The Germans Are PO'ed at the Brits.
Over the "Nazi Pope" slur.
There is a story at Yahoo News about this.
I wonder when this slur is going to go away? Everytime a German gets into a position of world authority up goes the hue and cry of "Nazi". I remember in High School we had a German exchange student for about the first semester of my senior year. He heard his share of comments about Nazis and Hitler.
In fact John Cleese does a sketch on this theme IIRC it is a Fawlty Towers episode where he gets all worked up with some German guests or perhaps it was a Monty Python skit.
Of course that hue and cry is all too evident here in the USA as well. I think in both cases it is more of anti-Catholic reaction than anything else. Remember the KKK hated three groups, non-Caucasians, Jews, and Catholics. Items one and two are now protected species but not item three.
There is a story at Yahoo News about this.
I wonder when this slur is going to go away? Everytime a German gets into a position of world authority up goes the hue and cry of "Nazi". I remember in High School we had a German exchange student for about the first semester of my senior year. He heard his share of comments about Nazis and Hitler.
In fact John Cleese does a sketch on this theme IIRC it is a Fawlty Towers episode where he gets all worked up with some German guests or perhaps it was a Monty Python skit.
Of course that hue and cry is all too evident here in the USA as well. I think in both cases it is more of anti-Catholic reaction than anything else. Remember the KKK hated three groups, non-Caucasians, Jews, and Catholics. Items one and two are now protected species but not item three.
posted by Marcus Aurelius at 11:09 AM
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