Quote Originally Posted by JamesWales View Post

I can't remember who it was, but someone on here the other day was moaning at Musk for making light of that "salute gate" issue and said that the Nazis aren't a laughing matter. He has obviously never watched Fawlty Towers.
As the board's resident Mr Nuance, I'm sure you'll agree that context is everything. You'd be ok with your best mate calling you a silly twat, less so with your boss calling you one during an appraisal.

Brits have always taken the piss out of Nazis. Stand up comics for decades, Allo Allo, Goodnight Sweetheart; I'm not listing everything.

The context of the Germans episode is that Basil is concussed and has a huge bandage on his head. Had John Cleese done two enthusiastic Nazi salutes outside the opening of Parliament just before it was first broadcast, I can imagine the reaction might have been a bit different!