If we can’t laugh at tragedy, all we have is pain. Thanks South Park. -yet another fanhariaum

I miss Chef and the chocolate balls..The people who took offense at SP episode 200/201 should ask themselves.. ‘What would Brian Boitano do?’

Personally, I’m offended that they were censored. Why does Western media allow a few radically pissed off people circumscribe freedom of expressions?Somebody is offended by a picture of Mohammad? Tough s***. We are a secular society and not subject to your religious laws.

We are all athiests where most of the religions mankind has invented are concerned. Some people just that one God farther.If you are religious and someone insults your religion, there are two possible outcomes:1. God will punish the blasphemer in the afterlife, so you really don’t have to do anything but feel sorry for the idiot.2. God doesn’t care, in which case you shouldn’t either.Unfortunately, far too many people feel compelled to impose their beliefs on others.

I prefer to watch The Daily Show. There we get entertainment and the ONLY “fair and balanced” new available on TV.

I find it incredibly odd to ask “should religion be satirized?”Let’s flip it: The common thread here is humans expressing their worldviews. IMO, a more important question is, should people get angry over “offensive” treatment of their worldview? It’s gonna happen sooner or later, regardless of how you feel about the world.

People who make death threats should be in jail. People who attempt to carry out such threats shoule be in jail for life.

Poor DwightCollins, such a sad little person. Southpark does “go after gays” and transexuals and it does play in Canada. They also make fun of Canadians all the time, including their Oscar nominated song “Blame Canada”. And as far as death threats? Well a Christian killed a doctor in Kansas recently, so it wasn’t just a threat, but a reality. Oh, and satanists? Really? How pathetically pedestrian of you. On Southpark Satan is a homosexual who is in a homosexual relationship with Sadam. You poor frightened little creature.

I am really disappointed that Comedy Central was intimidated into censoring this. Reasonable people everywhere should be outraged that we are censoring ourselves out of the fear of some irrational, religious nuts. Its a cartoon.

Apparently the only religion you can’t poke fun of is the muslim faith. Religion of peace my butt.

Someone here said only Muslims make death threats, I have to disagree after growing up with a parent who taught evolution to school kids. We got threats from the Christians.I do think all religions are funny, and I don’t have a problem with a show picking on them as equally as possible. Picking on just one seems mean. I thought it was ironic when Hays left the show when they finally got around to picking on his religion. He was fine with all the others.

I used to watch South Park, but I was offended by the way it treated my beliefs. What did I do? Since I’m a teacher and it’s state testing season, I’ll give it to you as a multiple choice question.Did I…(If you get that one wrong, you fail.)

Freedom is an abstract concept and can only be objectively assessed in the specific social context it exists. It is not an all-encompassing and unconditional guarantee to say anything to anybody at any time and at any place. The right to free speech has supposedly been created to enrich the lives of the social-being. However, one should also know that social-being are emotional beings. A freedom that tramples upon the sentiments of these beings pervasively may not be achieving its nascent objective. From a civil perspective, ‘just because you can’ is not a reasonable justification for that ‘you should’. Rights and laws which are more mechanical and dispassionate in nature may not be always in the best interest of the society they intend to serve.

Hold on boys and girls – ever hear of the “Piss Jesus”?? The National Endowment of the Arts paid for it.

@Tariq_Asam_NY, Are you saying that you favor censorship? Under what circumstances? Who gets to decide? I don’t buy it. There are plenty of things people say that I think are wrong, stupid, or both, but I either ignore them, laugh at them, or if I think it’s worth my while, respond to them.

It’s not religion, per se, that deserves to be satirized. It’s the PEOPLE who practice respective religions that deserve it: those who take themselves so seriously and insist that THEIR religion is the ONLY TRUE religion, failing to realize that that attitude misses the whole point of religions’ existence: to create and maintain a spiritual, moral, ethical community of family, friends, neighbors, and which attempts to explain life’s mysteries. Simplistically, put, yes, but if so-called “religious” people thought in this general direction there wouldn’t be all the unnecessary hatred, bloodshed, intolerance, wars, killing, torture, maiming, mean-spiritedness that has characterized ALL religions at some point throughout history.It’s these specific people(not the religion) who commit atrocities in the name of Christianity (the Crusades for over 200 years; the Spanish Inquisition – Christian “heretics” vs “true” Christian believers; Protestants vs Catholics in Northern Ireland; Jewish progroms carried on by “Christians”), in the name of Islam (Islam vs Islam; Islam vs Christian; Islam vs Jewish; Islam vs Buddhism; Islam vs Hinduism), In the name of Buddhism (Buddha vs Shintoism)in the name of Jewish religion (the insistence on being considered “the Chosen ones” in biblical times), etc, etc, etc.If these people don’t deserve to “be satirized”, then who does? It’s either that—or kill them!! (note: just kidding about the kill reference–see what I mean? So sensitive!)

I’m sure if there is a God, he’s really not too worried about a DAMN CARTOON. Comprende?

Thornegp2626 are you serious? Piss Christ caused quite the stir with faux christians at the time. Yes it did. Also, Andres Serrano, the artist who made Piss Christ is a Christian. Imagine that, a Christian making a statement about his own faith. And all of this outraged the politcally charged Christian Right in this country to the point of it becoming a widely known work of art. Had there been no outrage, you wouldn’t even know that the Piss Christ existed. Why do you lie so blatantly and poorly?

blasphemy is a charge that is lodged by those who cannot tolerate others.if you want to call it “blasphemy”, then I claim you are intolerant, and cannot embrace the laws of the land – namely free speech.end of story.This is NOT a religious state, and we do have a law here that allows this.Churches – too bad you’re all set up in a country that permits this. If you don’t like it, then may I suggest another country with different laws more to your liking? Iran is a good start. You can’t say anything there, and i’m sure you’ll be really happy with that solution.Or you *could* turn the other cheek, as your lord Jesus teaches you. if you get upset – that’s YOUR personal problem.Jesus knows it is a joke, I’ll wager.

Few thing enrage me more than Muslims forcing their own morality code on the rest of us.We are one of the most tolerant societies in this history of the world, but I completely draw the line on this one.If you don’t like it, folks, then get out of the United States.Freedom of speech (including satire) is so much more important than the (hyper) sensitivities of any particular religious group.Buzz off.

Yep, satirize it all, cancer, alcoholism, pedophilia, and most of all religion. All of life and its big hairy ugly mess. That’s how some people cope. The only way for some of us.

I heard about this on Anderson Cooper’s 360º the other night.

The problem that the South Park writers have always had is that they think they are the coolest, hippest, funniest people in the world. I have watched South Park since the beginning. Much of it is very funny. Much of it is disgusting. I question their smarts though to do what they did. They are taunting a group of people which contains a very dangerous sub-group. I would have no desire to be rich and hunted.

People could believe or not believe and that is their choice. Religious social ideas like helping the poor and sick, truth, fairness, etc. should be incorporated as they are universal across faiths and atheists/agnostics. Religious rituals or unproven scientific beliefs (creationism) belong in Sunday schools. I think a Constitutional Amendment should be passed not to allow free speech against belief or call for harm because of it. Jews are stupid is fine. Non-believers should be killed is not. It would also forbid the type of IRA/Orange rhetoric we have seen in the past.

Religion is already a satire, and so absurd that no satire of it could possibly be more stupid or more offensive or more insulting to our intelligence than religion itself.

What’s sacred to the producers of South Park?Their lives.

“Only Muslims” come with death threats? Oh, really…Was the evil wreck who killed Dr. Tiller a Muslim? Was Eric Rudolph all about life and love? ALL religion should be mocked and ridiculed off the face of this earth.

Freedom of speech is a value so important to our daily life, yet has it ever been practiced as part of a religion? Just being on TV means your bound to offend someone. I personally am a little tired of South Parks brand of being jerks to everyone equally. Just so you know, it doesn’t mean your egalitarian, it still means your a jerk. Its funny that they depicted the Prophet Mohammad years before the Danish cartoons, and there was no fuss at all about it, and these two new episodes reference this. Also, these episodes were NOTHING compared to the vivisection they gave to Scientology and Mormonism. I could imagine that if they wanted to, they could make an episode about the life of Mohammad that would shock people too (9 year old bride anyone?), but I doubt they’re that concerned.

If you think South Park is obscene and blasphemous, turn it off.I don’t watch RNC Fox News for the same reasons.

South Park rules!Irreverence at it’s finest. “Why do South Park’s creators take on religion with such gusto?”Because they are comedy writers. What could be funnier than grown adults believing in a magic sky fairy? The Morman musical is going to be brilliant! The Mormon episode of South Park was hilarious. “Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb” lmao

One man’s blasphemy is another man’s comedy.I think South Park is funny.One man’s time honored tradition is another man’s blasphemy.I think Catholic clergy helping themselves to the bodies of little boys and covering it up is blasphemy.

If there are any elements of “Just Cuz” in atheism, it is because atheists realize that there are things in this Universe that we don’t understand YET. The important point is that atheist are not just making up stuff to fill in the gaps of our knowledge.That said, it’s probably ridiculous to response seriously to anything Trey and Matt say or write. Trey and Matt…. When are you going to release the uncut version of Episode 201?

The Pentagon should be revamped coz it is making policies based on fear. They burned the Bibles in Afghanistan for fear that Afghans will be offended. They just occupied the place with tanks and bombs and yet they fear the Bible would be offensive? What is in the Bible which disrepect the Afghan people by the way? They disinvited Franklin Graham from Prayer Day for fear that Muslims will be offended. Never mind the more than 50-70 million evangelical Americans who pay them thru tax money might be offended.They let the opium poppies grow in Afghanistan for fear that the villagers will be offended. Never mind the destructive consequences these drugs create.Stupidity has crept into the Pentagon coz they are infected with false beliefs thru false religions.America should not be surprised if they will see the Pentagon destroyed and gone with the wind.Actually it is a sign that a new and righteous force is budding.

“I often wonder if the muslims hate atheists more than the christians hate us.”Actually, true Christians don’t hate atheists. Imagine a mother scolding her child for jumping at a 10 foot deep swimming pool even if the child don’t know how to swim.You guys will burn in the afterlife and yet you are clueless.

Odds of South Park airing next season if it ran the following satire?Benjamin Netanyahu driving a Caterpillar bulldozer with a Star of David on its side and Barack Obama seated next to him with his eyes glued to his Blackberry the whole time complaining to Netanyahu about the rough ride. Behind the Caterpillar is a big sign proclaiming: “South Park Welcomes The 5th Century BC Religious Theme Park!” Meanwhile Netanyahu is blithely driving over the crunching bodies of South Park residents standing in his way because they apparently object to their neighborhood being razed.

1. Christianity has advanced somewhat beyond the burning of heretics. The modern fringe element of Christianity will murder a doctor for performing abortions but has, more or less, found accommodation with other Christian sects and Judaism. We can hope the best elements of Islam will find a way to influence the lesser ones.

Here’s the part I don’t get — South Park actually showed an image of Mohammed during Season 5’s episode “Super Best Friends”. You can see see an image on him on the various websites….. and NOBODY had a problem back then.This isn’t Islam complaining, it’s a handful of idiot extremist who are trying to both make noise and get attention. And with what we are seeing, they are succeeding.CC should be ashamed of it’s censoring and SP should continue to skewer everyone (I’m Catholic and I’m not a fan of how they portray every priest as being a pedophile but it’s just a gag — and if I find the episode stupid or too crude, I don’t watch it again or I turn it off).

why can’t people get this simple bit of grammar correct

It is one thing to condemn people who profess to follow your religion for making fun of it. It is another thing entirely to attack and threaten outsiders who may choose to make fun of your religion. That may upset you, but there is no right to silence them. Too many people of all faiths take their religions far too seriously when they try to control others and use their religion as justification for that. Only fanatics believe they have the only truth and the right to force it on others.

.What they believe in, the creators of the unfunny South Park, is their own brilliance and bravery. Which is even more far-fetched than any religion, real or imagined.

To all those who say our ideology/religion is off limits when it comes to ridicule, questioning or lampooning, Trey Parker and Matt Stone say “oh really?” And for that we owe them a debt of gratitude. BTW has anyone pointed out that the imfamous atheist episode was called “Go God. Go!”

I wonder, was there any difference between the moslem reaction and the Christians?Oh, I forgot, the degenerates who issued the death threats are members of the religion of peace.That explains a lot.

If, like me, one doesn’t really like South Park one doesn’t watch it and therefore it simply does not exist in one’s world. End of story for most folks, but, then, there are those who most likely watch things they do not like and then compplain about it like the “group” who just threatened them with death for their skit about their religios, these are the folks torture themselves and the world around them simply because they know not how to turn the channel. So, I will give them a worthwihile lesson…..just press the button, dummies!Seriously, discussing anything about South Park is simply silly, it’s a dumb TV show, not particularly interesting or funny and who really cares about it’s message? No one, with a brain that works and knows how to turn the channel.

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dustinwalker20 wrote: “YOU’RE, not YOUR” Actually, it depends on the context, you pompous ass.

You are doomed American peoples. You are turning billions of Muslims against you.Ah….you didn’t know?…..we are now ruled by your people. The son of Christian evangelist Billy Graham, Franklin, was disinvited to pray at the National Day of Prayer in Washington, D.C., because he would be offensive to your people. His offense was saying that your religion was evil and vile. This was in the aftermath of the destruction of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and the loss of lives by your people. Since, he would not retract his statement, and admit that your religion is the religion of peace, the top brass at the military, who are pro your religion, disinvited him. He would not submit to your god; thus, pay the price of being excluded, for now. Soon, whenever the name of your prophet is spoken, not only will it be followed by praise by his followers, but all the infidels will join in, or threatened with loss of life, as were the South Park writers. Sadly, the children of America have never experienced hardship. From birth, they are pampered and given endless videos to watch, and they never grow up. They continue to watch cartoons, though they have long since aged out of their teen years.Now, with the threat to these South Park writers, and their favorite irreverent cartoon, these children are throwing fits, egging on a fight safely from their computers. They have never known physical violence or even a threat. They have no idea that the Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh died for making a film that offended your people. And, not just Theo, but others who have offended your people with books and cartoons have had to go into hiding, build safe rooms in their homes, have 24/7 protection. All of this is incomprehensible to them in their safe world with no threats of any kind, ever.Now, let me address the question of the article: Is South Park comedy or blasphemy?It’s blasphemy, of course. The writers have produced millions of like-minded irreverent individuals. I don’t see a happy future for these people who will live/be enslaved in a world of their own making. It is a world I would not want to live in.

Let’s not forget that 9/11 was caused by America’s arrogant foreign policy. America needs to stop angering other countries. posted by exposethegreedLet’s see, before 9/11, America was not at war with Iraq or Afghanistan. Now, would you please explain exactly what foreign policy angered other countries so that they retaliated by flying planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon?

Star Wars is voweless Jedi Jude Judah establishment of the Elders Of Zion as masters of the universe by Luke the medical apostle. The civil service federal bureacracy Death Star is blowed up before socialized medicine could be established by a new Gonzo Gregory Harrison generation of cool kid hockey pucks. Jedi Jude Judah are said to be heridatary religious good guys the Chosen by the Light to help the good and harm the bad. Sith will help just about anybody allowing for Lando Kalrissian, Jabba the Hutt and the motley crew at the space bar to thrive. No aid and comfort to enemies foreign and domestic. Matriarchal mitochondrial mitochlorian DNA is rumored to hold the “God” gene if you believe Joo lies. Padme is jooess Natalie Portman and Princess Leah is daughter of Joo Eddie Fischer and Jooess Debby Reynolds. The Chosen are God’s people and look down on the masses as monkeys and livestock to be managed or destroyed. AIDS HIV was synthesized and spread through hepatitus vaccine to gays and Africans by American medical. Great Satan. Blasphemy sacrilege Mohammed same tradition suks too.

So would everyone be satisfied if the guy who runs that website becomes “cartoonized” and gets to kill Kenny in an upcoming show?Issac Hayes could come back just to do the voice.Hey, this is no less ridiculous than complaining about the show to begin with.And Kenny’s used to it.

this isn’t the first time they made fun of the prophet mohammed (peace be upon him). A few years ago, they ridiculed family guy, fox entertainment, and the prophet by making a big contraversey about a family guy episode featuring the prophet (censored) in one of family guy’s diversions. it was quite funny. my favourite part:

Parker’s statements about atheism and the Big Bang theory are wrong. Atheism is not a religion and the Big Bang is not an atheist creation myth. Atheism predates the Big Bang Theory and being an atheist does not mean you believe in the Big Bang Theory nor does believing in the Big Bang Theory mean you are an atheist. The Big Bang Theory has as much to do with religion as Newton’s theory of gravitation does.

False religions are like fairy tales. If it’s a fairy tale then it’s OK to make fun about it or make a parody of it.The only thing sacred is the name Jesus Christ. You make fun of it, you’ll pay very dearly in the afterlife.He made many miracles like multiplying the fish and bread, turning water to wine and walking on water, etc.It’s like a gamble. If those stories of Jesus happen to be true (100% it is) which means he is truly God, then those guys in South Park are toast.”Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.” (Luke 12:4-5)

FORGET SATIRE, EVEN SCHOLARS WHO SEEK TO APPLY NORMAL INTELLECTUAL SCHOLARLY STANDARDS IN STUDYING THE HISTORY OF ISLAM ARE THREATENED. You cannot live with theae people.

Billions or trillions or quadrillions, it doesn’t matter coz there is no science that exist to explain the possibility that a bacteria can form into a brain. It’s not only fairy tale, it’s bordering on madness or lunacy.

When evolution science teaches that a bacteria can turn into a brain or an eye or an eagle’s wings after millions of years, it’s called LUNACY. LOL here’s someone who completely misunderstood the point of the atheist episode. The writers views on that topic were more or less expressed by Stan in that episode when he said “can’t evolution be the how, not the why?” which is a perfectly rational and logical position.Ms. Garrison was portrayed at first as a hysterical, anti-evolution, childish zealot (throwing poo to make a point) and then when she was “converted” by Dawkins to believe in evolution she/he acted like a complete jerk by singling religious people out as being idiots (making Stan wear the idiot hat). The writers were mocking zealot athiests who are intolerant of the views of others, they were in no way endorsing the “evolution is hogwash” argument you’re spouting. “Nuance”, look it up.

The Reality of Islam 101: (another South Park feature film?)From- Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s autobiography, “Infidel”.”Thus begins the extraordinary story of a woman born into a family of desert nomads, circumcised as a child, educated by radical imams in Kenya and Saudi Arabia, taught to believe that if she uncovered her hair, terrible tragedies would ensue. It’s a story that, with a few different twists, really could have led to a wretched life and a lonely death, as her grandmother warned. But instead, Hirsi Ali escaped — and transformed herself into an internationally renowned spokeswoman for the rights of Muslim women.”ref: Washington Post book review.four excerpts: p. 47 paperback issue:”Some of the Saudi women in our neighborhood were regularly beaten by their husbands. You could hear them at night. Their screams resounded across the courtyards. “No! Please! By Allah!” p.68:”The Pakistanis were Muslims but they too had castes. The Untouchable girls, both Indian and Pakistani were darker skin. The others would not play with them because they were untouchable. We thought that was funny because of course they were touchable: we touched them see? but also horrifying to think of yourself as untouchable, despicable to the human race.”p.309″Between October 2004 and May 2005, eleven Muslim girls were killed by their families in just two regions (there are 20 regions in Holland). After that, people stopped telling me I was exaggerating.”p. 347″The kind on thinking I saw in Saudi Arabia and among the Brotherhood of Kenya and Somalia, is incompatible with human rights and liberal values. It preserves the feudal mind-set based on tribal concepts of honor and shame. It rests on self-deception, hyprocricy, and double standards. It relies on the technologial advances of the West while pretending to ignore their origin in Western thinking. This mind-set makes the transition to modernity very painful for all who practice Islam”.”Infidel” should be required reading in all the countries of the free world

South Park has skewered the sacred cows of every major religion but Judaism. The Passion of the Jews was a satire of Mel Gibson and Christian antisemitism. If it actually did satirize the sacred cows of Judaism the way it does Islam or Christianity it would probably end up in oblivion along with My Name Is Rachel and any other artistic attempt at challenging the prevailing orthodoxy in America.

Im an engineer and you are not. Most of these evolutionists don’t understand what is science coz they don’t have an engineering degree.So tell me the algorithm how a bacteria can possibly turn into a brain? What’s the initial step?That is how we solve problems as engineers. It can’t be solved coz nobody still understands how a bacteria was formed in the first place coz the DNA is a very complex entity, idiot.

I personally love South Park; its a surprisingly intelligent, daring satire. I read an article that described South Park as being the equivalent to that person who is always willing to call out stupidity and hypocrisy regardless of whose guilty of it. As being the equivalent to the sort of person whose sense of honesty is stronger than their sense of tact or their suspectibility to giving into social pressure. A provider of the ugly truths.It seems it is almost deliberately designed to push the buttons of easily-offended people the world over – something that many of us find hilarious since we can’t stand such people. It begs the question, why are you so offended? It gives society a mirror with which to look at itself even when society doesn’t want to by provoking people and asking questions. As for the current situation, I’m firmly on the side of South Park. The way I see it, there will ALWAYS be people who are willing to control others through the threat of violence. At their core, these people are bullies who rely on intimidation to get what they want. You can give in or defy but in the end, they will still hate you because that’s what fanatics of all stripes do – they hate others different then themselves in order to convince themselves of their own worth – so why give in? Why not act defiantely and stand up for what you believe in, threats be damned? The sad fact is that courage is an almost extinct quality in the U.S. After taking an unpopular position that you feel is right, most will sell out as soon as possible to gain favour & to avoid offending people.

My son informs me that the web site of the threat issuing organization is currently under cyber assault. Too bad.

Only cowards fear blasphemy.

Police are keeping the peace and when it turns deadly the service at the church means something. Television is called a medium because it is not well done. The writers went on strike and the entire country shrugged it’s shoulders. God has a strange sense of humor. Just take a look at Detroit and the auto show. The next time I’m in church I’ll be married or dead and either way I’ll try to make the most of it. You can’t take them seriously. Honey turn off the TV please. Turn on your honey.

Well, when their magic dead guys come back to complain in person, then they can get all bent about it. Until they grow a sense of humor though, that’ll never happen.

South Park has never done anything more offensive to Mormons than the average Evangelical Pastor does every week in his/her sermon – as evidenced by some of the comments made here.

I hope “South Park” will have the guts to stand up to these threats and that our free society will protect them. “South Park” – keep it up… do not yield to the extremist threats.