So Mohamed will be on southpark tonight....

[Winston]

He's called Hagbart or Baldur here.

I bet this is the one time he wished he'd brought the wife along.

[Darius871]

Originally posted by Vesayen
Comedy Central did not censor it..... that was just part of the script. LAME! ><

Where did you hear this?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Well it's quite obvious, Darius .

After all, Mohammed has already appeared in SP before.

[Darius871]

Yeah he did, in a different historical context. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if CC execs said no today.

[The Mad Monk]

Fine, SP can come over to Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.

[Alexander's Horse]

muslims burning Cartman in effigy? I'd like to see that

[Berzerker]

I dont remember Mohammed in any SP show, they did some weird thing with OBL dancing around like a fool...the same treatment they gave Mel Gibson. And Saddam was a favored target for several seasons

If Comedy Central didn't censor Mohammed

[ixnay]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Well it's quite obvious, Darius .

After all, Mohammed has already appeared in SP before.

Hell, if you watch the episode you can see him in the giant crowd of people in the show's opening.

[Guynemer]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Well.. duh, Ves. The whole thing was a parody of how CC reacted to the Scientology episode.

Quoted for truth and because some people obviously missed the original post.

[Velociryx]

We have to bury our heads... in sand. That way the extremists will see that even though the episode aired, we didn't watch it, we didn't hear it, and we didn't discuss it.


Better watch it....the extremists on 'poly might brand you a bigot for even mention that it exists!

-=Vel=-
{/sarcasm}

(damnit, we need a *smirk* smiley)

[Vesayen]

Originally posted by Berzerker
I dont remember Mohammed in any SP show, they did some weird thing with OBL dancing around like a fool...the same treatment they gave Mel Gibson. And Saddam was a favored target for several seasons

If Comedy Central didn't censor Mohammed

I don't even need to ask if you didn't read the original post(you obviously didn't)

Did you look at the PICTURE in the first post?

Mohammed, third from the left in yellow.

[Sava]

MY THREAD WAS FIRST

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=150895

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Originally posted by Vesayen
Comedy Central did not censor it..... that was just part of the script. LAME! ><

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Comedy Central Censored Mohammed

I'm not sure if it's been reported yet, but for what it's worth, I just got off the phone with a Comedy Central spokesman. I asked him about last night's episode of South Park in which, at a moment right before the prophet Mohammed was supposed to make a cameo, the words, "Comedy Central has refused to broadcast an image of Mohammed on their network" appeared on the screen.

I asked him whether this truly was Comedy Central's decision or whether this was just another gag (with South Park, you never know). He said:

They reflected it accurately. That was a Comedy Central decision.

Just in case there was any confusion, that settles it. Comedy Central censored the image.

[ajbera]

We need a graffiti/sticker campaign. Just like Andre the Giant Has a Posse/OBEY pics, someone needs to make a Mohammed icon/stencil/sticker and start vandalizing property. Since the Establishment won't play, time for a guerilla campaign.

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Nice job, Tattila & Winston!

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Just for clarity sake

the AP story

By DAVID BAUDER
The Associated Press
Thursday, April 13, 2006; 4:20 PM

NEW YORK -- Banned by Comedy Central from showing an image of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, the creators of "South Park" skewered their own network for hypocrisy in the cartoon's most recent episode.

The comedy _ in an episode aired during Holy Week for Christians _ instead featured an image of Jesus Christ defecating on President Bush and the American flag.


"South Park" creators Trey Parker, left, and Matt Stone pose at their offices in Los Angeles on Oct. 14, 2005. Banned by Comedy Central from showing an image of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, the creators of "South Park" skewered their own network for hypocrisy in the cartoon's most recent episode.( AP Photo/Ann Johansson) (Ann Johansson - AP)

In an elaborately constructed two-part episode of their Peabody Award-winning cartoon, "South Park" creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker intended to comment on the controversy created by a Danish newspaper's publishing of caricatures of Muhammad. Muslims consider any physical representation of their prophet to be blasphemous.

When the cartoons were reprinted in newspapers worldwide in January and February, it sparked a wave of protests primarily in Islamic countries.

Parker and Stone were angered when told by Comedy Central several weeks ago that they could not run an image of Muhammad, according to a person close to the show who didn't want to be identified because of the issue's sensitivity.

The network's decision was made over concerns for public safety, the person said.

Comedy Central said in a statement issued Thursday: "In light of recent world events, we feel we made the right decision." Its executives would not comment further.

As is often the case with Parker and Stone, they built "South Park" around the incident. In Wednesday's episode, the character Kyle is shown trying to persuade a Fox network executive to air an uncensored "Family Guy" even though it had an image of Muhammad.

"Either it's all OK, or none of it is," Kyle said. "Do the right thing."

The executive decides to strike a blow for free speech and agrees to show it. But at the point where Muhammad is to be seen, the screen is filled with the message: "Comedy Central has refused to broadcast an image of Muhammad on their network."

It is followed shortly by the images of Christ, Bush and the flag.

A frequent "South Park" critic, William Donohue of the anti-defamation group Catholic League, called on Parker and Stone to resign out of principle for being censored.

"The ultimate hypocrite is not Comedy Central _ that's their decision not to show the image of Muhammad or not _ it's Parker and Stone," he said. "Like little whores, they'll sit there and grab the bucks. They'll sit there and they'll whine and they'll take their shot at Jesus. That's their stock in trade."

Parker and Stone did not immediately respond to a request through a spokesman for comment.

It's the second run-in over religion in a few months for the satirists. Comedy Central pulled a March rerun of a "South Park" episode that mocked Scientologists. Isaac Hayes, a Scientologist who voiced the Chef character on the show, resigned in protest over the episode.

"South Park" again got the last word last month with an episode where Chef was seemingly killed and mourned as a jolly guy whose brains were scrambled by the "Super Adventure Club," which turns its members into pedophiles.

Only last week, "South Park" won broadcasting's prestigious Peabody. Awards director Horace Newcomb said at the time that by its offensiveness, the show "reminds us of the need for being tolerant."