South Park is on...they are censoring the word Muhammad altogether

As you may have known, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators of South Park were threatened over the past week for pictuing Muhammad in a bear suit in last weeks South Park Episode, and it is weird to see that in this weeks continuation episode, they went and now censored the word Muhammad when ever a character says it altogether.

Thoughts? Did Free Speech take a hit?

They were probably forced to by comedy central. And i think it is horrible that people would threaten someone simply because they insulted your "beliefs".

Well i was wondering if it was going to be a running joke with this episode .

Lol, Hilarious. Really.

I'm curious if that's bona fide censorship or whether they actually decided to do that themselves to make a statement.

oh god...hes backk....oh god...hes worse then the extremeists

I'm curious if that's bona fide censorship or whether they actually decided to do that themselves to make a statement.

GabuEx

AHAHAHAHAH Tom Cruise is Censored They are doing it!!! they are doing it!!!! South park is doing it!!!

I'm curious if that's bona fide censorship or whether they actually decided to do that themselves to make a statement.

GabuEx

That's what I'm thinking. The big joke of the last episode was that the town was fearful of showing Mohammad cause they were afraid of getting bombed (which is why I find it so hilarious that they ACTUALLY got threatened for it) so it seems to continue that joke they'd have his name censored.

on a side note...holy **** story 10 years in the making

Why do they even bother airing episodes with Mohammed in it? The reason they're offended is because he's in it. Not because they made him a bear or something. And no, I don't think it's determental to free speech. If you're going to do something stupid/disrespectful, then you have to accept any criticism that's thrown at you.Famiking

Why would they not air it? Muslims should not be special-cased to be protected from parody they might find offensive when members of other religions are not.

I was wondering if they did this on purpose, or if CC made them because of the threats. I definitely could see them showing Muhammad, so I'm thinking CC made them.

Scott tenerman is erics half brother mind=blown.

raiden509

That's it?? I'm so confused. :(

[QUOTE="Famiking"]Why do they even bother airing episodes with Mohammed in it? The reason they're offended is because he's in it. Not because they made him a bear or something. And no, I don't think it's determental to free speech. If you're going to do something stupid/disrespectful, then you have to accept any criticism that's thrown at you.GabuEx

Why would they not air it? Muslims should not be special-cased to be protected from parody they might find offensive when members of other religions are not.

Seriously! I don't see Christian groups or Buddhist groups, or Hindu groups, or even Jewish groups making threats and creating some big problem because they got offended. It's cause the rest of the world understands what South Park is, and that NO group, NO person, NO faith, NO nothing is ever spared from Trey and Matt. They shouldn't have to turn tail and suddenly change anything just cause one radical group got all huffy from probably the LEAST offensive joke they could've made.

Episode sucked until Scott Tenorman came in i was expecting copper cab

They should just outright show mohammed's face.

They should just outright show mohammed's face.

SgtKevali

I'm sure they wanted to, but Comedy Central would have never allowed it. :x

I think they were trying to be funny by doing that. Although, it wasn't funny in the least.

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They should just outright show mohammed's face.

PeaceChild90

I'm sure they wanted to, but Comedy Central would have never allowed it. :x

I really wanted them to show Muhammad just to shove it in the extremists faces. But it was still a pretty epic episode.

I really wanted them to show Muhammad just to shove it in the extremists faces. But it was still a pretty epic episode.

Loco_Live

Why would they not air it? Muslims should not be special-cased to be protected from parody they might find offensive when members of other religions are not.

GabuEx

Perhaps because Comedy Central is in the business of making money? They can choose to protect their image in whatever way they see fit. And if Parker and Stone have a problem with that, then they can end their relationship with Comedy Central and start distributing their little cartoons themselves.

Unless this "censorship" was government mandated, then Comedy Central can choose to not show whatever the **** they feel like not showing, and for ANY reason. They should absolutely be allowed to make a "special case" for Muslims, because that's how free speech works.

Perhaps because Comedy Central is in the business of making money? They can choose to protect their image in whatever way they see fit. And if Parker and Stone have a problem with that, then they can end their relationship with Comedy Central and start distributing their little cartoons themselves.

MrGeezer

Except Comedy Central did air it, so obviously they don't agree with that argument. :P

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[QUOTE="SgtKevali"]

They should just outright show mohammed's face.

Sajo7

I'm sure they wanted to, but Comedy Central would have never allowed it. :x

Cmon, how many hardcore fundamentalist muslims actually watch comedy central?

[QUOTE="Sajo7"][QUOTE="PeaceChild90"]

I'm sure they wanted to, but Comedy Central would have never allowed it. :x

SgtKevali

Cmon, how many hardcore fundamentalist muslims actually watch comedy central?

[QUOTE="MrGeezer"]

Perhaps because Comedy Central is in the business of making money? They can choose to protect their image in whatever way they see fit. And if Parker and Stone have a problem with that, then they can end their relationship with Comedy Central and start distributing their little cartoons themselves.

GabuEx

Except Comedy Central did air it, so obviously they don't agree with that argument. :P

So are you saying that Comedy Central was FORCED to censor the episode?

Is that what you're trying to suggest?

Because either Comedy Central was FORCED to censor the episode, or they censored it of their own free will and for whatever reasons they thought were best.

Again, I just see a lot of people talking about "free speech rights" without having any idea of what that means. If Comedy Central was forced to censor the episode, then I could potentially see a problem (potentially, because I don't watch South Park). However, if it was Comedy Central who made the decision to censor the episode, then what does "free speech" have to do with anything? Parker and Stone can say what they want, but that doesn't mean Comedy Central has to show it on their network.

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[QUOTE="MrGeezer"]

Perhaps because Comedy Central is in the business of making money? They can choose to protect their image in whatever way they see fit. And if Parker and Stone have a problem with that, then they can end their relationship with Comedy Central and start distributing their little cartoons themselves.

MrGeezer

Except Comedy Central did air it, so obviously they don't agree with that argument. :P

So are you saying that Comedy Central was FORCED to censor the episode?

Is that what you're trying to suggest?

Because either Comedy Central was FORCED to censor the episode, or they censored it of their own free will and for whatever reasons they thought were best.

Again, I just see a lot of people talking about "free speech rights" without having any idea of what that means. If Comedy Central was forced to censor the episode, then I could potentially see a problem (potentially, because I don't watch South Park). However, if it was Comedy Central who made the decision to censor the episode, then what does "free speech" have to do with anything? Parker and Stone can say what they want, but that doesn't mean Comedy Central has to show it on their network.

What are you talking about?

It was suggested that there was no reason for Comedy Central to air the episodes with Muhammad in them, and therefore that they should not have done so, because they were offensive to Muslims. That is what I was replying to.

oh god....scott tenormans back....oh god...hes worse then the extremeists

Fiotwo

At least you got to see part two. The listing says it's suppose to be '201' but they're showing the Scrootie McBoogerballs episode instead. :x Comedy Central on Comcast.

Scott tenerman is erics half brother mind=blown.

raiden509

The end was funny when they bleeped their whole "I've learned something today" :lol:

I'm curious if that's bona fide censorship or whether they actually decided to do that themselves to make a statement.

GabuEx

I felt the same way when I was watching the Family Guy episodes from an earlier season at a friend's. I thought it was a actual joke by the show when I saw a black censored screen instead of the clip with Muhammad.

Scott tenerman is erics half brother mind=blown.

raiden509