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Comedy Central removed a speech from their show after a radical Muslim group warned that they could be killed
I am getting sick and tired of people caving based on intimidation. Aren't you? We need to be strong in our foundations to be able to communicate what we need to communicate and from the perspectives we want to, whenever and however. It's what we have spent blood to create in the US.
What do you think?
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NEW YORK — Producers of "South Park" said Thursday that Comedy Central removed a speech about intimidation and fear from their show
after a radical Muslim group warned that they could be killed for
insulting the Prophet Muhammad.
It came during about 35 seconds of dialogue between the cartoon characters of Kyle, Jesus Christ and Santa Claus that was bleeped out.
"It wasn't some meta-joke on our part," producers Trey Parker and Matt Stone said. Comedy Central declined to comment.
Earlier this week, the radical group Revolution Muslim said on its website that
"South Park" had insulted their prophet during last week's episode by
depicting him in a bear costume.
The group said it wasn't threatening Parker and Stone, but it included a gruesome picture of
Theo Van Gogh, a Dutch filmmaker killed by a Muslim extremist in 2004,
and said the producers could meet the same fate. The website posted the
addresses of Comedy Central's New York office and the California
production studio where "South Park" is made.
Despite that, Parker and Stone included the Muhammad character in this week's
episode. Muhammad appeared with his body obscured by a black box, since
Muslims consider a physical representation of their prophet to be
blasphemous. When the bear costume was removed, it was revealed to be
Santa Claus.
Parker and Stone are known for waiting until the last minute to deliver episodes, often pulling all-nighters to get them done, and giving them the opportunity to address things in the news.
They said that in 14 years of making "South Park," which just had its 200th episode, they've never delivered one they couldn't stand behind.
"Kyle's customary final speech was about intimidation and fear," they said. "It
didn't mention Muhammad at all but it got bleeped ... We'll be back
next week with a whole new show about something completely different
and we'll see what happens to it."
Besides the censored dialogue, only one inside joke in this week's episode could be interpreted as a reference to the Muslim group's warning.
During one scene, a mechanized Barbra Streisand robot is seen stomping through the town on
a path of destruction. One voice is heard to say, "they've destroyed La
Casa Bonita!"
"La Casa Bonita" is the name of Parker and Stone's production facility.
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Permalink Reply by Rebecca (Community Moderator) on
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http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cair-a-muslim-response-to-d...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article...
http://www.mollynorris.com/
The links above contain more reaction to the event...
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http://www.islamist-watch.org/blog/2010/05/trickle-down-self-censor...
http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0424/seattle-cartoonist-promotes-everyb...
Some more links above that express similarity to my ideas , in that we shouldn't self-censor because of fear. Stop the fear and intimidation by speaking, expressing what it is and allowing the expression. It's an easy choice, a difficult action.
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Permalink Reply by Earth's Outcast on
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Muslims should stop with this patheitc 17th century crap, Jesus is portrayed everywhere I look, shouldn't their Prophet be honored in the same way, he brought them out of paganism, of course it would have been better for all of us if Abraham didn't exist then if you saw that graph depicting the technological gap left behind because of the Christian Dark Ages, we could be exploring the Galaxy by now, or have a environmentally clean Mother Planet. I say that the Abramic Religions have caused nothing but trouble for Humanity and the Planet since they came about, It would be nice if someone made a Alternate History novel to depict such a senerio, Oh wait there is someone who does just that, Harry Turtledove!
"Christianity has killed it's own Good Christians, now a good Christian is a dead Christian."
EO
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Thanks for the comment EO.
Unfortunately I don't think the harassment will stop until enough people stop reacting to it and start fighting against this type of censorship by supporing the rights we have here in America, constitutionally.
I hope American people like us can remind the others who have forgotten what our rights as citizens are. Freedom of Religion AND Freedom of Speech. Comedy Central is unfortunately Chicken Central for caving.
I hope everyone who reads this writes to them and tells them to not worry and let the statements get made. They didn't care about putting Tom Cruise in the closet on this show... They are obviously threatened with this topic.
If we let ourselves be bullied, we ARE victims of our own doing.
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Thank you Morgana, and it's true. I think your sarcasm is perfect for the situation. Americans are weaklings these days, not superheroes. I'm tired of it, and I'm not stepping aside anymore.
The problem is, a lot of people would rather step aside than stand up.
IT'S TIME TO STAND UP!!!
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