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Woman Tries to Sue South Park
*Menace* writes "So, it seems that a Canadian mother sued South Park because her young son's name is Kenny, and watching the show's Kenny die horribly week after week has given the real-life Kenny some psychological issues to deal with." Fortunately, she
lost, but its a pretty amusing article anyway.
> Now I understand why they bashed Canada so bad in the movie.
:)
Hey, one stupid person in Canada does not equal a stupid nation. If so, the States would be in a lot of trouble.
(I'm kidding, you know.)
I don't think she does. You have to take control of your own life, and if you get fudged sometimes, so be it. You have to grow up sometime and stop crying to * everytime something bad happens to you.
They had it right in the South Park movie!
On behalf of the country of Canada, I apologize for this lady's stupidity. I beg for forgiveness
First she didn't sue south park. She complained to a regulatory commision. As far as I can tell this is roughly the same as complaining to the FCC in the US. Second, for all of you saying, "canada is stupid because of this," think about it for a second. What would have happened if this lady lived in the US. It WOULD have been a law suit and she probally would have won. The commision she complained to essentially said, "ma'ma you are an idiot." They didn't take any negative action against the show and said that it, "is an adult cartoon," or that she shouldn't be letting her kid watch it in the first place. I think canada did a much better job dealing with this than the us would have. Yet another reason to move to canada some day.
-matt
...Whats more psychologically damaging to a child? A cartoon, or a screwed up mother willing to drag her son infront of the media spotlight with an obviously inflammatory lawsuit?
Besides..her kid shouldn't even be watching South Park to begin with. Its called the "Off Button", lady. Jeezus.
"...and that makes me a saaad panda." ;)
What are the other reasons ?? 50 % tax rate ?
Well, its no big surprise. Ever since Hanna-Barbera destroyed the art of animation in the 50's, the quality bar has remained pretty low.
Coffee that gives you third degree burns is too hot!
Paul Bernardo is locked up for a loooooong time. Why isn't O.J. Simpson?
Because OJ can afford a very expensive team of lawyers. And he can play football too.
Clifford Olson gets out in less than 10 years from now. Where are Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer to be found? And what about this 25 years maximum? Maybe we can use a lesson or two from Texas.
--A somewhat irratated Canuck
--Another irritated Canuck fed up with our own justice system
What are the other reasons ?? 50 % tax rate ?
Hey! It's only 49.9% right now, thankyouverymuch!
It won't be 50% until the next politician decides that he needs a raise and dosen't feel like cutting any social programs to pay for it.
HA! Is there a URL to this story?
If so, please send it to me. I have
a couple friends who would be really
interested in this. Thanks.
There's always someone trying to cash in on something famous...
When the kid grows up, he can sue the mother for letting him watch south park every week.
on a related topic, a school in england is renaming itself from South Park Junior School. Can't imagine why.
We've got an old guy at work here mowing lawns with us, and he's named Ken. One of the other nice old guys calls him Kenny and it's all i can do to not chuckle sometimes. They don't understand of course...both of em'd be appalled by SouthPark I know.
"I want peace on earth and good will toward men." "We're the U.S. government. We don't do that sort of thing!!"
Well, I didn't hear anyone sueing Barney for their child's name, or everyone calling him a big purple blob that *tries* to sing and dance.. why the hell should they care if it's a son's name Kenny? I'm sure anyone who's watched a movie has come across their name (and something bad happened to them) but hell, don't let it get to ya.
I think that mother might have more psychological problems than her son Kenny..
Matthew
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sortakinda.ca | canadian paraphrasing.
Its trivial for a person to use his/her middle name and people would me most understanding. I feel the need to sue that mother for stupidity and bringing it into this world.
Somebody please inform our clueless parent that the mature content warning at the beginning of South Park is for real. Also, why is her son Kenny able to watch a TV show that's on at 10:00pm?
Yes.
Democrocy, off you go...
Throw Baron de Montesquieu in the river.
Cut that oot or we'll give you something to cry aboot, eh!?
Well...in 1985 the Conservative Government in cahoots with CSIS implemented a law that effectively forced parents to make their children watch violent cartoons in order to "Toughen them up!" for the forth coming Holy Wars. Since then, Israel and its neighbors made peace and the laws have been relaxed. But there are still some "crazies" out there that the RCMP is trying to roung up. This is also why most of our movies cant be played in the States...too lame and boring. Were prudish and uptight here in Canada and we sue for just about anything. Not like Americans who, to my understanding, will do anything to avoid litigation. I hear that the courtrooms are empty 90% of the time. (sip of coffee) Ouch...that's freaking hot, darn McDonalds...hold on...1-800-ISUE4YOU. Cha Ching.
they're not even a real country, anyway.
"Kenny's Mom is a Stupid Bitch in D Minor"
Weeeeellllllll......
Kenny's mom's a bitch, she's a big fat bitch
She's the biggest bitch in the whole wide world
She's a stupid bitch if there ever was a bitch
She's a bitch to all the boys and girls...
Mondays she's a bitch, on Tuesdays she's a bitch
On Wednesdays and Saturdays she's a bitch
Then on Sunday just to be different
She's a super, king-size, mega-mega BEEYATCH!
Have you ever met my friend Kenny's mom?
She's the biggest bitch in the whole wide world
She's a mean old bitch, if she has a [uninteligible]
She's a bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch.
Bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch,
And she's a stupid bitch
Kenny's mom's a bitch, and she's just a dirty bitch
Kenny's mom, is a
BII-IIII-IIII-TTCH, AH!
Ok, it's time to get on my soapbox.
I don't understand why this lady chose to let her son watch the show if she believed it to be so violent. She is one of the people of this world that ignore their children and let the television babysit them, then later wonder why their kids are so messed up. If she had watched the show just once she would see the disclaimer in the beginning that the show isn't fit to be viewed by anyone.
I realize that parents aren't always home, so if they want to prevent children from watching these shows they should go out and buy a tv with the new V-Chips and block out unwanted programming. All the information about V-Chips can be found here or a parent could call toll-free at 1-877-2 VCHIP-TV for more information.
hasn't anyone every heard of Gulliver's Travels or Canterbury Tales? some of Swift's stuff can be extremely offensive to *anyone* even my South Park standards (women inserting tiny men into their vaginas, a call to kill and use the skins of irish babies in manufacturing in order to keep the irish population down). im not asking someone to sue Jonathan Swift either (don't give them any ideas), but trying to point out that extreme content is necessary for extreme satiresds--come on, didn't anyone pick up on sadham hussein as satan's gay lover being a critique on united states foreign policy? the reasons South Park is attacked more than, say, Johnathan Swift is because A) no one reads anymore (has anyone ever thought of sueing disney for "dumnbing down" the classics and ruining the minds of children and parents?), and B) most people today don't have the education to understand the slightly evelvated language in something like Canturbury Tales enough to be offended. sigh.
Thank you Walt (Clyde the Glide) Frazier of the NY Knicks.
The other weird thing is that I'm of asian ancestry and I live in the South. I hear this a lot; Your name is WHAT? Snicker, Snicker. But, I love it; my name makes me sort of unique. There is just one last thing for me to do. I have never been to Glasgow Scotland (River Clyde). I want to walk into a pub over there and shout out, "My name is Clyde!"
At least my name is not Dick.:-) Or even worse, I once read this journal article whose author's last name was Dikshit.
Actually that's the parole eligibility time. The sentance is life.
Clifford Olsen will not make Parole.
And BTW, he can still be declared a violent offender and locked up forever.
When I was still a little geek, there used to be a very popular sing-song television program for kids. One of these more 'catchy' songs dealt with bullying, and had a very catchy chorus, in which my first name was featured, along with several dozen humiliating and insulting things thast rhymed with it.
I developed little geeky fantasies about blowing up the television studio to prevent crap like that in the future, or changing my name and migrating to Siberia.
It doesn't get any funnier after a decade or two.
what are you talking aboot?
Pork is not a verb
From the movie:
Cartman: "Nah, it's alright. I heard the animation was really crappy" (all four then procede to waddle along the sidewalk)
There was an editorial in our paper a week or two ago about a mother who took her 8 year old daughter to see South Park "Thinking it would be a nice family oriented cartoon"... I wonder what dark hole she has been living in for the past two years, or why she failed to notice that she was taking an 8 year old to an R rated cartoon...
>Where [is ...] Jeffrey Dahmer to be found?
Last I checked, dead.
Killed by another prisoner.
-LjM
As opposed to killed by the state, I mean...
(okay, so I'd forgotten that Bundy had actually gotten his justice)
-LjM
South Park is actually fairly clever in comparison to 90% of the comedy shows on television. They mix base humor with simpsons-type humor; it kinda works. I don't personally watch the show anymore but I am tired of people coming out of the woodworks pigeonholing South Park viewers as 'morons'. People react similarly to most anything that becomes overly popular, though, I guess.
I know, it's always someone else's problem, right? Never your OWN responsibility? Well, that's the American way, and I guess the Canadians are learning all too well from their neighbors to the south...
YOU are your child's PARENT. Act like one.
Whoever tagged this post as flamebait obviously never saw the movie!
There are stupid people everywhere. In Canada, the U.S., Europe. Where you're from should not make a difference in most cases.
>Now I understand why they bashed Canada so bad in >the movie.
That is a general comment, from a general-minded person.
Living in a very southern part of Canada I get a chance to spend a fair amount of time with a lot of American friends, who by the way loath the stereotypical f$ckup that you are.
She's a mean old bitch and she has stupid hair
She's a super, king-size, mega-mega BEEYATCH
She's a super King-Kamayamaya Beeyatch!
Bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch,
Bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch
And she's a stupid bitch
she's a stupid bitch
I personally dislike South Park, so I avoid it. My opinion on this woman is that she shouldn't have let her kid watch the show. If the trauma her son experienced was at school from classmates, sue them.
Incidentally, anyone know exactly why this show is so bloody popular..? All it is is american toilet humour, with gimmicky animation..
That would be fine *if* we were guaranteed freedom of speach in Canada. Read section 1 of the charter of rights. I'll paraphrase, this document does not apply to the judiciary, or legislative branches of gov't. Since the judiciary police the executive, no one in the gov't has to follow the charter. Canada is by no strech of the imagination a free country.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
Only one problem with that post: Canadian regulators are not that smart either. Sure, this is more of a problem with the CRTC than with the CBSC, but still...
...and I thought that because of Howard Stern Q107 is no longer a part of the CBSC. Oh well.
--- A person is smart. People are stupid. ---
(and no, I have no idea where that is from)
Is this post not nifty? Sluggy Freelance. Worshi
Could this be the same person who sued Global TV about the Bugs Bunny cartoon a little while ago..
National (Canada) Post Article
ttyl
Farrell
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1. This was not a lawsuit (but that has been said before). This is a complaint.
2. The regulators tore into this woman like a fresh piece of meat. They basically called her a bloody idiot and told her to go away.
3. There are an awful lot of Southern Baptists that are just as bad. Only they come in groups.
--- A person is smart. People are stupid. ---
(and no, I don't know what that is from)
Is this post not nifty? Sluggy Freelance. Worshi
The show clearly states at the beginning of the show, that it is for Mature Audiences. If her child is watching this show, then it is her fault for not watching what her child is viewing. Once again this shows the lack of interest parents have in raising there and expecting society to wath out for thee children and clean up when a parent screws up.
Only 'flamers' flame!
SHE HAD THE COFFEE CUP HELD BETWEEN HER LEGS WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING AND SHE SPILT IT. DUUHHHH...
Thats about on par with the US system. When you add up all the federal, state, local, sales, property taxes you are probably being taxed at somewhere over 50%. Add to that all the stuff you are being required by govt to purchase (insurance etc), user fees, road tolls and you are probably running close to 60%
War is necrophilia.
the parents in KY who are suing videogame companies for making their kids die in a school shooting. Right... I guess this means NASCAR is liable for car accidents on the highway... This .sig censored in over 12 countries and growing!
Ya know, most of the repetitive and incorrect posts to this thread would not have happened if the Slashdot editors had taken roughly 30 seconds out of their day to READ the actual linked article, and known that "Woman Sues South Park" is completly incorrect as a title for this article.
And sure, any of the people commenting on the 'lawsuit' concept obviously didn't read the article, either, but a little bit of fact checking at the source goes a long way to keep incorrect ideas from spreading.
C'mon, Slashdot staff -- I know it's hard to take a few minutes for journalistic standards now that all your time is taken up spending Andover money, but some of us out here in the trenches would appreciate it.
Now we're talking saiya-jin :)
(Yes, I know this is really off topic)
Oh okay, I thought the CBSC actually kicked them out. My bad.
On a side note, the South Park movie was only rated AA (about the same as PG13) in Canada. Apparently our regulators have a sense of humour, and aren't as insulted by potty mouths. Unless, of course, there are racial slurs involved; mind you, racial slurs are not funny, they're just stupid (I, being half Japanese, have been called a Paki far too much for my liking. You figure that one out).
Is this post not nifty? Sluggy Freelance. Worshi
"Yo' family's poor, Kenny!" :) -=Cartmen=-
*>Pleeeeeeease let's do away with silliness like this? Isn't there a way of catching, neutering, tagging, and releasing people like this? * Uh... just so I'm clear on this... why, exactly, do you want to release them?
Seeing as we're being pedantic...
She's a super, king-size, mega-mega BEEYATCH
She's a super King-Kamayamaya Beeyatch!
She's a super King Kamehameha beeyatch!
Ahh - My eye!
The doctor said I'm not supposed to get Slashdot in it!
She did not sue.
She filed a complaint with the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council. The CBSC is a broadcasting watchdog that most radio and TV stations are "voluntary" members of (note the quotes). The CBSC ruled against her.
Any clod can file a complaint with CBSC. So this no more different than the thousands of idle complaints that are made various governing bodies across North America. People without lives or purpose that have nothing better to do but piss and moan about everything.
The sick part is that the CBSC entertained these complaints. But that's par for the course from them. I work in radio so I know some of the silliness that they've directed at us.
VENI! VIDI! VICI!
Perfect example of why ratings don't work.
Q107 is still a member of the CBSC. When the CBSC rules against you, it usually means a slap on the wrist and an on-air apology. "Oh..uh..sorry". Besides, it keeps the CRTC happy.
VENI! VIDI! VICI!
That's a nice (and rather unoriginal) rant about parents neglecting their children's upbringing by spending their energy trying to protect their own dubious reputations.
Unfortunately, no where is it said that the child's "psychological problems" (also dubious, you'll agree) has to do with _watching_ the show, nor do we know that her child even does watch the show.
It's more likely, if you think about it, that the problems the child is having comes from _other_ kids watching the show. Kids he goes to school with. Neighborhood kids. Evil older siblings and bratty cousins.
Imagine being this kid. Every time you get together with your schoolmates, and other so-called 'friends', they decide "Let's play South-Park." And for the next hour or so they come up with creative ways to simulate your death.
Which, would all be made worse if you've never seen the show, and don't even know why they see humor in treating you like a guinea pig.
Blame Canda.
Terrorists can attack freedom, but only Congress can destroy it.
That's a nice (and rather unoriginal) rant about parents neglecting their children's upbringing by spending their energy trying to protect their own dubious reputations.
Unfortunately, no where is it said that the child's "psychological problems" (also dubious, you'll agree) has to do with _watching_ the show, nor do we know that her child even does watch the show.
It's more likely, if you think about it, that the problems the child is having comes from _other_ kids watching the show. Kids he goes to school with. Neighborhood kids. Evil older siblings and bratty cousins.
Imagine being this kid. Every time you get together with your schoolmates, and other so-called 'friends', they decide "Let's play South-Park." And for the next hour or so they come up with creative ways to simulate your death.
Which, would all be made worse if you've never seen the show, and don't even know why they see humor in treating you like a guinea pig.
Blame Canda.
PS Thanks for promoting the V Chip. Next thing, you'll be promoting key escrow.
Terrorists can attack freedom, but only Congress can destroy it.
I think we're going to have to invade and teach these darned Canadians exactly who's the boss here...
;-)
Oh, wait. That was the movie. Never mind.
Actually, the Canadian broadcasting folks are like an FCC with fewer lawsuits and more political correctness. Both institutions (ours and theirs) suck pretty much equally, though.
After the movie, though, I called my Mom and asked her why she didn't look like the Canadians in the movie (she was born there, and finds South Park rather funny). Her response was unprintable, except for the part about "you're not my son!"...
- -Josh Turiel
-- Josh Turiel
"2. Do not eat iPod Shuffle."
And the mother says to the Canadian committe "Blame Southpark, Blame Southpark, Before Somebody thinks of blaming me!"
Southpark: BLU has got to be the most clued in movie this summer. They have managed to picture the precice mental additude of some parents.
As sang by the parents of the town of South Park:
Times have changed
our kids are getting worse
they won't obey their parents
they just want to fart and curse
should we blame the government?
or blame society?
or should we blame the images on tv?
No!
Blame Canada, Blame Canada!
With all their beady little eyes
flapping heads so full of lies
Blame Canada, Blame Canada!
We need to form a full..,
Don't blame me, for my son Stan,
He saw the darn cartoon and now he's off to join the klan
My boy Eric once had my picture on his shelf,
and now when I see him he tells me to fuck myself!
Blame Canada, Blame Canada!
It seems that everything's gone wrong since canada came along
Blame Canada, Blame Canada!
They're not even a real country anyway
My son could have been a doctor or a lawyer it is true,
instead he burned up like a piggy on a barbacue
should we blame the matches?
should we blame the fire?
or the doctors who allowed him to expire?
Heck no!
Blame Canada, Blame Canada!
With all their hocky halibloo!
Blame Canada, Blame Canada!
...
Shame on canada!
...
We've got to put the blame somewhere else,
Before somebody thinks of blaming us!
-- The act of censorship is always worse than whatever is being censored. Always.
What is this woman doing letting little Kenny watch SouthPark? If I were a 5 year old Kenny, I'd be disturbed too.
Lady, SouthPark ain't for kids. Hell, I grew up long ago and I still can't handle it. You gotta use discretion when you let your kids watch TV, especially when they don't understand the adult oriented humor.
Flip side of the coin: There are so freaking many incompetent parents out there who don't understand the role of television in the family. They have a hard enough time dressing themselves, let alone raising kids. Unfortunately, they can't help breeding.
So why don't TV networks get a clue and not air a cartoon of something that you wouldn't want your kids looking at? Look, somebody has to be responsible. If the parents aren't going to be, somebody should be.
Hey, I'm not saying "ban" everyting, but for crying out loud, all you do is turn on the TV and there it is...
What in my original post is generalized?
All I meant was that the movie is a stretched reversal of this "lawsuit".
(appended to the end of comments you post, 120 chars)
There is only one word to counter your arguement:
FILMATION
Have a look at the article--she complained to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council.
The slashdot headline was misleading.
--
Patrick Doyle
I mod down every jackass who puts his moderation policy in his sig. Oh, wait a sec....
The coffee was too hot, but the real issue is that McD's already knew about the problem. They were aware that their coffee makers were producing coffee that was way too hot but were unwilling to spend the money to get all 1348571348751 of their coffee makers repaired.
Hm. My name is Kyle. Does that mean I can sue them for the defamatory act of calling my mother a big fat bitch? Or would I have to play with my own feces first?
I'm sorry, but you obviously don't quite understand South Park, do you ?
The Animation is ment to be blantently crap (and a bit more) to extract the urine from all the typical uselessly-animated kiddy programs we used to watch when young... get it yet ?
Also, whilst I think that the language in the film was obscene (it's on a 15 certificate here in England... ie anyone 15 or over can see it), the film *is* funny, especially the way that Kyle's Mum starts to blame everyone apart from him for his swearing... you must admit that is a pretty American way of doing things... "Blame Canada" the maxim goes...
IF anyone had bothered to read the article they would have noticed that she made a formal complaint to the CBSC which is a regulatory board in Canada responsible for ensuring media content meets particular code of ethics. Oh, and before anyone screams censorship one should note that the council's application of its code of ethics are enforced through "voluntary self-regulation". ---
heh, thats a horrible example of "why ratings don't work" its not an example of that at all! it says absolutely nothing about ratings! all it shows is that people are stupid, and everyone knows that already.
Pleeeeeeease let's do away with silliness like this? Isn't there a way of catching, neutering, tagging, and releasing people like this?
:)
STOP IT, PEOPLE!
I mean...why does she have to partake in it? It's not like she's in A Clockwork Orange and being forced to view it...or is she? I dont know much about Canadian entertainment
Dan
Hah! I read about that in the paper a while back.. talk about stupid. But at least it would be pretty cool for the kids telling their friends where they go to school.
I wonder if they play with puppets..
Matthew
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sortakinda.ca | canadian paraphrasing.
Idiot. They started out by using paper cutouts. It doesn't have much at all to do with drawing talent. Then they scanned them in and started using 3d animation to create the show, tho I heard they either went back, or were thinking of going back to using the paper cutouts. PS, no, you didn't get first post either.
Sorry.. had to be said. :)
--
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah hahahahahahahahah hahahah haha ha not funny. I think there should be a pre-trial level of the judicial system. A kind of public review board for cases that may or may not go to trial. If a case receives enough negative vibe it gets thrown out of court *before* it even gets there. Saves us all money I would imagine.
Hmm...my son is feeling deep psychological trauma after watching this TV show week after week. What should I do? I could just tell him to stop watching the show, which would be simple, take effect immediately, and not make a stink with anyone. Or I could hire a lawyer for $300 / hour and take the network to court over it, with a trial that will last weeks or months. I think I'll go with number two... We call them gold diggers. ~Habib~
She complained to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Committee. Like complaining to the FCC, in the U.S., only with intelligent people handling the complaint.
-=Best Viewed Using [INLINE]=-
I thought they were immune to really _stupid_ lawsuits, i guess its contagious
btw, stop claiming first post when you're not even close (i've seen some ppl thinking post 9 was first)
Need a Catering Connection
:D
"Let's sing..." Well, you know the rest.
Maybe the problem isn't little Kenny watching Southpark, but all the non-kenny kids as well, who think it is imensely funny to:
'Oh, my god, they pushed Kenny off his bike, bastards!'
'Oh, my god, they threw Kenny's schoolbooks in the pond, bastards!'
'Oh, my god, they pushed Kenny off a bridge, bastards!'
'Oh, my god, they broke Kenny's arm, bastards!'
By now, Kenny has had it, and is terrified some bastards will kill him.
message from another Canadian woman: I don't know the details, but I don't think Kenny's mom expected to win the case. I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt and assuming she was making a point.... My first reaction to the story was "good for her". somebody should be brave enough to stand up. Even if her son didn't watch this brain numbing waste of time, I'd be more worried about his peers that do... don't you get it??????? this mind rotting cheap crap is in a class with Fred Green, Howard Stern and Jerry Springer. It has nothing to do with satire or art or anything of value.... it is about competiting for attention in a cheap, nasty and dangerous way. it's about making money. At it's best shock comedy may have started with a point, but lets be honest about where it has gone. cloak it in freedom of speech if you will. or if you must. she has a right to her opinion so give the lady a break people. if the idiots that watch this "show" on a regular basis express their rabid approval through ratings, this can be seen as one mothers's way of trying to show her valid disgust and concerns. I'd rather read Gulliver's Travels or Vonnegut anyday. It's certainly more relevant to our times, and I'll be teaching my kids the same. thank you.
That is if you don't mind the gov't taking half, no civil rights, a crappy economy...
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
South Park brain dead? LOL... What is it you watch, then, brainboy?
My first reaction to the story was
"good for her". somebody should be brave enough to stand up. Even if her son didn't watch this brain numbing waste of
time, I'd be more worried about his peers that do... don't you get it???????
Yeah, people like you and that other bitch (the subject of the article) take it upon yourselves to decide what is best for everybody else and their children, and try to censor accordingly.
this mind rotting cheap crap is in a class with
Fred Green, Howard Stern and Jerry Springer.
Well, maybe their influence will help to offset that of the Christian Right and other traditional/conservative/religious garbage seen especially on Sunday morning TV and the Vision channel. There wouldn't be a healthy balance if there weren't a Howard Stern or a Marilyn Manson for every Billy Graham and Kathie Lee Gifford out there in our popular culture.
It has nothing to do with satire or art or anything of value....
You don't see any element of satire in the show? Either you are very thick or you have never seen the show and just flock like sheep to your church/parental organizations and lobby groups and blindly accept their party line in its condemnation. The entire South Park movie was dedicated to the satirization and mockery of self-righteous people just like you who try to control speech and entertainment for the "good of society".
And in case you haven't noticed, Southpark does have its share of moral messages, usually through it's "You know, I learned something today..." segments. But since they usually advocate liberal values (pro-gay, anti-censorship, etc.), I guess it's still very much "filth" to you.
it is about
competiting for attention in a cheap, nasty and dangerous way. it's about making money.
Paramount Pictures wanted the Southpark movie to be a PG-rated movie to reach a wider audience, but Matt Stone and Trey Parker (Southpark's creators) resisted the corporate armtwisting and made it as they like it, resulting in an R rating, despite the reduction in potential revenue. This shows they have a lot more integrity than just about everybody else in showbiz these days.
Just what commercial programming isn't about making money anyhow?
At it's best shock comedy may
have started with a point, but lets be honest about where it has gone.
Well, it certainly provides an interesting alternative to the boring, mundane, wholesome, conservative crap that is so commonplace out there in the world. Besides, some of Southpark's irreverent knocks against religion and society's other sacred institutions provide a badly needed release for those of us annoyed and fed up with all the propaganda fed to us all the time by church and state, and for many of us, Mom and Dad as well.
cloak it in freedom of speech if you will. or if you
must. she has a right to her opinion so give the lady a break people.
Yes, and we have the right to express our opinions about her also, as we have done.
My federal tax rate is almost 50% in the US.. add on local and state and I believe it might be over..
Or.. Panda, and sue the World Wildlife Fund!
Or how about "Prey", and then sue the Discovery Channel whenwever they air a wild-life documentary...
Ah, I could go on and on... Litigation-heaven!! :-))
(Yeah, I know, she didn't sue, she complained to a regulatory body)
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Actually, the Canadian broadcasting folks are like an FCC with fewer lawsuits and more political correctness.
Umm, can you give some example of the political correctness?
I remember a couple of years ago, the great Pete Townsend was interviewed on the CBC (in the early afternoon.) During the interview, he was heard to say the "F-word" several times (along with some other colourful metaphors), and it was broadcast without being censored. (I doubt this would qualify as being "politically correct".)
As an amusing end to the tail, in one of the US towns close to the border (where they can receive our TV signals) there was a huge uproar, and many complaints were lodged at both the FCC and CRTC by US Citizens. Not one complaint from any Canadian was recorded.
I think it's interesting that I can listen to "vulgarity" and watch full frontal nudity on free broadcast television, while American TV regulations forbid the showing of two people in bed together, without some form of clothing or blanket between them.
She should really blame Canada...
Woman lets her son watch a brain dead show which only "entertains" similar brain dead neanderthals, he gets upset, then she sues the shows creators?
genetic profiling looks better and better every day....
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I see.
Perhaps this should have occured in a US context? Then we could have seen an equally 'retarded' (no offence) judicial outcome. South Park would be considered a threat to the populace of the US, resulting in modern-day Columbine massacres, racism, et al., and may eventually be taken off the air.
Don't think so?
Paul Bernardo is locked up for a loooooong time. Why isn't O.J. Simpson?
--A somewhat irratated Canuck
P.S. why would any _sane_ mother let her children watch South Park anyway? It may be animated, but it ain't no Saturday morning cartoon.
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It's unclear why she was complaining. She might have been angling for a lawsuit or she might not have. The body she complained to does not - I Think - have the ability to award damages. They can get shows dropped or edited or require some sort of public retraction for statements made.
On the other hand she does sound like a goofball.
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Oh well, no point in steering now.
You notice that this woman went to the CRTC, the Canadian regulatory body for Broadcast communications ... she wanted something to be done about South Park ( restrict its broadcast ? )...
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If this were the US, you'd have the lady suing the makers for $100 Million for emotional damage
But the Canadian legal system doesn't much care for frivolous lawsuits, so they don't much happen here. Yet another reason for me to Stay In Canada!
The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist.
if she saw the southpark movie she would know that her son needs a mother, not a fighter. of course she didnt actually watch the show or movie, after all it is popular (among the monkey-see-monkey-do "mature" adult society) to hate it, so why bother?
With ALL the money she spent on Court Costs etc. Just think how many TV's she could have bought AND turned them off, so her son could NOT watch it? Amazing.
You fiendish nerds! Think about the children!
oh god, won't anyone think about the precious
children anymore? We must ban this horrible
south park menace and TV altogether (apart from
the soap operas of course, oh, and oprah). We
must get the children back into church and stop
teaching them satanic concepts like evolution,
OH JEEZUS GOD! WON'T ANYONE THINK ABOUT THE
CHILDREN?
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I'm glad she lost, the CBSC made some very good points that she REALLY should have thought of first. The most amusing part of the article (IMHO)was the bit at the end about Howard Stern, tasteless is certainly a start about alot stuff he pulls, unnecessarily tasteless is a bit more descriptive (yea, yea, harsher words can certainly be used, but...)
As a side note on general SP discussion, I just read Carpe Jugulem, the new Discworld novel, and I could have sworn I picked up a South Park reference ...
Now I understand why they bashed Canada so bad in the movie.
Why can't people just change the channel?
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True. However, the ugliest animation is that stuff that is constantly shaking, like the "Dr. katz" show.. I'm not sure if that is still on. But it's annoying.
Of course it's still increadably lame for the Mother to have complained to the CRTC. Kids are kids and they'll tease about anything. We all survived realitivly sane and so did she (posssibly less so). But as the origional poster said at least it didn't end up as a lame law suit.