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by 13years 2792 days ago
> b) We distance ourselves from the lyrical content. Well, duh. Otherwise we'd all be serial killers. You'd have to be a psychopath not to.

Not everyone distances themselves from the lyrics; however, the perspective is that it is fantasy music. Kinda like immersing yourself in Quake and killing a bunch of people, but you don't take that out of the context of the game into real life.