# Mercedes Is Not Happy That Its Car Was Used to Kill Hitler **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercedes-is-not-happy-that-its-car-was-used-to-kill-hitler/667220 "2013-08-26T17:54:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercedes-is-not-happy-that-its-car-was-used-to-kill-hitler/667220/21 "2013-08-27T01:57:42Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Maria? WTF is Maria??? 😕 > > Hitler’s mother was named Klara. meine Entschuldigung gnädige Frau. Maria voss hiss Grandmother! :smack: Klara ist die Mutter! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercedes-is-not-happy-that-its-car-was-used-to-kill-hitler/667220/22 "2013-08-27T01:59:38Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > (Bolding added) > > This video was not “devised to promoting a car’s on-board collision-prevention-assist system” nor was it designed and conceived by Mercedes or Daimler AG. It was designed to promote the careers of four moronic German film academy students who think it humorous to kill children. :smack: And (debatably) inappropriate content aside, they did a very nice job. These kids have a bright future in film, seems to me. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercedes-is-not-happy-that-its-car-was-used-to-kill-hitler/667220/23 "2013-08-27T02:32:24Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > (Bolding added) > > This video was not “devised to promoting a car’s on-board collision-prevention-assist system” nor was it designed and conceived by Mercedes or Daimler AG. It was designed to promote the careers of four moronic German film academy students who think it humorous to kill children. :smack: The child was an actor and didn’t really die. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercedes-is-not-happy-that-its-car-was-used-to-kill-hitler/667220/24 "2013-08-27T03:43:59Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > Meine Entschuldigung gnädige Frau. Ich bin kein Frau. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercedes-is-not-happy-that-its-car-was-used-to-kill-hitler/667220/25 "2013-08-27T04:00:57Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Ich bin kein Frau. Entschuldigung, _keine_ Frau. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercedes-is-not-happy-that-its-car-was-used-to-kill-hitler/667220/26 "2013-08-27T04:05:24Z")
Shades of Mel Brooks. _Brake time for Hitler and Germany…_ ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercedes-is-not-happy-that-its-car-was-used-to-kill-hitler/667220/27 "2013-08-27T12:29:07Z")
Also shades of [another German car ad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBXXtvyZaVY). ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercedes-is-not-happy-that-its-car-was-used-to-kill-hitler/667220/28 "2013-08-27T12:30:47Z")
Maybe folks would be less uptight about it if they’d shown the car killing him as a young adult art student. Also, they could have shown him being a dick to someone right before he got hit. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercedes-is-not-happy-that-its-car-was-used-to-kill-hitler/667220/29 "2013-08-27T12:51:19Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Maybe folks would be less uptight about it if they’d shown the car killing him as a young adult art student. Also, they could have shown him being a dick to someone right before he got hit. I don’t know if its being ‘uptight’ to consider an ad showing a child being run over to be at least questionable. Not sure what to think about the video to be honest. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercedes-is-not-happy-that-its-car-was-used-to-kill-hitler/667220/30 "2013-08-27T13:44:44Z")
I thought it was funny and creative. But then again, I have a sense of humor. ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercedes-is-not-happy-that-its-car-was-used-to-kill-hitler/667220/31 "2013-08-27T15:22:52Z")
That poor child. He did Nazi it coming! ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercedes-is-not-happy-that-its-car-was-used-to-kill-hitler/667220/32 "2013-08-27T16:26:28Z")
OK, for the sake of argument: what if the driver, instead of hitting juvenile Hitler with the car, lures him into it with pastries (for which the dictator had a notorious weakness), then, depicted in sickening graphic detail, sexually assaults and murders him (with his face flashing into the adult Hitler, as in the OP’s ad as well as the [AIDS awareness ad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTb0m-TlsBU) ( **NSFW** ) from a few years ago)? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercedes-is-not-happy-that-its-car-was-used-to-kill-hitler/667220/33 "2013-08-27T17:32:46Z")
> [@JustinC](#): > > That poor child. He did Nazi it coming! Talk about your crimes against humanity… ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercedes-is-not-happy-that-its-car-was-used-to-kill-hitler/667220/34 "2013-08-27T17:34:05Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > OK, for the sake of argument: what if the driver, instead of hitting juvenile Hitler with the car, lures him into it with pastries (for which the dictator had a notorious weakness), then, depicted in sickening graphic detail, sexually assaults and murders him (with his face flashing into the adult Hitler, as in the OP’s ad as well as the [AIDS awareness ad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTb0m-TlsBU) ( **NSFW** ) from a few years ago)? That probably wouldn’t be nearly as funny. Unless they had a slide whistle during the rape scene. Is there a slide whistle during the rape scene? ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercedes-is-not-happy-that-its-car-was-used-to-kill-hitler/667220/35 "2013-08-27T18:12:08Z")
> [@JustinC](#): > > That poor child. He did Nazi it coming! Okay, that made me grin, as did the video. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercedes-is-not-happy-that-its-car-was-used-to-kill-hitler/667220/36 "2013-08-27T18:26:27Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Ich bin kein Frau. Mea Culpa. My fact-checking module is corrupted this week. ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercedes-is-not-happy-that-its-car-was-used-to-kill-hitler/667220/37 "2013-08-27T22:21:28Z")
> [@Disposable Hero](#): > > I don’t know if its being ‘uptight’ to consider an ad showing a child being run over to be at least questionable. Not sure what to think about the video to be honest. It isn’t an ad. It’s a piece by a film student, who wonders about the questions: what if those motion sensors in cars were even more intelligent? They seem to have foresight, what if they had even more foresight? What if you take the idea of “recognising danger before it occurs” even further? He isn’t saying: “awesome, kill teh evil childrunz!” He posits a controversial situation in an attractive form, we walk away discussing it. That’s art. The whole bloody point. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercedes-is-not-happy-that-its-car-was-used-to-kill-hitler/667220/38 "2013-08-27T22:32:39Z")
> [@gracer](#): > > It isn’t an ad. > > It’s a piece by a film student, who wonders about the questions: what if those motion sensors in cars were even more intelligent? They seem to have foresight, what if they had even more foresight? What if you take the idea of “recognising danger before it occurs” even further? > > He isn’t saying: “awesome, kill teh evil childrunz!” > > He posits a controversial situation in an attractive form, we walk away discussing it. That’s art. The whole bloody point. Well I stand corrected on it not being an actual ad but then its just another example of people confusing ‘controversial’ with being ‘clever’, which is pretty much the epitome of modern art so I guess they’ve done something right. But your snark is appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercedes-is-not-happy-that-its-car-was-used-to-kill-hitler/667220/39 "2013-08-28T02:36:21Z")
Considering we never seem to actually see anyone driving, are we sure the car wasn’t just trying a more roundabout way of eliminating Sarah Conner? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercedes-is-not-happy-that-its-car-was-used-to-kill-hitler/667220/40 "2013-08-28T03:12:59Z")
> [@Disposable Hero](#): > > Well I stand corrected on it not being an actual ad but then its just another example of people confusing ‘controversial’ with being ‘clever’, which is pretty much the epitome of modern art so I guess they’ve done something right. > > But your snark is appreciated. The only “confusion” seems to be on your end. You don’t understand it, so it must be bad. Got it. And I’m ignoring it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercedes-is-not-happy-that-its-car-was-used-to-kill-hitler/667220.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercedes-is-not-happy-that-its-car-was-used-to-kill-hitler/667220.md?page=3)