"That is what they were trying to present...not to insult Americans or Christians but to point out the hypocrosy of PCing Islam."
Ya.... Im glad I read this thread, xjcsa and EveningStar ran it down to me too. I appreciate it, I feel a little better about the show now.
If you get a chance to watch any of season 11, try to watch the Guitar Hero one:)
It seems that context is everything, isn’t it?
Obviously, if you described that scene to anyone, or just saw that scene and didn’t understand the background, it would be highly offensive.
I doubt if the members of the ROP(tm) got the biting satire against them, though, from a comparison of a scene that is highly offensive to Western Christians vs their immature thinskinned reaction to anything about the ROP(tm).
There’s a key line from that episode that sums up the whole shebang:
Kyle: If you don’t show Mohammed, then you’ve made a distinction what is okay to poke fun at, and what isn’t. Either it’s all okay, or none of it is.
It was definitely one of South Park’s more offensive moments, but I don’t think the point would have been made quite as effectively if it hadn’t gone that route. Yeah, it probably put off a lot of viewers(you included). I think we need to view this in the big picture angle though. South Park is counter culture, and does a VERY effective job of getting people(especially younger people, their target audience) to think and question the absurdity of PC. I don’t think there’s any other popular television program that does this, let alone do it as well as South Park does.