Friday, 30 January 2015

Music and the death of common decency


Taken from the comment section of the music video for Blank Space by Taylor Swift.



God:
Let us take it as given that there is non-relative good and evil, that heaven and hell exist and that our afterlife is determined by goodness and badness of the actions and decisions in our lives. Given this I would like to put forward the proposition that Taylor Swift, for her evil acts of music, deserves to burn in hell. There are two remarks I would add to this claim to avoid confusion. Firstly, one's actions and decisions can only be considered one's own responsibility and therefore Ms. Swift 'deserves' to burn in hell. Secondly, I do not wish to sound sadistic when claiming that Ms. Swift should burn in hell. Hell is simply full of fire and given that Ms. Swift deserves to be there she will undoubtedly receive at least a mild burn.

Tatina Tyler:
Dear God, while I find no fault with your initial starting points I would like to take issue with the supposed evil of Ms. Swift's music. How do you justify the claim that Ms. Swift's music is objectively evil to the extent that she deserves to go to hell?

God:
Dear Ms. Tyler, the evil is not specific to Ms. Swift's music. She is in fact an agent of Satan.

Brayden Boutwell:
Dear Ms. Tyler, although I generally welcome comments and questions in any debate please be reminded that God is omniscient and infallible as put forward by St. Anselm.
(Sidenote: Mr. Boutwell seems to be under the impression that God himself has found it necessary to comment on pop culture. At this moment I cannot verify that the commentator is actually God rather than a person with a rather clever, if misleading, pseudonym.)

Scruffy Nerfherder:
(To Mr. Boutwell) "Cause God has bad English"
The precise meaning of this remark remains unclear due to questionable grammar. To my mind Mr. Nerfherder is suggesting to Mr. Boutwell that the reason we accept god as omniscient and infallible is due to God's inferior grasp of the English language. Mr. Nerfherder may mean this in a sarcastic manner since grasp of a language seems rather a trivial point upon which to attribute omniscience and/or infallibility to someone. 

Karina Garcia:
I cannot believe that this debate exists! The sheer absurdity of this astounds me! Why, you ask!? I shall tell you why! GOD in all his infinite wisdom and goodness loves each and every one of his children and would never, NEVER utter such a horrible remark about one of his own. To suggest otherwise is tantamount to blasphemy! I demand that this ridicule of the almighty cease immediately!
(Sidenote: it remains questionable whether an agent of Satan could be considered a child of God but that is for another debate.)

Scruffy Nerfherder:
Dear Ms. Garcia, I agree wholeheartedly with your sentiment although I would like to add that I feel this absurd debate is merely a symptom of a deep seated malaise in our modern society. That people would invoke the name of our lord to publicly decry another being is shameful and would not have been tolerated in the time of our forefathers.
(Sidenote: Mr. Nerfherder seems unaware of the existence of events such as the Salem witch trials. This may be another attempt at sarcasm by Mr. Nerfherder, he does seem to be quite the joker.)

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