Why South Park Was Censored
South Park, the Comedy Central series by Colorado's own Trey Parker and Matt Stone, has no sacred cows. Their cartoon regularly schedules appearances by Jesus and Satan. But when the show decided to lampoon the prophet Mohammad, an Islamic group in New York delivered a threatening message, and Comedy Central resorted to censorship, according to The New York Times. For a complete picture, rewind more than a week ago, to April 14, when the 200th episode of South Park featured nearly all the famous people who have ever been mocked on the show. Aware that Islam forbids the depiction of Mohammad, the holiest figure in the religion, they dressed him in a bear costume. Neither the boys nor Comedy Central reps are talking right now, notes Westword, but yesterday, Parker and Stone appeared mired in a battle with the network, which bleeped out speech about intimidation and fear after a radical Muslim group warned they could be killed for insulting Mohammad, reports The Associated Press.
Comments
Submitted by pis toff (not verified) on Mon, 2010-04-26 08:07.
honestly!!! why do we allow muslim radicals to push us around? Who cares if their prophet gets made fun of?! everybodys prophets have been made fun of by that amazing show!!!
Submitted by Jeff Montgomery (not verified) on Sun, 2010-04-25 09:58.
What does one expect from networks in an age of moral cowardice, when our own government does not even take the actions necessary to defend us?
3.4-ounce shampoo bottles my eye. This all dates back to the Iran hostage crisis, when we let a bunch of students in a pipsqueak nation tell us what to do.
Islamic terrorism does not originate from caves in Afghanistan. It originates from Tehran, and other places that preach the ideas and that produce it.
We know what we need to do.
