Author Topic: Comedy Central Wussed Out (Read 1199 times)

Shifty · « **Reply #15 on:** April 13, 2006, 11:20:14 AM »

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Originally posted by MoeRon
That was a good fight, i also liked thr Bart Simpson charactor. I guess it came down to it not being worth human lives just for a joke. Especially Trey and Matts.

There is the problem. If your prophet , god, or whatever, is so all powerful. Why would you need to kill over a joke, or a cartoon? Why would you need to kill people who didn't believe in your god? It's like religious insecurity gone mad.

Kirin · « **Reply #16 on:** April 14, 2006, 05:12:04 AM »

Are you guys real??? Mohammed was shown on Southpark before (Episode: Superbest friends). The "censoring" is part of the story/joke!!! God, this is why Southpark should be shown to grown ups only...

BTW, the first part of "Cartoon wars" was way better, expected more from the conclusion.

Debonair · « **Reply #17 on:** April 14, 2006, 05:15:30 AM »

SP has 'jumped the shark'

Shuckins · « **Reply #18 on:** April 14, 2006, 06:44:46 AM »

So...South Park's "inyourfacewedon'tcarewhatyouthinkofoursatire" producers really DO care what people think about their satire.

Typical. Those types are always careful about picking their targets.

Listening for things that go "bump" in the night isn't nearly as much fun as making "bold, satirical statements."

VOR · « **Reply #19 on:** April 14, 2006, 07:16:24 AM »

Shuckins, in all fairness to the Southpark guys, I think it was Comedy Central execs that canned the episode and wussed out. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

eagl · « **Reply #20 on:** April 14, 2006, 07:41:35 AM »

I think the execs wussed out. I wonder if XM radio or Sirius will manage to break into the video market, and if so, if they'll remain separate from the idiotic politically correct censorship on pay-to-view cable networks.

Seriously, just change the channel if you think you're gonna be offended... Better yet, cancel the damn cable service. Sheesh. There are a few channels I don't watch because I'm offended by what is shown, but I'm not whining about how everyone else should lose their entertainment just because I don't like what they're watching. Damn busybodies need to pay attention to their own unhappy worlds instead of messing with everyone else's fun.

Plus those mohammed cartoons were spot-on, as evidenced by the radical response to the mere existence of those cartoons. No sympathy here and failing to show them on a late-night show based on biting satire is just appeasing violent religious radicals, not taking some ambiguous "free speech only applies when we're not threatened with death by religious whackos" moral high road.

Vudak · « **Reply #21 on:** April 14, 2006, 09:29:15 AM »

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Originally posted by Kirin
Are you guys real??? Mohammed was shown on Southpark before (Episode: Superbest friends). The "censoring" is part of the story/joke!!! God, this is why Southpark should be shown to grown ups only...

Do the Muslims know about this? You sure that was Mohammed?

Edit - and the censoring part was a black screen that specifically said something to the effect of "Comedy Central refuses to air an image of the Prophet Mohammed."

moot · « **Reply #22 on:** April 14, 2006, 09:51:48 AM »

Outer space colonization can't come soon enough.

Seagoon · « **Reply #23 on:** April 14, 2006, 11:01:55 AM »

Hi Kirin,

The decision to censor the episode was not part of the humor, it was a decision made by Comedy Central Executives, not the producers:

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Comedy Central Censors "South Park"
(UPI)

South Park may have just been named winner of a Peabody Award, but that did not stop the Comedy Central censors from pulling a controversial scene.

Instead of the planned image of Mohammed during Wednesday night's episode, viewers saw a title card that said: Comedy Central has refused to broadcast an image of Mohammed on their network, E! Online reported. The network did, however, allow the images of President George W. Bush, the U.S. flag and a bowel movement.

The censored scene was supposed to have shown a cartoon of the Islamic prophet handing a football helmet to a character from Family Guy.

A source told E! Comedy Central decided to nix the frame out of concerns for public safety. The episode was poking fun, among other things, at the controversy surrounding the publication of political cartoons depicting Mohammed in Denmark. The cartoons sparking rioting among Muslims worldwide.

"In light of recent events, we feel we made the right decision," Comedy Central said in a statement Thursday.

South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone did not immediately comment.

The West is once again learning that unlike most religions, coexistence is not an option that Islam offers to those outside. Hence the absolute division of the world into the Dar-El-Harb (land of war) and the Dar-el-Islam. The only options are to fight, capitulate, or convert. Capitulation seems to be currently in vogue, possibly because we believe it will bring peace. Unfortunately, as the Spanish found out the hard way, capitulation doesn't bring peace, it only confirms the belief of the Jihadis that their campaign is working and that final victory is on the horizon.

- SEAGOON

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #24 on:** April 14, 2006, 01:22:20 PM »

Guess who's hilighted...

SMIDSY · « **Reply #25 on:** April 14, 2006, 01:27:47 PM »

comedy central did not wuss out. several seasons ago he was featured as a member of the "Super Best Friends", a group of super hero religious figures that included the following.

Jesus, with his amazing carpentry powers
Joseph Smith, with devastating ice breath
Mohammed, wielding flame
Buddha, with the power of invisibility
Krishna, with the power of transformation
Lao-Tsu, the mentalist
Sea-man, with the power to breathe underwater and link mentally with fish

Debonair · « **Reply #26 on:** April 14, 2006, 03:05:00 PM »

Scott Tenorman, FU!!!

Kirin · « **Reply #27 on:** April 15, 2006, 03:08:09 AM »

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A source told E! Comedy Central decided to nix the frame out of concerns for public safety.

... what source... unless commented by the creators or comedy central I stand by my statement.

The rest is covered by the pictures posted.

B@tfinkV · « **Reply #28 on:** April 15, 2006, 03:51:51 AM »

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Originally posted by lasersailor184

Guess who's hilighted...

looks like a regular taxi driver round my parts.

dmf · « **Reply #29 on:** April 16, 2006, 06:22:17 PM »

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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Its against Islamic law.

Well gee, I didn't know that, espically since its ok for them to kill whoever they want in the name of their religion, blow up buildings, take hostages, and kill them. you'd think they'd want people to see the dead guy that started it all.