"Should"-based arguments rarely succeed. And your trying to deny Muslims their beliefs and choices by insisting that yours are more reasonable is the heart of the problem, not a solution.
jd On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > This isn't right. I'm a Christian and have no problem with South > Park's "Jesus & pals." For that matter, I'm not ready to issue a fatwa > on Mel Brooks or even Mel Gibson for their concept of Christ. > Religions shouldn't dictate to/threaten the media. File a boycott, > cancel your cable, or do whatever other form of protest you deem > appropriate, but if your faith can be shaken by a cartoon, you need > help. For Comedy Central to pander to one group but not another is a > form of discrimination, and (frankly) it opens them up to legal > trouble. Since they didn't censor the infamous episode on Scientology, > for example, Tom Cruise and his pals can argue that Comedy Central has > shown favoritism by censoring potentially offensive material about > another faith while allowing potentially offensive material about > Scientology to air. > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: >> From South Park Studios: >> >> A Statement from Matt and Trey >> >> 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. In >> fact, Kyle's customary final speech was about intimidation and fear. >> It didn't mention Muhammad at all but it got bleeped too. We'll be >> back next week with a whole new show about something completely >> different and we'll see what happens to it. >> >> http://www.southparkstudios.com/news/3878 >> >> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:00 PM, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote: >>> The answer appears to be Comedy Central behind the beeps. Unbeeped version >>> (or possibly any version) of last night's episode not available at South >>> Park Studios. >>> >>> http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/04/comedy-centrals-cowardice.html >>> >>> David >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: David Bruggeman <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Thu, April 22, 2010 12:29:07 AM >>> Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Extremists target South Park again >>> >>> At South Park Studios, they usually offer an unbleeped edition of the most >>> recent episode during whatever their streaming window is. It would be an >>> easy way to check. >>> >>> For reasons I can't quite figure out, I was pretty 'meh' about last week's >>> episode, so I'm probably going to be the same with this evening's >>> conclusion. I run really hot and cold with South Park episodes. >>> >>> David >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> >>> >>> On Apr 21, 2010, at 8:23 PM, Bob in Jersey wrote: >>> >>>> On Apr 21, 1:06 pm, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> I can't tell if this is genuine, or if this is meant to be ironic, >>>>> considering the whole point of the gag. >>>> >>>> Meanwhile, I think the protester got their site zonked and domain name >>>> canned for terms of use violation. >>> >>> >>> And I note that they did bleep all uses of the name "Muhammad" on tonight's >>> episode of "South Park." Of course, with "South Park," it's always a little >>> hard to tell whether the bleeps were the work of Comedy Central, or of the >>> producers. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > > > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
