If you're a member of the royal family, a politician, a councillor, a council employee, a political campaigner or even a celebrity (no matter how minor) - if you're any of these, I have one potentially life-saving piece of advice for you. It's stunning that your brethren hadn't come to this conclusion on their own but sometimes a mysterious guiding hand appears inexplicably to lead you through the minefield. Today, I am that hand - and the hand speaketh thusly: STOP DOING ANYTHING TO DO WITH NAZIS.
Don't say 'Nazi' in public; don't say 'Nazi' in private; don't tweet, Facebook or otherwise socially network yourself as having ever typed 'Nazi'; don't dress up as a Nazi; don't dress your friend or pet up as a Nazi and don't arrange a party that is Nazi-themed in any way, or has a theme that may result in any of the guests turning up dressed as Nazis. All of this is basic stuff by the way - that's why it's free. Don't make jokes about Nazis; don't compare other people to Nazis; don't even think about Nazis. What is wrong with you people?!
In summary, just stay away from all Nazi-type anything. Yes, even if you think that Nazis are evil or if you think you're making a clever or amusing point that requires you to mention them. In fact, especially if you think you are making a clever or amusing point because it's guaranteed that you're not and you will end up in the news. And it won't say that you happen to think Nazis are naughty people with flawed ideologies, it will include only the most contextually-damning bit where you said the word itself. Be smart - don't be Nazi news.
Leon Panetta says US Marines urinating video 'utterly deplorable'
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said the behaviour of US Marines in a video which appears to show them urinating on the blood-soaked bodies of dead insurgency fighters is "utterly deplorable".Absolutely; how disgusting. All they were asked to do was invade a country, fly drones into buildings and shoot people in the chest and face until they are dead. Making their bodies a bit wet with an inert sterile fluid is just taking it too far - don't these people have any respect?
It seems to be about symbolism and apparently it's more symbolic to urinate on someone's bleeding corpse than to have fired the bullet that produced the blood; because when it involves killing that's just business as usual. Nobody pays you to piss, Private - do it on your own time and away from the targets whose deaths we funded.
Thinking back to college days at St Andrew's, one of Wills' favourite party games was Nazi Yahtzee. He used to make us all dress up like Marlene Dietrich, very draggy, loads of pancake, and then he'd come into the room in those size 10 heels he'd bought off ebay and bray "Let's get tarty, we're having a Nazi Yahtzee party!".
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Sometimes he'd mix it up with a "Bumb-a-clarty" in there too. I think we were all going though a Chaka Demus (and Pliers) phase at the time.
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