Everyone is buzzing about the South Park episode last night, which I did catch. I haven’t watched too many new episodes this season but buy the DVD’s and love the show, along with Family Guy. When I saw that blacked out screen with the words:
Comedy Central has refused to broadcast an image of Mohammed on their network
I thought it was Parker and Stone making another one of their jokes, but after seeing the last scene where Jesus craps all over Bush I knew right away they were making the same kind of statement we have all been saying since the cartoon fiasco. The network finds it ok to show Jesus in this light, but not Muhammed….simple disgusting:
I’m not sure if it’s been reported yet, but for what it’s worth, I just got off the phone with a Comedy Central spokesman. I asked him about last night’s episode of South Park in which, at a moment right before the prophet Mohammed was supposed to make a cameo, the words, “Comedy Central has refused to broadcast an image of Mohammed on their network” appeared on the screen.
I asked him whether this truly was Comedy Central’s decision or whether this was just another gag (with South Park, you never know). He said:
They reflected it accurately. That was a Comedy Central decision.
Just in case there was any confusion, that settles it. Comedy Central censored the image.
The MSM has picked up on the story:
Banned by Comedy Central from showing an image of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, the creators of “South Park” skewered their own network for hypocrisy in the cartoon’s most recent episode.
The comedy _ in an episode aired during Holy Week for Christians _ instead featured an image of Jesus Christ defecating on President Bush and the American flag.
In an elaborately constructed two-part episode of their Peabody Award-winning cartoon, “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker intended to comment on the controversy created by a Danish newspaper’s publishing of caricatures of Muhammad. Muslims consider any physical representation of their prophet to be blasphemous.
Overall the episode was pretty funny, not as funny as it usually is, but good. The story isn’t the whole episode tho, it’s the fact that the Comedy Channel would puss out and bow to terrorists because that is exactly what they did by allowing those who use terror to dictate what can and cannot be shown on their network.
It’s ok to show Jesus in this light:
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But not okay to show Muhammed handing over a football helmut:
And here is a example of what should of been shown while they quivered in fear: (Via PointFive)
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Exactly Word. I enjoy southpark because they go after EVERYBODY….every side. They hold nothing back but after years on the air the corporation that has allowed them to write anything they want now all of sudden has second thoughts. Sad.
After reading the Washington Post article, I don’t think there is anything wrong on the part of Parker and Stone, with the image of Jesus defecating on an image of Bush. It just illustrates the hypocrisy, that they are able to get away with doing this, yet must be censored when it comes to Muhammed. Basically, the riots and outrage from many in the Islamic community served to “terrorize”. Comedy Central didn’t pull the scene depicting Mohammed because of cultural sensitivity. They did it because they gave into the fear of terrorism from those who have a serious anger management problem. Way to kowtow.
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