VIRGIN MARY DEFILED ON “SOUTH PARK”

Catholic League ^ | December 8, 2005 | William Donohue

[mnehring]

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.)

[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.

[smith288]

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...

[Blzbba]

"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!!"

[twinzmommy]

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.

[Quick1]

"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.

[SmoothTalker]

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

[silverleaf]

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.

[dead]

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.

[twinzmommy]

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!

[Quick1]

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

[Quick1]

They don't really owe you anything, and they've done plenty of episodes trashing Muslims. Including the movie Team America.

[SittinYonder]

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.

[humblegunner]

Why would any adult watch such childish filth?

Because it's funny.

[HairOfTheDog]

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?

[sully777]

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.

[mlc9852]

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

[antiRepublicrat]

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.

[Recovering Hermit]

They've also portrayed Jesus fighting Satan in a boxing arena.

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