Oops. This is a perfect example of how beautiful language can be, and how it can be misinterpreted. Actually, in the end this is all about opinion, isn’t it?

Coca-Cola has had to pull this German Fanta advert because it makes accidental reference to Hitler and the Nazi regime.

The ad was meant to celebrate 75 years of Fanta, but went a bit haywire. See, Fanta exists because Coke’s German bottlers couldn’t get any soda syrup during WWII. The real reasons why? Germany was gripped by Nazi rule and fighting the Second World War, with trade embargoes against Germany.

The ad was met with criticism online because it claimed it wanted to bring “the Good Old Times back,” as translated by The Express.

Of course people have taken massive offence to this all and the ad has been removed.

A Coca-Cola spokeswoman [said] that although Fanta was invented during World War II, “the 75-year-old brand had no association with Hitler or the Nazi Party.”

Rather, the ad was meant to “evoke positive childhood memories”.

Well done…

[Source: Fortune]