Yes, I would -- I have a ton of Russian women in my family (comes from marrying a Russian man :P) and they also are often offended by those advertisements. I can't say that I blame them, and I really don't see the point of the ads. I don't want my hubs associated with them, or my personal sites.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.