ironically, bill cosby would probably not approve of 'death' on a shirt, lol.
suffice to say that people murder for their own reasons, and it has nothing to do with shirts or music. plenty of killers and rapists look absolutely normal as that's their disguise, and you can't judge a person's mental state by the shirt they wear. all that you might glean from someone's t-shirt is *maybe* that's something they enjoy. a 'death' shirt isn't advocating anything other than perhaps an attitude. (my bro-n-law is a tattoo artist and a stocky guy. you wouldn't want to meet him in a dark alley based on his looks, but he's really one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet.)
if violent imagery were taboo, there wouldn't be any MMA lines at all, would there? lol. for that matter, a whole lot of cathedral sculpture wouldn't have been made. indeed, one cathedral in east europe is entirely decorated with human bones (google 'bone church,' that should do the trick). plenty, if not all or most, of medieval art depicts a skull along with mary.
it's about context. for example, i have a rough design of a succubi and under it it says DILF. clearly it's humourous (sorta) and doesn't mean or promote anything, but it could be debated that it's by far more offensive than any shirt with a lot of cuss words on it. for most tees, it's not so much the words as the images anyway.
there are so many ways to debate it that it's almost pointless. i don't think my KISS and DIO tees warped my fragile little mind, and i've almost barely hardly killed anyone in, like, weeks, and when i do it's usually just because the dog talked me into it. if we were to remove all 'violent,' sexual, 'offensive' words, and designs that supposedly reflect some kind of negative lifestyle, like harley, it would be a very dull landscape indeed.
as far as 'death' in a brand name, no qualms from me whatsoever.
just for fun, if you want to really be offended just check out some commercials aimed at kids.
