It’s been 30,000+ days since the start of the war, I think it’s ok to have a (dark) sense of humor about it. None of us were in it, caused it, or killed anyone in it.
Move forward.
“Haha remember that time we tried to conquer you? Don’t worry. Our Neonazis don’t have control of the government yet” is not “dark humor” from a warship in your territory.
The only real defense would be them not being called stormtroopers in the German translations, which I suppose is possible.
Second best is “I’m just a nerd and an idiot.”
I’m pretty sure that the Germans were joking around and calling GB The Empire… Since ya know, they were an empire, kinda the largest one at one time…
While I agree that Star Wars is indeed a serious matter and not to be taken lightly, it is, in fact, fiction.
Star Wars is indeed a serious matter and not to be taken lightly, it is, in fact, fiction
And “Psycho Killer” is just a song. But if I see a guy wearing a hog’s face as a mask and brandishing a giant meat clever walking towards me while singing it, maybe I feel a little uncomfortable.
It’s been 30,000+ days since the start of the war
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It’s not like Germany surrendered and then all the fascism went away the day after. Occupied Germany remained a deeply fucked state well into the 1970s. And the hollowing out of the East German economy, following unification, only threw gasoline on the dying embers of far-right extremism.
Catching a bunch of German Navy guys blasting the Imperial March just reminds folks of how close the apple fell to the tree.
Germany isn’t the birthplace of fascism, nor is it the only place it exists today.
Let it go man.
I mean, Britain & France have a tunnel connecting each other now, should they still be bitter, because you know, slaughter through history? Or are my sensibilities just too soon for you?
Zoom Out, it’s a big wide world.