Here here Lena. As an Australian I have to live with the fact that the English colonists committed genocide on our Indigenous peoples. And that's a global atrocity.

So why is the term 'Fascist' less offensive than 'Nazi'? Because they killed fewer people? Is this a quantitative thing? As an Italian, I find the term 'Fascist' used in everyday contexts offensive, but I also need to be able to laugh at the term when it's used humorously.

I wholeheartedly support Mike R's sentiments, but what they don't allow for is for we humans to have to laugh at human atrocities in order to deal with them. Laughter and crying - opposite sides of the same coin. What a poignant moment it was when Mel Brooks sang "Hitler in Springtime".

However, as with all humour, it needs to dealt in sensitive doses in some instances, because the tragedy is just too great.

Callie