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S A Home Loans Hitler advert is offensive, and misses local market.
Hitlers image in advertising for SA Home Loans is offensive, and insensitive to the families of the millions who were murdered over race and land.

"Hitler",sits at his desk,with bankers lamp, VW Beetle and globe for world domination, with heading in gothic type, " Why let your bank dictate to you?" in a print ad run in the Sunday press 20 January.If a dictator was needed why not Verwoerd, or Idi Amin. Because it would be as offensive and insensitive as this is. Why would SA Home loans associate themselves with Hitler, whose very image personifies racism and genocide. Lest we forget? Seems we have.

Forum created by Cathy Thompson

[22 Jan 2008 13:55]

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• I take offence... - Khush
• Genocide has no colour - cathy
• Not SAHL's intention to offend - Michele Bovet
• 'Intention'
• Now they're using Castro as well - Observer
• Let me guess - created by a bunch of babies not long out of college? - The Ad Bullet
• I dont get all the fuss . . . - Shaunocerous
    • not affected by hitler?? - SJ
• calm down - Ray Gun
• Using Hitler in this context trivializes the Holocaust


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