Many times, also, I play the “what would I do in that situation” game when I read or watch WWII. This is the same thing, I think, most of us do when we read or watch post-apocalyptic material.

As a rule of thumb, you’re gonna want to avoid thanking Hitler for anything. He’s generally considered a dickhead.

But I understand where you’re coming from… on a somewhat related note, I’ve been reading “The Plot Against America” which (so far) is a sort of alternate-reality version of the US where the Fascists (presumably will) come to power. I’m only on page 100, though, but I do know that there’s a stamp with a swastika on the cover.

That’s how my comment is tangentially related, since I was thinking about that just last night: How many more copies will a book sell by merely having a swastika or the word “Hitler” on it? My guess: at least a few more. As a society, we’re still coming to grips with him over 60 years later, and we may never fully understand what his deal was. I literally read over 2,000 pages about that asshat when I was in graduate school (talk about a depressing reading list), and try as we might, it’s nearly impossible to comprehend “evil.”

Anyhow, maybe you just like action and war movies, but ones about World War II are more socially acceptable to like than ones with Steven Segal. But they’re not nearly as common on Central American buses as Steven Segal movies.