A censoring nation
I happened to catch the second part of South Park's "Cartoon Wars", where one of the boys tries to get Family Guy canceled because he just hates it. The show decides to show the image of Mohammed, and Cartman views this as the perfect oportunity to get rid of FG once and for all.
Both episodes were hysterical, and the first part dealt with FOX censoring the image of M. The whole deal last night was whether Comedy Central was going to censor SP when Mohammed actually came into play. As the episode ran the creators of the show self-censored themselves to make a point because M never showed up. A big black screen appeared instead of Mohammed stating that the network deemed the image of M inappropriate, and as a whole, the scene was hysterical if you consider that Parker and Stone did this on purpose, but apparently Comedy Central did censor South Park.
What makes the situation so hypocritical on the part of Comedy Central is that Mohammed has shown up in a previous episode of SP. Furthermore, the creators of the show have lampooned other religious figures with glee, yet Comedy Central hasn't placed black screens to cover them up. What's different this time? People aren't going to riot in our streets and go nuts because they showed M's image. This is the USA. You came here because our banner said freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and freedom of religion (within certain parameters). If we have to deal with people dissing our religion then vice versa because we love what this country has to offer, which is again, freedom.
Oh wait, I forget, my country is ruled by fear now. Or maybe it's all some elaborate hoax?
