Context matters, true, but in an elemental sense, a degree of credit belongs to those who do things in spite of what they know to be the consequences. It doesn’t excuse bad behavior. It recognizes premeditated super-ugliness for what it is: brazen, obvious, unconcerned. It smirks when it knows it should apologize. To that end, a few notes.

1. As of Tuesday, Jay-Z is selling "Death Of Autotune" on iTunes. Justice demands the observation that a crucial component of the very first couplet of the song — its mission statement — is "this ain’t for iTunes." Reality demands acknowledging that Jay-Z is laughing at anyone making that observation.

2. This actually isn’t at all a case like the above, but: Complex, the only non-food-related-magazine I will consistently purchase, really ought to address the topic of Michael Jackson’s death, given that its cover photo shoot is Jonah Hill as MJ.