So, picture a weirdly graphic film of a sexy woman having orgasmic, ecstatic, multi-position sex with a hard-bodied partner whose face we can't see over her writhing limbs and erotically-flowing tendrils. It's the kind of ad you wouldn't want to watch with your parents in the room. (In Germany, the ad can only air after 9, to give you an idea.) And then, after an uncomfortably long few moments of that, the man raises his face, and it's a a demonically-leering guy who doesn't really look like Hitler but is obviously supposed to be Hitler. While thrusting, mind you. And then the words: "AIDS is a mass murderer. Protect yourself!" (And yes, in case you're wondering: totally NSFW.)

I kind of get what they're going for. Unprotected sex is all sexy and hottt until the reality of fucking Hitler AIDS rears its leering head. Maybe you're supposed to be turned on, and then get cold water thrown on you. The ad, made by Hamburg agency das comitee pro bono for the German Aids awareness group Regenbogen e.V., was made to coincide with World AIDS Day. On their website, the company states that the campaign "is designed to shake people up, to bring the topic of Aids back to centre stage, and to reverse the trend of unprotected sexual intercourse. Because anyone can become infected." Posters from the same campaign feature Saddam Hussein and Joseph Stalin.

Whatever the agency's intentions, AIDS charities are understandably skeeved out by it. As a spokeswoman for the National AIDS Trust says,

Of course there are many HIV organisations that run their own campaigns, however I think the advert is incredibly stigmatising to people living with HIV who already face much stigma and discrimination due to ignorance about the virus...On top of this it fails to provide any kind of actual prevention message (e.g. use a condom) and may deter people to come forward for testing.
The advert is also inaccurate because in the UK thanks to treatment HIV is a manageable condition that does not necessary lead to AIDS."

That, and the fact that it's a total piece of cheap-ass Godwin showmanship that distorts and minimizes about five deadly serious things, while still using a sleazy "sex sells" mentality - and also kind of making sex with Hitler sexy, which is just messed up in all kinds of ways. Plus, begs the question: why did this woman go home with Hitler?

Adolf Hitler Sex Video Condemned By Aids charities [Telegraph] (embedded video NSFW)

AIDS: It's Like Having Sex With Hitler (NSFW) [MediaBistro]
AIDS Is A Mass Murderer
"Everything Is Hitler" Meets AIDS In Horribly Offensive Ad (NSFW) [Mediaite]

[Germantown, Maryland; August 25. Image via Getty]

A woman holds up a picture of US President Barack Obama depicted as Nazi leader Adolf Hitler during a healthcare forum with US Congresswoman Donna Edwards (R), D-MD, in Germantown, MD, August 25, 2009. AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

[Los Angeles, June 23. Image via Getty]

A young girl holds up photos comparing the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with Adolf Hitler during a protest against the result of the recent Iranian elections, outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles on June 23, 2009. President Barack Obama staked out his toughest stance yet on Iran, expressing outrage over a government crackdown and a 'heartbreaking' video of a woman bleeding to death during a street protest. 'The United States and the international community have been appalled and outraged by the threats, the beatings, and imprisonments of the last few days,' Obama said, stiffening his rhetoric on the crisis. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)

Campbell, who gave the interview in violation of a gag order, said that on Monday he and his wife visited their children for the first time since they were taken and were shocked by the condition they were in. He claims the baby's diaper was leaking and his daughter's hair was in knots. The couple gained national notoriety when a supermarket refused to write their son Adolf Hitler Campbell's name on his birthday cake and it was discovered their other children are named JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell. The kids were removed from their home by the state over unspecified "safety concerns," but the Campbells say there was no neglect and they were only removed because of their names. [Gothamist]

The man who gave baby boy Adolf Hitler Campbell his name is indeed a racist, judging byhis tattoos. But in this country, he has the right to free speech and bad ideas about baby names. I agree with Elisabeth when she said on The View this morning that he is using his innocent kid to spread hate. But I also think that many Christians do the same thing with their children, for example, when they "educate" them about how homosexuality is wrong. Except when they do it, it's called evangelism. And when they vote on it, it's called democracy. Clip above.

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[Roswell, New Mexico; November 18. Image via INF]

KAY: Hi.

MEGAN: Good morning, sunshine!

KAY: Ugh. Last night I stumbled into an event where they kept giving us top-shelf liquor, not that I'm complaining.

MEGAN: I truly feel that the top shelf stuff makes the hangover far more bearable.

KAY: That's true, but there was a LOT of it. Especially since I've been on a beer and wine diet these days.

MEGAN: Just think how much worse your head would feel if you had been drinking rail liquor. Or, rather, don't right now, but consider it later... Anyway, how's Denver?

KAY: Right.
Oh you know. High altitude. I actually met some real-life PUMAs yesterday.

MEGAN: Really? I'm intrigued. What did they say? I saw them at the DNC protests in June and it was all I could do not to shake them and stuff.

KAY: I hate to use Mark Penn language, but they were totally national security moms. They thought Hillary Clinton's hawkishness was a good thing, while Obama would be "thinking about" what to do. Because apparently "thinking" is a bad thing.

MEGAN: Ugh, well, I guess we know who will be voting for McCain in the fall, then. No thinking, just bombing!

KAY: Right.

MEGAN: I'm sure in the midst of the whole thing, you missed the fact that Madonna kicked off her world tour this weekend. Or that she used the opportunity to compare John McCain to Hitler and Mugabe. Did I ever tell you how much I love Madonna?

KAY: I saw that this morning.

MEGAN: Video of the offensive video display is here. And what's even better is the shots of her are very Human Nature, which I love so much.

KAY: Weird, so Madonna isn't dormant anymore. She kinda dropped out of sight for a while.

MEGAN: Well, she and Guy Ritchie are supposedly on the outs! It's okay, you don't have to love Madonna as much as me. We can talk about how Chis Matthews says he didn't call Clinton a "she-devil" — he was saying Republicans did. That didn't work for E.D. Hill, buddy, but nice try.

KAY: I like Madonna I just always cringe when liberals use the Hitler references. It gives more moderate people an excuse to make fun. Bad as McCain is on issues, he doesn't appear to be plotting mass genocide. But I guess it's never too early to speculate...

MEGAN: Well, I mean, with McCain's video showing Germans chanting Obama's name over shots of Berlin, I think it's fair to say that McCain went there with the references first.

KAY: So true. The Hilter references are so tired, though. Anyway, I saw the thing about Matthews. I always love when people on television try to claim they didn't say something.

MEGAN: I prefer when the bluster and say they didn't say it, and then when they argue it was taken out of context. Like, just admit that you're an unthinking asshole, buy Hillary some apology flowers or something and commit to hosting a documentary on sexism in the media.

KAY: That seems like a reasonable response. I mean, when you've already had to make a public apology to someone, it seems that maybe it's time to just admit that you say stupid things.

MEGAN: I admit, I say stupid things! See, it's really not that hard!

KAY: Chris Matthews could learn so much from Megan Carpentier.

MEGAN: If nothing else, I'll bet I have better taste in cheap wine! Okay, one last think, can we discuss this new bullshit meme where Republicans like Bill Kristol and John McCain pretend they give a shit about the glass ceiling and sexism because they think we're dumb enough that if they pay lip service to it for 45 seconds we'll vote for them?

KAY: Ugh, this is ridiculous. I hate it when conservatives try to claim that they're more into affirmative action than liberals. Don't worry, though, they wouldn't want to promote policies that try to try to address gender equity or anything. I hear I just need more "training" and then discrimination will just disappear.

MEGAN: Oh, right! Silly me! If I were just smarter, and worked harder and were more aggressive, if I put off getting married and having children and just focused on my career, I'd totally be in the same position as a man my age would. If I weren't a blogger, that is. But, still. If all men were that much more aggressive than me, we wouldn't really have a civilization.

KAY: Right, but be careful with becoming a "career girl." You wouldn't want to become some kind of frigid bitch that never has children. That would be the worst thing in the world.

MEGAN: Right, if I never breed because I'm too aggressively pursuing my career and my "training" so that I can be equal with a man, no man will want to ever marry me or seed my uterus, and I will live a life of misery forever. Being a girl is so hard. Not as hard as getting up at 6:30 local time to do Crappy Hour with me after a night of drinking, though!

KAY: I get the feeling it's gonna be like this all week.