Existentialism, history and context.

[shrydar]

Exhibit A, Albert Camus' The Stranger, a novel centered around the irrational killing of an Arab man whom the protagonist recognises in French Algiers, and the protagonist's angst about his lack of remorse about anything he's ever done.

Exhibit B, The Cure's first single, Killing an Arab, based on Smith's impressions of the novel.

Exhibit C: The

Comments

[goldfoil]

ughh "the PC punters are spoiling our fun! can't you guyz take a joke! geez! stop being sooo sensitiveeee". gross.

[shrydar]

Pretty much. Stop harshing our squee, why is it ok for South Park but not for us, etc etc.

[vetch]

Yeah - in poor taste a little, I think.