Oh purleeease - the day after the Holocaust memorial and we can't mention goosestepping Nazis?
Firstly -when is it OK to say Nazi as a term for those who appoint themsleves police of others innocuous behaviour? It's a commonly used expression to describe such folk - you may argue you don't like it, but don't bring in the Holocaust memorial day+one argument - it is nonsense. Would it be OK on Holocaust memorial day plus two or plus twenty or what???? The murder of the Jewish people is unspeakably terrible on any day of the year, not just the day after Holocaust Memorial day. And nothing to do with the argument on this thread.
Secondly - one of the most powerful ways of opposing tyranny is to ridicule it - that's why British people ridiculed the Nazis in the war, and that's why it is Ok to use Nazi as a term in a way that ridicules them now. It has nothing whatsoever to do with disrespecting the memory of those killed in the Holocaust, and it is utterly disingenuous to suggest that it is, just to try to score a cheap point on an internet forum when someone says it is bad manners to correct someone's grammer. Correcting someone's grammer on a conversational medium such as mumsnet forum is rude and nasty. Don't start trying to exploit a horrendous human tragedy because you've been called out on your manners. Grow up instead.
Thirdly - Don't talk the F* to me about when I can or can't use the term Nazi in any way I choose - hundreds of thousands of my ancestors died at the hands of the Nazis, as well as the millions of Jewish people - and yes we remember them and honour them although many others forget about them completely, because we are still considered a sub category of humananity by many. Use of the name of our oppressors in a colloquial way, on an internet forum, doesn't mean I think Nazis are a good thing.
Guess what - like most people, and maybe a bit more than most people I think the Nazis were beyond evil.
Self righteous hand wringing and knicker twisting about using the term is a cheap and pathetic reaction to being caught out playing school bully over someone's grammatical mistake.