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Controversial German HIV Prevention Ads Feature Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein

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Andrew

I think that these German ads will increase the stigma that many people with HIV are predators and don't care if they transfer the virus. However if I had seen an ad like this before I was positive it may have influenced me to be more careful. So if the ads are proven to be effective at preventing new HIV infections I would me willing to make the sacrifice of running the ads, because I don't want anyone to have to deal with what I've been through and am going through.

October 4, 2010 Philadelphia

Mike Morris

I believe that it is time to get tough with people who don't see this disease for what it really is. I applaud your efforts, do whatever it takes to open discussions about it and what it actually is. I have lived with it for 17 years, just waiting for the day that it finally takes me. Making people aware, scaring them if you have to is fine by me.

January 10, 2010 St. Petersburg, Fl

Amanda

We had a blog post about this campaign and the consensus was that this was an ineffective campaign. The ad agency was attempting to use shock tactic to make people sit up and pay attention but unfortunately, the campaign fails to actually educate people about HIV. All it has done is stir up a lot of controversy.

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November 19, 2009 Calgary, AB

Cornelius G Kelly

Hitler as AIDS ad is shockingly disgusting but it makes no sense. Hitler gave no choice he just slaughtered his victims for being Jews. HIV/AIDS does not only attack Jews but everyone. This ad is aimed at attacking Germans and Jews values as a people. The Jews had no choice but we do since we can protect ourselves through education and prevention. I agree with Jay that using the Pope would have been better since he advocates not using condoms and therefore is a living supporter of infection.

November 2, 2009 Albuquerque

Suzanne Kelley

I am disgusted at the way this portrays that it is a man that is the attacker (AIDS) and the women is the Victim. It makes it seem as if the women is being sexually assulted. I understand they want it to have an impact but that is not the impact anyone wants to see. Women are not the only affected ones and men are not the ones giving the decease. I am completely disgusted at the minds who agreed that this was ok to air. There is always a better way to promote safer sex ads.

October 26, 2009 Canton

Richard

Thank you POZ for bringing this to the attention of us in the US. This is appalling; you would think this would have come from some right wing organization not an organization that purports to be an AIDS awareness organization. There is no other message that one can gleam from this dreadful and disturbingly misguided “campaign” other than those of us living with this virus are mass murderers out to victimize the innocent. The creators of this foolishness are defending it, claiming it’s

October 24, 2009 Boston

Jeton Ademaj

Who does this ad company think it's fooling? The ad does NOT show thousands or millions of little dictators leaving one person's body to enter another's...the ad has the HIV+ PERSON morph into Hitler. There is no subtlety here, the campaign practically calls for Total War on people living with the virus. the POZ community should treat this ad company in a similar manner. my sympathies go to the apparently clueless charity involved. This is not how a charity wants to become well-known. shame!

October 22, 2009 Chelsea, New York

Lou

This is just disgusting, hurtful and extremely offensive. As if pwha did not already suffer mass stigmatization simply for carrying a virus.

September 9, 2009 NYC

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