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.”
The Virgin Mary is the mother of God.
I agee with you. These programs simply stretch out the decision to change. I had that problem with weight. When I hit 275 lbs, I just decided that was it. I didn't decide I needed to lose weight. I just did things to lose weight and never looked back.
As I have said, I am taking as accurate the reports of this episode. If they are, then I am offended. There ARE subjects that are inherently offensive. Crude discussions involving the women we Catholics call the Blessed Mother are out of bounds.
Being fully aware of how Mary is revered in Catholicism, do you not find it offesive that people practiaclly worship STATUES of Mary that purportedly bleed? They aren't making fun of Mary, just that people take seriously that a piece of stone appears to bleed and has supernatural powers. They were making fun of people that will believe anything, no matter how outrageous.
I've never seen it, but from what I've read Team America only makes fun of homosexuals by comparing them to Film Actors. Parker and Stone only go after soft targets.
*dirka dirka*
But a statue of her is ~not~
The subtle point many fail to get is that it is PEOPLE who are being mocked here... People who would flock to see a bleeding statue and pray to it to cure their disease.
Preposterous. TV stations (at least this one) are also private... Regulated, but private. :~D
There was no insult leveled at the Virgin Mary. People who proclaim their willingness to help Muslims slit throats, however, offend me.
Unless many on this thread, I understand where the Muslim would be coming from. There are some things that are sacred. The action I have presented is, of course, as awful as the action of the ACT Up gay who stomped on the hosts in Saint Patrick Cathedral. To a Muslim the Koran is literally the Word of God, as to a Catholic, the host is literally the body of Christ.
This episode was unwatchable. Many others were fine.
See, "The Succubus" "Butters doesn't want to dance" or "Lallapaloozalal".
Go read earlier in teh thread LOL -- we were discussing Team America and the Merry F'ing Christmas song. . .
I am glad you CAN be offended. I thought you believed that nothing that can be said that is out of bounds. There is a real world out there, and there are people who do give more than lip service to their beliefs.
>>>but it's never ok to make fun of people who worship a bleeding statue..
What about the commandment about graven images?
TO YOU!
Many others were fine.
TO YOU!
LOL, we're going to have to do something about subjective humor. There should be a standard from which none can deviate. All will find all comedy funny because the comedy will be regulated by the federal government and, at the same time, a federal department can also regulate senses of humor.
And then we can all laugh together.
And this, along with his second amendment views makes me happy he isn't a SCJ.
Like I said before... South Park loves to mock silly people, and there just happens to be quite a few silly people in religion that are ripe for the picking.
Why don't you go hold a Muslim's coat?
Oh, they've taken on the church, Catholic or otherwise, many times before.
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