Thanks, Mrrzy and SINSULL. I've been turning this issue around and around in my head over the last several days until I don't know what's right or wrong or appropriate or inappropriate anymore.

On the one hand, this thread started with a request for songs with the suggestion that they be written in a sharply satirical style, so one would expect to find satire here, not anything sensitive or tasteful (and the suggestion, found in many places on Mudcat, to ignore a thread one doesn't want to read would apply).

On the other hand, some people here and on the "BS: I think there's a song challenge here!!!" thread seem to think that a period of time should elapse before any parodies or satirical songs on this subject are posted, out of consideration for the survivors of the deceased involved in this situation... but no one is saying how long that period should be. Today's news reports say that officials estimate they'll be searching for bodies for at least eight months – do we wait until all the bodies are found? Do we wait until they identify all the ones that they can? Or do we take the view that dark humor or "shock humor" can be cathartic and can be a healthy way to help people deal with the gruesome aspects of the situation now, when the shock has immediacy and should be dealt with somehow?

For my own part, do I leave my parody song on this thread, or ask Pene Azul to remove it for me (if he will)? As I said on that other thread, I was trying to express outrage about what the Marshes had done through outrageous satire, but it seems that the parody itself has generated outrage toward me for the satire's tastelessness and insensitivity (and for mine in posting it so soon.... or at all). Either that, or people are simply frustrated because they can't get at Ray Marsh, so they're taking it out on my parody! So what do you think, guys: should it stay or should it go now?

Sharon