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VIRGIN MARY DEFILED ON “SOUTH PARK”
Catholic League ^ | December 8, 2005 | William Donohue

Posted on 12/09/2005 5:50:13 AM PST by NYer

Catholic League president Bill Donohue remarked today about last night’s episode of “South Park” (it will run again for the next three nights):

 

“A ‘South Park’ character gets a DWI and is ordered to attend AA meetings.  Told about the 12-step program, he concludes that he needs a miracle to cure him.  The plot then focuses on a statue of the Virgin Mary who is ‘bleeding out her ass.’  The Vatican dispatches a cardinal to investigate and he is sprayed with blood when he walks behind the statue.  He then declares this to be a miracle, which draws even more people.  The alcoholic, now in a wheelchair, is also sprayed with blood: he then claims he is cured and jumps out of his seat.

 

“Pope Benedict XVI goes to investigate.  He, too, is sprayed with blood when he walks behind the statue.  A reporter says, ‘The pope investigated further and determined that the statue was not bleeding out its ass, but its vagina.’  To which the pope replies: ‘A chick bleeding out her vagina is no miracle.  Chicks bleed out their vaginas all the time.’

 

“Comedy Central is a subsidiary of MTV, which is owned by Viacom.  On the board of directors of Viacom is a practicing Catholic and a distinguished public servant, Joseph A. Califano; he served under Presidents Johnson and Carter.  We are writing to him today requesting that he intervene in this matter.  We want a) an apology to Roman Catholics and b) a pledge that this episode be permanently retired and not be made available on DVD.  In the event Viacom does not cooperate, we are asking Mr. Califano to issue his own statement of condemnation.  We are asking our members to contact him as well.  Remember, they chose to insult Our Blessed Mother on the eve of the Immaculate Conception, and the holy day itself

“Joseph A. Califano is chairman of the board of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse.  He can be reached at CASA, 633 Third Avenue, NY, NY 10017; phone, 212-841-5200; fax, 212-956-8020; email, employment@casacolumbia.org.”


TOPICS: Religion; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: billdonohue; billdonohueisnuts; blasphemy; bleedingass; bleedingvagina; bvm; catholicleague; catholics; comedycentral; equalopptyoffender; getalifedonahue; itsashow; itzsatirefolks; mary; moralabsolutes; southpark; southparkrules; viacom
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To: Blzbba
Unless South Park dared to say "Happy Holidays!", rather than "Merry Christmas!". Then we'd be demanding for gov't intervention to stop that outrageous act!!

Spot On..
Happy Holidays (editor note: they saying of 'happy' or 'holidays' in no way connotes the exclusion of the words 'merry' or 'Christmas' but instead is a reflection of the writer's love of the letter H.)
201 posted on 12/09/2005 7:17:54 AM PST by mnehring (God, forgive me for forgetting to love my neighbors, I was too busy with the latest boycott.)
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To: ecurbh

I think the reason South Park stings so badly is because the barbs are being stuck not so much into the religion as they are into some of the practitioners of it.


202 posted on 12/09/2005 7:17:58 AM PST by Sam Cree (absolute reality) - "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Albert Einstein)
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To: NYer

The episode wasnt very funny and Im pretty tolerable about offensive things.

The show just wasnt funny regardless of the anti-catholic sentiment.

We all praised them for the Scientology episode and now all of a sudden, we are suprised when Matt and Trey do this?

Everyone needs to know that any and everything is fair game with these guys and to not expect them to tread lightly on anything held dearly to us.

Which is why I wont sit here and act all indignant like Im suprised...


203 posted on 12/09/2005 7:18:08 AM PST by smith288 (Peace at all cost makes for tyranny free of charge...)
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To: Prod Convert

"We know that God is just, and He will smite these decadent infidels in this decadent culture in His own time."


That sounds like something Osama would say. "Smite the infidels!!"


204 posted on 12/09/2005 7:18:09 AM PST by Blzbba ("Shop Smart. Shop S-Mart" - Ashe, Housewares)
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To: Blzbba

Isn't there a song on South Park. . .Merry f'ing Christmas?

*thinks*

Someone else who watches try to remember. I remember it because initially I almost choked on what I was eating then, well giggled. Mr. Garrison sang it.


205 posted on 12/09/2005 7:18:46 AM PST by twinzmommy
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To: Monterrosa-24
"It's potty humor..."

Sure it's potty humor, but there's a message in there, too.

And its blasphemy for Protestants and Catholics. And Muslims, and Jews, and Scientologists, and Mormons, and the list goes on.

But laughs are all-important for American couch potatoes. Even the best of "wholesome" television still leads our citizens to be passive spectators of life rather than doers.

What's wrong with that? At 10 pm, after a hard day's work, I just want to sit and be entertained, and maybe even disengage the brain for a while. I don't think that's such a bad thing.
206 posted on 12/09/2005 7:18:49 AM PST by Quick1
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To: NYer

They insult everyone. Usually it is a very funny show. That episode was weak.


207 posted on 12/09/2005 7:19:00 AM PST by SmoothTalker
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To: mnehrling
but it's never ok to make fun of people who worship a bleeding statue.. Yea, no more bleeding statues.

Yes that's right. It's never "OK" to make fun of people for what or how they worship if it has no effect on your safety and well-being. What kind of society would we be if everyone ridiculed the beliefs of religions they did not practice. Grown-ups hold their tongues in a civil society, "free speech" aside. Humor and cruelty are flipsides of a coin, you know. History shows that it is easy to devolve into cruelty against those whom are first marginalized by ridicule.
208 posted on 12/09/2005 7:19:39 AM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: toadthesecond
He posted that over a year ago, when the word "tinkle" still made him titter.

He's obviously matured a lot in the last year.

209 posted on 12/09/2005 7:19:43 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Vasilli22

WOOT! Best scene is. . .France.

"Hello French people. Everything is Bon"

*giggles some more*

Oh gosh, this is a bad thread for a Friday morning!


210 posted on 12/09/2005 7:19:45 AM PST by twinzmommy
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To: narses

What kind of action would you like? Changing the channel is my recommended action.


211 posted on 12/09/2005 7:19:55 AM PST by Quick1
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To: silverleaf
They don't really owe you anything, and they've done plenty of episodes trashing Muslims. Including the movie Team America.
212 posted on 12/09/2005 7:21:35 AM PST by Quick1
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To: mlc9852
The Census asks people about AA? Why?

Because it's the federal government, and the federal government knows all and sees all.

You will bow to its will. Government is your master now.

213 posted on 12/09/2005 7:21:36 AM PST by SittinYonder (Flea, feather, bird, egg, nest, twig, branch, limb, tree, and the bog down in the valley - o.)
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To: BigCinBigD
Why would any adult watch such childish filth?

Because it's funny.

215 posted on 12/09/2005 7:22:24 AM PST by humblegunner (If you're gonna die, die with your boots on.)
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To: Sam Cree
I think the reason South Park stings so badly is because the barbs are being stuck not so much into the religion as they are into some of the practitioners of it.

Exactly... if it isn't a funny part of the human experience that real people flock to strange apparitions that appear in toast, or statues, or the tailgate of a pickup truck, seeking cures for what ails them, then what is funny?

216 posted on 12/09/2005 7:22:28 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: IronJack

IMO, Penn and Teller took on the 12 Step AA program on their Showtime program Bullsh*t. It's worth watching and considering in light of the religious aspects of "miracles" portrayed in South Park.

I found it an interesting juxtaposition between Trey and Matt's use of the title Bleeding Mary and the drink by a similar name, AA meetings and religiousness of icons to the mind, and healings from diseases through mind power or through the supernatural. I wonder if it occurred to any literalists on this thread that this episode is a complex satire. Afterall, it is a cartoon known for biting satire.


217 posted on 12/09/2005 7:22:38 AM PST by sully777 (What Would Brian Boitano Do?)
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To: SittinYonder

Well, why not just tell the census taker it's none of the government's business?


218 posted on 12/09/2005 7:22:40 AM PST by mlc9852
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To: mlc9852
The Census asks people about AA? Why?

It was a survey on treatments for alcoholism, the 1996 National Longitudinal Alcoholism Epidemiological Survey. AA is the biggest thing mentioned in the survey since it's by far the biggest treatment method.

219 posted on 12/09/2005 7:22:49 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: Redgirl
They've also portrayed Jesus fighting Satan in a boxing arena.

IIRC that was the first and last time I ever watched south park.

220 posted on 12/09/2005 7:22:57 AM PST by Recovering Hermit
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