The context does not make any of these less offensive, so it doesn't change my mind.
What it does is explain why the author was being offensive. If the object is to make a character disliked, or set up a feeling of extreme danger, then this is exactly what the author needs to do.
It is precisely BECAUSE the song is offensive that it accomplishes what it sets out to do.
There is a difference between thinking something is offensive and thinking that it cannot serve any purpose and should not exist. It is offensive? Of course. Is it appropriate? Different question. For the purpose of establishing which characters are "bad," yes. That's the point.
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Date: 2006-12-20 02:36 pm (UTC)The context does not make any of these less offensive, so it doesn't change my mind.
What it does is explain why the author was being offensive. If the object is to make a character disliked, or set up a feeling of extreme danger, then this is exactly what the author needs to do.
It is precisely BECAUSE the song is offensive that it accomplishes what it sets out to do.
There is a difference between thinking something is offensive and thinking that it cannot serve any purpose and should not exist. It is offensive? Of course. Is it appropriate? Different question. For the purpose of establishing which characters are "bad," yes. That's the point.