Posted on 04/23/2010 10:07:10 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
NEW YORK (AP) — Producers of "South Park" said Thursday that Comedy Central removed a speech about intimidation and fear from their show after a radical Muslim group warned that they could be killed for insulting the Prophet Muhammad.
It came during about 35 seconds of dialogue between the cartoon characters of Kyle, Jesus Christ and Santa Claus that was bleeped out.
"It wasn't some meta-joke on our part," producers Trey Parker and Matt Stone said. Comedy Central declined to comment.
Earlier this week, the radical group Revolution Muslim said on its website that "South Park" had insulted their prophet during last week's episode by depicting him in a bear costume.
The group said it wasn't threatening Parker and Stone, but it included a gruesome picture of Theo Van Gogh, a Dutch filmmaker killed by a Muslim extremist in 2004, and said the producers could meet the same fate. The website posted the addresses of Comedy Central's New York office and the California production studio where "South Park" is made.
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Uh... dude, I think you’re missing the point. They were demonstrating that you don’t even HAVE to show moham to get death threats, and exploring the “magic power not to be made fun of” that he seems to have. It wasn’t even hammy in the bear suit, it was Santa Claus. People just THOUGHT it was the hambone.
The finale w/the choir was OK.
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
It was pretty dang funny, actually.
Up next, Jon Stewart about how Islam is peaceful and loves others....
And........we’re supposed to care about ‘southpark’.......?huh? When have they ever been funny?
**And what happens with the DVD release?**
cue: enter dancing girls with bomb vests
**.we’re supposed to care about ‘southpark’...**
OF COURSE
Southpark today, FREE REPUBLIC Tomorrow???
get your head out
Everywhere we look, testosterone is in short supply. No one stands up to B.O.; no one stands up for Franklin Graham; no one stands up to Muslim bullies, White House bullies, or bullies in general. Why is everyone running scared like little schoolgirls???? We need people like Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Arizona in all walks of life.
>>And........we’re supposed to care about ‘southpark’.......?huh? When have they ever been funny?
Every week!
Leftist cowards pick on only those can’t or won’t fight back: Christians, Buddhists, foreign Jews, average citizens, little children...
But very unoriginal (as is most stuff Stewart does). He’s used that choir schtick several times before with other subjects.
Stewart is nothing more than a political hack masquerading as a comedienne (yea I spelled it that way on purpose)..
That one must be good for 72 whole virgins!
Apropos.
Are you kidding? An act like that might offend one of the followers of the “religion of peace” like Barry.
We have done it to ourselves through political correctness. They know how to game the system and take advanage of our failings.
It is time to wake up and realize that being politically correct can get your throat cut or a bomb set off in a major population center.
I believe it.
If there was ever any doubt that Islam is a cult, the simple fact that you cannot willingly leave is proof positive.
Bart Simpson’s chalkboard just said something about South Park. Couldn’t catch it all. Anyone?
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