South Park creators warned over Muhammad depiction

[nkdlunch]

I don't understand why extreme Islam is 1000x more extreme than any other extremist religion. why??? why do these mofos take it so seriously???


South Park warned over Muhammad
Islamists have warned the creators of TV show South Park they could face violent retribution for depicting the Prophet Muhammad in a bear suit.

A posting on the website of the US-based group, Revolution Muslim, told Matt Stone and Trey Parker they would "probably wind up like Theo Van Gogh".

The Dutch film-maker was shot and stabbed to death in 2004 by an Islamist angered by his film about Muslim women.

A subsequent episode of the cartoon bleeped out references to Muhammad.

Drug-snorting Buddha

The posting gave details about a home Stone and Parker reportedly co-own.

It also listed the addresses of their production office in California and the New York office of South Park's broadcaster, Comedy Central.

"We have to warn Matt and Trey that what they are doing is stupid and they will probably wind up like Theo Van Gogh for airing this show," warned the posting, written in the name of Abu Talhah Al-Amrikee.

"This is not a threat, but a warning of the reality of what will likely happen to them," it added.

Mr al-Amrikee later told the Associated Press the posting was not an incitement to violence. It had been published to raise awareness of the issue and to see that it did not happen again, he added.

“ This is not a threat, but a warning of the reality of what will likely happen to them ”
Abu Talhah Al-Amrikee
A Comedy Central spokesman said the network had no comment.

In the 200th episode of South Park, broadcast in the US and UK last week, Muhammad appeared several times inside a bear suit. Figures from other religions were also depicted, including a drug-snorting Buddha and Jesus watching pornography.

Wednesday's 201st episode saw any spoken references to Muhammad bleeped out, while a prominent banner stating "censored" was used in the programme.

The images of the prophet in a bear outfit were subs uted with Santa Claus in the same costume.

Speaking in an interview with the Boing Boing website before the 200th show aired, the South Park team defended the scenes.

"We'd be so hypocritical against our own message, our own thoughts, if we said, 'okay, well let's not make fun of them because they won't hurt us,'" said Parker.

"It matters to me when we talk about Muhammad that I can say we did this... and I can stand behind that," Stone added.

"I don't think it's going to change the world, but this is how it's got to be for our show."

In 2006, Comedy Central banned Stone and Parker from showing an image of Muhammad in an episode that was intended to be part of a comment on the controversy caused by the publication of caricatures of the prophet by a Danish newspaper.

An earlier episode, Super-Best Friends (2001), contained an image of Muhammad but passed without comment.

"It was before the Danish cartoon controversy, so it somehow is fine," Stone told Boing Boing.

"Then, after that, now that's the new normal. We lost. Something that was okay is now not okay."

Muslims consider any physical representation of their prophet to be blasphemous. The caricatures published in Denmark sparked mass protests worldwide.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/h...nt/8636455.stm

Published: 2010/04/22 08:58:52 GMT

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[Stringer_Bell]

The appeasement of Islamic extremism is astonishing to me. I don't recall many problems with offended Muslims until they flew planes into the World Trade Center towers...then after they killed 3000 people, it became insensitive to depict Muhammad.

Also, those s sending out veiled threats are living in America, creating ad revenue for American companies, leading more people to watch South Park, and stroking the flames of anti-Islam sentiment. I'm waiting for the neo-Nazi's to publish cartoons of Muhammad and seeing what these Islamo-fascists do about it.

[coyotes_geek]

The appeasement of Islamic extremism is astonishing to me. I don't recall many problems with offended Muslims until they flew planes into the World Trade Center towers...then after they killed 3000 people, it became insensitive to depict Muhammad.

Go google the name Salman Rushdie.

[Whisky Dog]

Somebody needs to be posting the home and business address of this Abu asshole as an open invitation to him up.

[Blake]

Somebody needs to be posting the home and business address of this Abu asshole as an open invitation to him up.

not as a threat, but a warning of the reality of what will likely happen to him

[LnGrrrR]

not as a threat, but a warning of the reality of what will likely happen to him

Well said

[Stringer_Bell]

Go google the name Salman Rushdie.

That was a European thing, I probably should have been more specific. I'm pretty sure South Park did something pre-9/11 about Muhammad and they didn't get threatened. Their governments call us all sorts of and we don't say anything mean back.

I'm seriously considering joining a Neo Nazi forum incognito and getting them to jump on the "non-threat threat" bandwagon with these Anti-South Park people.

[Supergirl]

Salman Rushdie actually travels in Middle Eastern countries where he has to worry about his security. The risks to Trey and Matt are relatively small, I am disappointed to see them and Comedy Central caving to the fear. Americans are so jittery about this . In Israel people have the right at ude - there are terrorists out there, you do everything possible to stop them (Israel has the best security in the world) but sometimes they get through, but you grieve and move on, and don't let them run your life. If you let them run your life, they win.

[DarrinS]

If Salman Rushdie dies, at least he had this.

Ever look at a couple and think WTF?

[Stringer_Bell]

If Salman Rushdie dies, at least he had this.

Ever look at a couple and think WTF?

Ya brah, I'm thinking "WTF is that scar on her arm?"

But yea, this dude has slayed some choice tang and I give him props for that.

[doobs]

http://revolutionislam.com/

lol

[Oh, Gee!!]

this episode will be funnier if they both get shot in their stupid faces

[baseline bum]

this episode will be funnier if they both get shot in their stupid faces

No way; Trey Parker and Matt Stone are comedic geniuses. Conservative Islam and its 12th century mentality deserves every shot taken at it.

[Winehole23]

....

[PublicOption]

I don't remember them saying whit when we carved their bedoin asses up in 1918.

[boutons_deux]

It all depends who's ox is getting gored.

Nobody gets upset when locked-and-loaded teabaggers, gun-sickos, and various other white trash, etc, talk about killing Magic Negro if the Cons ution isn't respected, talk about spilling blood to water trees.

"Imagine if the Tea Party Was Black" - Tim Wise


http://ephphatha-poetry.blogspot.com...-tim-wise.html

If Koresh's sheep where Black Panthers, we'd never hear from Yoni and Whott again about Wacko, except how "the Panthers were asking for it".

[spursncowboys]

I don't remember them saying whit when we carved their bedoin asses up in 1918.

who?

[sook]

this is like a small website with a small number of people? why the is this getting so much attention?

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

This was blown way out of proportion to be honest. I doubt any radical muslim will do anything about it.

[Bartleby]

If Salman Rushdie dies, at least he had this.

Ever look at a couple and think WTF?

[EmptyMan]

If Salman Rushdie dies, at least he had this.

Ever look at a couple and think WTF?

gotdamn i hate my life

[mogrovejo]

No way; Trey Parker and Matt Stone are comedic geniuses. Conservative Islam and its 12th century mentality deserves every shot taken at it.

Islamic fundamentalists are far from being Conservative Muslims.

Movements like Qutbism are generally under fierce attack from the traditional/conservative branches of Islamism. They're generally progressive/revolutionaries - Qutb himself was basically a Marxist. It's no coincidence that site's name includes the word revolution.