Micheleh wrote: ".....I saw once where someone had painted an intersection sign to look like a shwastika- I immediately went to the nearby Jewish Community Center (they have a great gym) and told them. They unpainteed it." Okay, so this is my point. Why did you take action in this instance? Because you know what that symbol represents. Does it matter if it was some high school kid that painted it as a prank or if it was the KKK spreading a message of hate. No, it doesn't really matter, the end result is that the very sight of it is not socially acceptable (except maybe in the history books) Legume: I am a big fan of Mel Brooks and I loved The Producers, however it did jolt me a little bit to see Hitler dancing around. I didn't complain because I know Mel Brooks doesn't hate Jews, because he is one. His MOTIVATION was innocent. This reminds me of the recent Boston Public episode where they discussed when and where the N word is acceptable (notice I don't type it out, because the word itself is offensive). It seems that it's okay that African American people can use that word with each other, but the eyebrows get raised when a white person uses the word, simply because most of the time, when it comes out of the white person's mouth it has feelings of prejudice or hate attached to it. Once again, it seems to me that your motivation is not one of hate, so as far as I'm concerned the matter is dropped. You're a weird strange guy with a warped sense of humor, that somehow likes to get us sensitive people all tied up in knots. But I appreiciate you indulging me (sort of) and not personally attacking me, which I tried not to do to you.