni vs. Shia
Kurds vs. Turks
...and so on...
"Move-on's" are a thing of the past, man!

(sorry for interrupt a thread that might have the intention to be serious, but the topic kind of laid the foundation for silliness)

I'm not surprised by the reaction over the ad. We have similar problems here in the states with symbols of the old South/Civil War era.

The NAACP is up in arms regarding the dresses that parade marchers will be wearing in the Obama inaugural parade. Apparently, the dresses are to reminiscent of the old south. However, the theme of the entire event to supposed to evoke the era of Abe Lincoln. These dresses were worn all over the country in that era. Give me a break.