Your logic blows. You can argue this until you're blue in the face but the simple fact is that the amount of time that has elapsed does matter. Perhaps it shouldn't. Perhaps the Spanish Inquisition sketch SHOULD be offensive.
But, first off, let us consider the Spanish Inquisition sketch in and of itself. The people who are negatively portrayed are the Inquisition themselves. They're idiots. That's the joke. They're fanatical morons. Which is pretty much what the Spanish Inquisition is historically thought of as.
All that notwithstanding, as I said, it DOES matter how long it has been. You can't pretend that the amount of time that has elapsed between an incident and a joke about it doesn't matter, because it does. Hundreds of years, even decades, and so forth, and so forth. Again, perhaps we shouldn't be glib about them, but I don't really know of anyone who remembers when their parents were tortured by the Spanish Inquisition.
Similarly, even though yeah, I do know a LOT of people who were affected by Nazis within memory, but also consider that the nature of most Nazi jokes colors them in a negative light. That matters.
Also, one of the first rules of arguing on the internet (Godwin's Law...it has a name) states that the person who brings up Nazis first is automatically the loser. QED...
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But, first off, let us consider the Spanish Inquisition sketch in and of itself. The people who are negatively portrayed are the Inquisition themselves. They're idiots. That's the joke. They're fanatical morons. Which is pretty much what the Spanish Inquisition is historically thought of as.
All that notwithstanding, as I said, it DOES matter how long it has been. You can't pretend that the amount of time that has elapsed between an incident and a joke about it doesn't matter, because it does. Hundreds of years, even decades, and so forth, and so forth. Again, perhaps we shouldn't be glib about them, but I don't really know of anyone who remembers when their parents were tortured by the Spanish Inquisition.
Similarly, even though yeah, I do know a LOT of people who were affected by Nazis within memory, but also consider that the nature of most Nazi jokes colors them in a negative light. That matters.
Also, one of the first rules of arguing on the internet (Godwin's Law...it has a name) states that the person who brings up Nazis first is automatically the loser. QED...