It might not even be safe to call them bastards. ‘After receiving a ‘warning’ from a radical Islamic Web site following their Prophet Muhammed parody on ‘South Park’ last week, Trey Parker and Matt Stone aren’t taking any chances,’ the New York Daily News reports. ‘On Wednesday’s episode, the prophet was referred to only with a ‘bleep’ sound and his image was blocked out with the word ‘censored,” the paper notes. At the South Park Studios website, a message was posted that notes, ‘After we delivered the show, and prior to broadcast, Comedy Central placed numerous additional audio bleeps throughout the episode. We do not have network approval to stream our original version of the show.’ The New York Times adds, ‘On Thursday morning, a spokesman for Comedy Central confirmed that the network had added more bleeps to the episode than were in the cut delivered by South Park Studios, and that it was not giving permission for the episode to run on the studio’s Web site.’ The New York-based Revolution Muslim group on Wednesday issued a ‘call to protest,’ after long-running cable television show ‘South Park’ portrayed the Prophet wearing a bear costume, CNN […]
Friday, April 23rd, 2010
South Park Episode Censored After Muslim Group’s Warning
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Source: therawstory.com
Publication Date: Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 -- 11:26 am
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Publication Date: Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 -- 11:26 am
Link: South Park Episode Censored After Muslim Group’s Warning
Stephan: Think this story through; it is a lesson in power. You don't need an army, if the people you are fighting have worked themselves up into such a fear state that a telephone call can accomplish more than a battalion.