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Hitler on a label

read 8035 times | 144 replies | posted 6/25/2009 9:10:06 AM

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premium lithy 1600:83	Originally posted by puzzl Originally posted by lithy Originally posted by beastiefan2k Originally posted by ChristianScheffel It’s just a cartoon character in classic Belgian style that’s waving happily at us. If you want to interpret it as something else, that’s up to you. you are being sarcastic, correct? There is no way that character does not make you think of one infamous person? And I have no problem with free speech, I am not trying to censor anyone, especially in Denmark. But with free speech comes responsibility. So then rather than saying it is in poor taste, maybe say it appears to be a poor business decision? It is in bad taste, more than it is a bad business decision. Anything that in any way could be considered celebrating one of the most horrible humans in the history of the planet is bad taste. Similar if you are using his character as a marketing tool. Like was mentioned above about Chaplin, Brooks, and Cleese, the longer we take this guy seriously, the more damage he does even several generations after his death. If there is ANYONE on the planet more deserving of caricature and being the butt of jokes, it is Hitler. All my opinion of course, but like Cletus said, everyone getting outraged over this is only doing more of a service to the company and their beer. If I saw this on a shelf, I don’t know if it would even attract a second look.	6/25/2009 11:34:45 AM Post a reply Private message
premium TimE 1300:128	Originally posted by Cletus Originally posted by TimE Poor taste and appealing to the lowest common denominator. Extreme marketing is one way to get famous, but why does Brew Dog and others do it was so much more sophistication and class? These guys are idiots. I suppose if playing Play Station all day and watching Friday the 13th and Charlie’s Angles is your definition of a good time, these guys are marketing geniuses. tim What makes this type of advertising so effective is that it gets a negative reaction from people who feel compelled to tell everyone else how disgusted they are, thereby spreading word about their product. For every 2-3 people who are bothered by this label, there are probably 20-30 more who hear about the negative publicity who are curious enough about it to buy it. I agree mostly. In my case, I don’t think I would mention the Hitler aspect just say these guys are idiots for immature marketing. I also realize that could get people’s attention, but ultimately the point I would make is ".... and their beer tastes like shit. I swear they are the Budweiser of Europe, except bud has less connections to Hitler and more flavor" and that would seal their fate with anyone I know. Tim PS That might not be a fair comment, but I am trying to make people feel disgusted, so I guess I am on the same level as them!!!!!	6/25/2009 11:44:41 AM Post a reply Private message
Soonah 900:2	If we were aghast everytime someone used the image, likeness or information about Hitler to try and make a profit we’d have to get rid of a lot of media. How many movies featuring Hitler have been produced? Valkyrie Downfall (a great flick btw) The Producers Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade (made by Spielberg, a Jew who’s worked tirelessly at exposing the atrocities of the holocaust)	6/25/2009 11:48:43 AM Post a reply Private message
premium Papsoe 14613:4	Damm, Pandora’s box has been opened and it’s now out: the Danes are a bunch of bleeding nazis! But Carlsberg started all of this: http://www.123hjemmeside.dk/carlsberg-etiketter/5889264?i=1044 4586 http://www.123hjemmeside.dk/carlsberg-etiketter/5889264 (scroll down) Will you now also torch our embassy in DC as moslem fundamentalists did in the Middle East because of the Mohammed cartoons?	6/25/2009 11:49:48 AM Post a reply Private message
premium BMan1113VR 2755:108	although not Hitler, I am not really a fan of this beer either: Che Beer	6/25/2009 12:34:32 PM Post a reply Private message
premium PilsnerPeter 2585:95	Originally posted by BMan1113VR although not Hitler, I am not really a fan of this beer either: Che Beer There’s also a Stalin’s Russian Stout. I love Fascism!	6/25/2009 12:46:24 PM Post a reply Private message
premium wavers1 110:28	ah, hes so cute on that label though! you just wanna tickle that lil armpit every time he heils!	6/25/2009 12:49:12 PM Post a reply Private message
MuertosPorter 28:0	Originally posted by Papsoe Damm, Pandora’s box has been opened and it’s now out: the Danes are a bunch of bleeding nazis! But Carlsberg started all of this: http://www.123hjemmeside.dk/carlsberg-etiketter/5889264?i=1044 4586 http://www.123hjemmeside.dk/carlsberg-etiketter/5889264 (scroll down) Will you now also torch our embassy in DC as moslem fundamentalists did in the Middle East because of the Mohammed cartoons? This is the sacred Hindu symbol, not the Nazi swastika.	6/25/2009 12:51:30 PM Post a reply Private message
premium wavers1 110:28	that symobol was used by hindus, native americans and a few other ancients. hitler flipped it around to make it mean the exact opposite of what it meant to everybody else. this is an age old freemason trick.	6/25/2009 12:55:00 PM Post a reply Private message
premium ChristianScheffel 4431:60	Originally posted by BMan1113VR although not Hitler, I am not really a fan of this beer either: Che Beer That is an hommage and a cry for a revolution where most craft beer drinkers will probably be in the social group that are going to be sent to the camps. That label compares in no way to a caricature that resembles Hitler...	6/25/2009 1:12:40 PM Post a reply Private message

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