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psychetool
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I got a joint all rolled up for tonights show. 
LiveIllegal
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Am I the only one that suspects that Hayes was pressured by the COS to leave the show? Perhaps threatened? After all, if I recall correctly, he did say on some talk show that the "Trapped In the Closet" episode didn't offend him. Then suddenly, a change of heart? Mad suspect.
DigitalDuality
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I'm sorry i highly doubt he was forced out of the show, especially by the creators. Sounds like a Hollywood hissy fit to me, fits the scientology style perfectly.
LiveIllegal
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DigitalDuality said:
Not the creators of the show, by the Church of Scientology.
And I liked the episode as well. I wouldn't be surprised if Darth Chef continued to be a character on the show.
AmorRoark
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Quality episode.
tambourine-man
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Interesting. It wouldn't surprise me.LiveIllegal said:
Incidentally, I'm now living down the road from a Scientology Church. They unashamedly have a stack of Ron Hubbard's crappy books in the window too!
DigitalDuality
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i'm going to have to find this on torrent. I don't even have basic cable.
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I live close to one too. It's so strange, it looks like a clinic, and for some reason they have a bunch of glass pyramids inside (and STACKS of Dianetics. Why not Battlefield Earth?). A few weekends they'll have people out with e-meters (man, those things look homemade) asking people to give them a try. A lot of people do try them too, just for the novelty of it.tambourine-man said:
tambourine-man
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Ha!
Yeah, they have pyramids of Dianetics! I haven't seen any glass pyramids (on the Castlereagh Street, Sydney branch) but I'm really tempted to go in there and see what's going on... sorta like a social experiment or something.
Yeah, they have pyramids of Dianetics! I haven't seen any glass pyramids (on the Castlereagh Street, Sydney branch) but I'm really tempted to go in there and see what's going on... sorta like a social experiment or something.
Comedy Central Stops Muhammad South Park
South Park' Creators Skewer Own Network
By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer
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.
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."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060413/ap_on_en_tv/tv_south_park_muhammad
South Park' Creators Skewer Own Network
By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer
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.
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."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060413/ap_on_en_tv/tv_south_park_muhammad
kittyinthedark
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the real killer is that Mohammed was shown on South Park before
DigitalDuality
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It is bullshit, but i really do applaud their efforts. The last couple of episodes out of these guys have been wonderful.
I watched those 2 episodes last night pretty funny, shame about comedy central though. I originally thought Matt Stone n Trey Parker put that message up just to further highlight the hypocrisy of the whole situation.
O yeah I remember that, he was in the League of Super Best Friends right?kittyinthedark said: