touché, well almost. morrissey didn't incite violence against the queen, although he did sort of do that with margaret t. however, i think most sensible people would agree that maggie was a horrendous bitch. in any case, i think most morrissey fans (although i may have too much faith in them) are intelligent enough to know that just because morrissey sings a song, they shouldn't hunt down maggie and chop off her head. conversely, many young eminem fans seem to lack guidance (not to mention taste) and are the same kind of people, who in addition to thinking that good charlotte is punk music, would probably set themselves aflame just because johnny knoxville did so on an episode of jackass. i hate to make sweeping generalities, but i seriously bet if you went and asked all the kids who pull stunts like that what music they listen to, eminem would be near the top of the list of most common replies. i don't know what my point is because i just got a little carried away there. in any case, it's all about the audience and the audience's intelligence. eminem's core audience (which is not hipsters who cream themselves over his album because of it's supposed depth and profound despair, but rather 14 to 24 year old white males with chips on their shoulders) seems to lack intelligence, or at least the grasp on reality it takes to use it.
and yeah, it's part of hiphop to diss people in lyrics. that just goes to show was a worthless musical form it is. i only like rap music that is not denigrating. think outkast. think lauren hill and wyclef jean. think even missy elliot and the beastie boys. these people are artists and they don't have to rely on badmouthing other people when they "bust rhymes."
> What if one of us goes and beats up the Queen! It'll all be Morrissey's
> fault!
> But it's part of the hip hop thing to diss people in the lyrics.
> That's debatable!
