Alzrius
The EN World kitten
But satire needs to be rooted in facts to be effective; that's what satire is for. It takes real-world people and circumstances and jukes up the absurdity to highlight some truth.
The problem is that whether or not satire is "effective" is a matter of opinion, just like "rooted in facts." What is or is not a "fact" tends to be the subject of considerable debate, and so anything based on that - including satire - is going to be subject to considerable disagreement.
So what we're really discussing is whether blurb 1 is effective satire.
With all due respect, I don't think that's what we're discussing; it's not what I'm discussing, certainly.
I believe that the real subject of the discussion here is the appropriateness of changing a statement to be more "acceptable" because some people found the original statement offensive or otherwise unpalatable.
I, personally, don't care for doing so, and take a dim view of those who advocate that something should be changed simply because they don't like it.