[entropyfails]

South Park had a 2 episode set in which they wanted to end with showing a picture of Muhammad handing Peter Griffin of Family Guy a large fish in a helmet. Comedy Central refused to air that part of the show and they had to display a message on a black background stating that fact. Of course, they own the network so they can decide to air whatever they want. But what is wrong with this world that we can accept South Park showing Jesus crapping on the President but we are too afraid to show a murderous zealot handing a fish to a cartoon character?!?!

The ironic part is that South Park has already aired an episode showing Muhammad, 504 SuperBestFriends. They had all the major world religious figures flying around with super powers fighting robots and saving Washington DC. But 5 years later, our supposed leaders and industry tycoons can no longer allow free speech that didn’t criticize them directly? I mean they have ALWAYS tried to censor bad information about themselves, but they didn’t used to stop people from poking fun of anything else. That meme worries me far more than any particular act of content editing.

Please try not to let this degrade into bashing Muslims in general. But feel free to discuss the crippling effects of succumbing to terrorist demands and trying to appease zealots.

Sad. Just sad.

[0mar]

Nitpicking, but the government didn't censor Comedy Central. Comedy Central censored itself.

I guess the risk of showing Muhammed wasn't worth the financial risk.Money rules everything

[abelardlindsay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('entropyfails', '
')Please try not to let this degrade into bashing Muslims in general. But feel free to discuss the crippling effects of succumbing to terrorist demands and trying to appease zealots.

Sad. Just sad.

[entropyfails]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('0mar', 'N')itpicking, but the government didn't censor Comedy Central. Comedy Central censored itself.

I guess the risk of showing Muhammed wasn't worth the financial risk.Money rules everything

[entropyfails]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('abelardlindsay', '
')These Islamic attitudes are the same as they've always been. Try and read the Koran and you'll realize that there actions are basically "by the book". Reading the Koran will make you disgusted at anyone who proposes that there is only a narrow gap of misunderstanding between the West and Islam that can be easily bridged with better communication.

The problem is is that the Islamists have lots of money thanks to oil and better telecommunications so they see how unholy the rest of the world is and we get the current clash of civilizations.

[abelardlindsay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('entropyfails', '
')Agreed. With fun quotes like...
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', ''')And fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief and worshiping of others along with Allah) and (all and every kind of) worship is for Allah (alone). But if they cease, let there be no transgression except against As-Zatimun (the polytheists and wrong doers)" (Surat At-Taubah 9;5).

[Dreamtwister]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('entropyfails', 'P')lease try not to let this degrade into bashing Muslims in general.

[PrairieMule]

I saw the episode last night. I think by not showing Mohamed it had more effect, let the imagination fill in the blanks just like Alfred Hitchcock did in most of his movies. How many times did they show in Psycho does Janet Leigh get stabbed in the shower, once or several times? Zero, they don't show it, our imagination assumes she was stabbed multiple times by the music. Same thing with the Blair Witch Project do we see the ghost, no just victims reactions.

I did not expect the retaliation cartoon to make me laugh so hard. That was classic.

[PenultimateManStanding]

What does a fish in a helmet mean anyway? Is there some kind of sly symbolism? A fish rots from the head down? Don't think, just fight?

[PrairieMule]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'W')hat does a fish in a helmet mean anyway? Is there some kind of sly symbolism? A fish rots from the head down? Don't think, just fight?

[entropyfails]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Dreamtwister', 'N')ope, no muslim bashing going on here. None at all.

[entropyfails]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrairieMule', 'I') saw the episode last night. I think by not showing Mohamed it had more effect, let the imagination fill in the blanks just like Alfred Hitchcock did in most of his movies. How many times did they show in Psycho does Janet Leigh get stabbed in the shower, once or several times? Zero, they don't show it, our imagination assumes she was stabbed multiple times by the music. Same thing with the Blair Witch Project do we see the ghost, no just victims reactions.

I did not expect the retaliation cartoon to make me laugh so hard. That was classic.

[katkinkate]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('entropyfails', '.')...Hopefully the South Park guys can get on another network that won’t bow down to fear, but we may not have any of those left.

[entropyfails]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('katkinkate', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('entropyfails', '.')...Hopefully the South Park guys can get on another network that won’t bow down to fear, but we may not have any of those left.

[arocoun]

Actually, I think they already show old South Park episodes online, officially, for free. Not 100% sure. I bet they wouldn't expect anywhere near $50 a year to see new ones.