Bad Idea: Comparing Apple Ads to Nazi Propaganda

Like all bloggers, I'll occasionally follow an idea to a point well beyond its capabilities. (Lord knows I would like to step back and reread the iSync on Steroids piece and realize I was talking about iTunes with plug-ins...)

But there are lines you just don't cross.

One of the big ones is comparing a company you dislike to the Nazis, as ZDNet's George Ou did in the comment thread of arecent commentary he wrote that bashes Apple for the way the company allegedly overstated the annoyance of Microsoft's new security-escalation alerts. His essential claim is that Mac OS X requires users to work harder to install software or what have you (and then contradicts himself someone by mentioning he had to turn off an additional layer of security to capture his YouTube videos). But it's a somewhat rational piece before he dives over the edge in the comment thread:

And you get your IT security information from commercials now? Yes they conveyed the idea pretty well, but then again so did Joseph Gerbils. If you tell a lie often enough, people begin to believe it.

Oh. Oh, God. It's over the line to compare an ad campaign to the Nazis. It's just damn funny to anthropomorphize the leader of one of history's most insidious propaganda campaigns into an adorable woodland creature. Nerd flame-outs are the best.

Via Digg.

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