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South Park creators will “probably wind up like Theo Van Gogh”
HotAir.com
April 20, 2010
by Ed Morrissey
THREATS!!! South Park Creators Parker & Stone Will “Probably Wind Up DEAD Like Theo Van Gogh”…watch the Muhammed VIDEO...http://ctpatriot1970.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/south-park/
Hmmm … do you think that threats leveled against the creators of South Park for last week’s episode came from Tea Partiers? Buddhists enraged over the depiction of Buddha snorting cocaine? Redheads incensed over their depiction as terrorists? Comedy Central execs embarrassed over the slam they received for their pusillanimity in handling a previous episode dealing with censorship? Barbara Streisand? Not exactly. In fact, threats against Trey Parker and Matt Stone came from one group that they specifically didn’t mention in “200″:South Park creators will “probably wind up like Theo Van Gogh”... more
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For anyone who missed the newest South Park episode on TV, they are surprised to find out that they can't watch the episode online. If you try to watch the episode "201" you instead see the message above saying Comedy Central has denied approval to stream the original version of the show and had also placed numerous audio bleeps throughout the episode.
The censorship is due to the uproar of death threats towards Matt Stone and Trey Parker (the creators of South Park) after an last week's episode included an image of the Prophet Muhammad disguised in a bear suit, even though they didn't actually show an image of the Prophet Mohammed. The threats warn Matt and Trey that they risk violent retribution. In "201" it was reveled that Muhammad wasn't in the bear suit, Santa Claus was in it.
http://current.com/news/92387879_death-threats-for-south-park-creators-after-muhammad-depicted-on-show-disguised-in-a-bear-suit.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZbtgjx9xE0
In the episode, not only was the image of Muhammad censored, but so was the name of Muhammad. Every time someone said Muhammad, they were bleeped. Also censored was the 'lesson speech' that Kyle and/or Stan gives at the end of almost every episode about what the kids has learned during the episode. There was at least 30 seconds of audio that was bleeped out between the characters Stan, Santa Clus, and Jesus Christ.
I watched this episode on television and I thought the censorship was apart of the joke, but now it looks like it wasn't a joke.
This isn't the first depiction of Muhammad that South Park has done. There have been at least two prior depictions of Muhammad on South Park -- one in 2001, and another in 2006 that was also censored, but can be found online.
Here's another:
http://current.com/entertainment/comedy/92391949_south-park-has-shown-an-image-of-muhammad-for-years.htm
UPDATE: the "Super Best Friends" episode that features Muhammad uncensored has now been blocked:
http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s05e04-super-best-friends
and blocked on Netflix Instant Play. The episode has been pulled from iTunes as well as episode 200, 201 hasn't been put on iTunes.
Jon Stewart on this controversy:
http://current.com/entertainment/comedy/92393677_jon-stewart-on-south-park-death-threats-with-go-fuck-yourselves-gospel.htmFor anyone who missed the newest South Park episode on TV, they are surprised to find... more
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The Iranian city of Zanjan has unveiled the largest miniature painting, which portrays the Prophet Mohammad's (PBUH) ascent to heaven.
It took two years for the artist, Reza Najafi-Asl, to create the painting in the style of Iran's master miniaturist, Mahmoud Farshchian.
The 32-year-old artist has used 70 acrylic colors to depict Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) sitting on a horse and three angels whirling around him.
Masoumeh Heidari has adorned the margin of the painting with illuminations, inspired by the work of the late illuminist, Haj Mirza Emami.
The Iranian city of Zanjan has unveiled the largest miniature painting, which... more
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After drawing a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad with a lit bomb in his turban in 2005, Kurt Westergaard has lived under constant police protection. Now Jordan wants to prosecute the Dane. In a SPIEGEL ONLINE interview he discusses the legal summons and his anger.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Mr. Westergaard, I am assuming you're not planning a vacation in Jordan this year?
Westergaard: No, I don't think so!
SPIEGEL ONLINE: The prosecutor general in Amman has issued a subpoena against you. He wants you to face a court in Jordan for the cartoon you drew of the Prophet Muhammad in 2005.
Westergaard: Yes, but so far I haven't received an official summons to court. I have already contacted the Jordanian Embassy in Berlin and asked them if they could inform me what the punishment would be. If I went to Amman would I be arrested as soon as I put my foot on Jordanian soil? But I never got an answer.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: You would likely be apprehended were you to travel to Jordan...
Westergaard: Yes, I suppose so.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: What would you tell a Jordanian court in your defense?
Westergaard: I would try to explain that the cartoon was not aimed at Islam as a whole but aimed at the terrorists, who use part of Islam as their spiritual ammunition. You could also say that the terrorists have taken the Prophet as their hostage.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: The Jordanian government has passed a new law expressly forbidding the defamation of the Prophet Muhammad -- a direct reaction to your caricature and the others. There seems little doubt that you'd be convicted.
Westergaard: Yes, it has been very difficult to get Muslims to understand my intentions.
(continued at link)After drawing a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad with a lit bomb in his turban in 2005,... more
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Kumar, 22, was tortured to death by his co-workers in a leather garment factory. The arguments with co-workers became heated through remarks about Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him). Kumar, 22, was tortured to death by his co-workers in a leather garment factory. The... more
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New Delhi, Mar 27 : The Danish cartoonist who made the controversial cartoons on Prophet Mohammed says his life has been ruined by the crisis.
Kurt Westergaard says his life has been adversely affected because of the cartoon. But he also says he has no regrets. “I made a cartoon that was aiming at the terrorists, who use interpretations of Islam as spiritual dynamite, that is what my cartoon show,” he said.
The cartoonist has been moving from one location to the other to ensure his safety since last November.
Reuters adds from Aarhus (Denmark): Westergaard, 72, drew the cartoon that caused the most controversy in the Muslim world, depicting the founder of Islam with a bomb in his turban.
He said that, in the end, the cartoons could help serve to find a place for Islam in the West, where secular values sit uncomfortably with an Islamic view of society.
“I would do it the same way (again) because I think that this cartoon crisis in a way is a catalyst which is intensifying the adaptation of Islam,” he told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday, speaking in English.New Delhi, Mar 27 : The Danish cartoonist who made the controversial cartoons on... more
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