Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
It takes 22.3 years before a tragedy can be laughed about. So, holocaust-jokes have been OK since around august 1967.

Also the reason why it's OK to joke about the 6 million killed in the holocaust, but not about the ~3000 killed in WTC....
good point, there is a point within the living memory of those who suffered where public jokes of this variety could be deemed deeply insensitive.

i take it you refer to the passage of generations with the 22.3 figure?