I had this classic Monty Python sketch in my head this morning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tym0MObFpTI
It struck me that now when I hear the words “Spanish Inquisition” my first reaction is to laugh rather than to be horrified by all of the lives it unjustly destroyed. I am not sure how to feel about this. I suspect that this reaction is shared by most others who are familiar with the sketch. Are there other examples of pop culture rehabilitating an atrocity to this wide extent?
Daniel Shank Cruz 