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South Park's Episode 201 — the Expurgated Version
Yesterday we mentioned the controversy facing Matt Stone and Trey Parker after last week's South Park (episode 200) depicted Muhammad, founder of Islam, concealed in a bear suit.
Today, penguinman1337 writes "Apparently, all is not well over at Comedy Central. The heavily censored version of episode 201 that aired last night has a lot of people angry, including the show's creators." From their note: "In the 14 years we've been doing South Park we have never done a show that we couldn't stand behind. We delivered our version of the show to Comedy Central and they made a determination to alter the episode. It wasn't some meta-joke on our part. Comedy Central added the bleeps."
They Censored a South Park Episode? Stop the presses. No one has ever done that before!
The manatees will stop working if even 1 idea ball is removed
fuck Muhammad. Or I should say, fuck the people that take following his dumb ass so seriously.
Wonder if we'll ever see Colbert gagged because some right-wing terrorist realized they were being made fun of... Not very likely, 'cause that would require a right-wing terrorist to, you know, actually realize they were being made of! I'm sure subtle satire is beyond the ken of most of them.
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
Our economy was doing great till the Democrats took Congress, and then Obama started kissing the Muslims' asses while engineering a socialist hell for us. Now it's like, if that stupid dumbo fuck is going to sell us out, why even bother in the first place?
Parent is modded interesting for 'Islam is dangerous'?
Have you studied the Torah? Or the Christian Bible? There are rules laid out in those as well. And FUNDAMENTALISTS interpreting any ancient text are dangerous. There are Christians who believe they'd be first in line after the rapture who also believe they have the holy right to burn gays, hang pagans or kill other 'non-believers'. They don't because society says no, but as soon as society says it's ok, the witch hunts begin. Hitler used Christianity and an Aryan Jew hating Jesus to incite his fellow Christians. I think the death toll scoreboard shows Muslim Fundamentalists trailing to hard hitter Christianity, and probably others as well.
The truth is, anyone literally interpreting anything as 'Gods Infallible Word' is dangerous. The USA needs it's religious fanatics curbed probably more than most other counties. Remember them? They were the ones that invaded the Islamic country because their commander-in-chief said 'God told him to end the tyranny'.
*DrugCheese rants*
For those of you that are unaware, the concern among Muslims about depicting Muhammad is based on a few hadith that warn against doing so to prevent idolatry. The worry is that any depiction could become the focus of worship, and the depiction itself could take the place of what it represents.
For those of you that are unaware, Mohammad himself is a fuckturd and his followers are even more fuckturds.
Speaking as an ex-Muslim I know. And that is why I left Islam.
No way I am going to waste my life following the teachings of a bunch of fuckturds.
Muchas Gracias, Señor Edward Snowden !
Absolutely. Even the "nice" christians somehow find it in their heart to hate homosexuals, and their public stance against their civil rights is no less ugly because it's done with a smug smile.
I think it's absolutely appropriate to challenge the good christians "coming out of a neighborhood church" to absolutely distance themselves from whatever dogma would suggest that homosexuality is anything other than a natural expression of sexual preference. You want to "judge" gays, you have to make it perfectly clear how you're different than those Westboro scum.
If you're a religious believer, you've already established yourself as partially insane, just maybe to a lesser degree than those that kill over religious differences. Your beliefs means you bear close watching, because you're liable to do crazy shit. I'm not saying you don't have a right to your beliefs, but I'm saying the rest of us have the right to identify you as socially suspect.
You are welcome on my lawn.
that is evident. you were reading your inner monologue.
however this is not an issue for inner spaces, inner monologues or this or that.
anyway.
Read radical news here
so I thought I'd comment on this. 1) RevolutionMuslim.com is as you say a "radical website," although from my understanding the majority of Muslims and Islamic scholars do not agree with the ideas promoted by this website. 2) Every religion/system of beliefs/philosophy etc has extremists willing to violently get their objectives done. 3) According to Islam as interpreted by authentic Islamic scholars, Muslims living in a non-Muslim state must abide by its laws as they have signed an agreement (citizenship, green card, etc.) with the country to do so. The only exception is with laws which require a Muslim to violate the Shariah (Islamic law). (Living in the United States all my life, I haven't found any such laws and am commonly told by Muslim immigrants that practicing Islam in the United States is easier than in some Muslim countries.) 4) Such demands made by salafi-jihadi Muslims are primarily for rhetoric purposes (i.e. to "scare" people) and will most likely have no basis in reality. Of course, that said, I'm not going to be an apologist. The creators of South Park should obviously have more concern and sensitivity towards Muslim sentiments. The members of a pluralistic society should learn to respect one another and not deliberately provoke / intimidate one another. Somehow it seems to me that people only selectively have the Western belief "I can do whatever I want, as long as I don't hurt others." When it comes to insulting Muslims or Islamic beliefs, "freedom of speech" is cried, yet "respect for all people" is forgotten. Muslims often take their way of life more seriously than Christians or Jews. Islam is a complete way of life, not a ritual that's done once a week.
Fuck those countries. With a Mohammed idol.
I hope you are Christian, because I am about to point out that a _lot_ more people were killed in Jesus' name than in Mohamed's.
I also hope you are part of any random ethnic group, because _all_ of them have killed others at some point.
What, that was not _your_ fault? So what, I still blame you :D
I'm glad that was apparent. I was afraid I was being too subtle.
I've never claimed to be tolerant. In fact, I refuse to tolerate any group that claims love of god but preaches hatred or discrimination. I stand by my statement that people who do this bear watching, because there's a good chance that one or more of them will combine religious fervor with their institutional hatred of one group or another and will become violent.
You are welcome on my lawn.