Will SOUTH PARK show an unedited picture of Mohammed tonight?

[derby378]

[Ruby the Liberal]

1. Mohammed Claus?

LOL!

They are beeping out the name Mohammed. Heh.

[derby378]

2. AND PIP ____!!

Damn, this is hardcore.

[Shell Beau]

3. You never know with them. Even they may be too scared to touch that one though.

[Scurrilous]

4. Is There Really a Fatwa Against the South Park Guys?

<snip>

"If you're asking whether South Park creators Matt Stone or Trey Parker have Salman Rushdie-style targets on their backs that will require them to flee to some stylish European getaway for the next decade, the answer is probably not.

Yes, there was a recent episode that featured Tom Cruise demanding the town of South Park produce the prophet Mohammed, who then arrives in a bear costume. Yes, there was also a shady warning directed at the South Park guys that looked pretty cowardly, and it went like this:

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

Theo Van Gogh was a Dutch director who was murdered by Muslim extremists after shooting a film about women in Islam. The website that aired the above "warning," Revolution Muslim, has since removed the language; when I tried to access it today, it appeared to be down altogether."

<snip>

""This is some extreme—and I would repeat the word extreme two or three times—fringe group that's making a name for itself issuing bizarre statements," Ibrahim Hooper of the Council of American-Islam relations, tells me.

"This group that made this statement has no credibility in Muslim community."

Read more: http://ca.eonline.com/uberblog/ask_the_answer_bitch/b177536_there_really_fatwa_against_south_park.html#ixzz0ln81vSpI

[TheBigotBasher]

6. That was not just a bear costume though.

That bear was quite deliberate.

[DaveinJapan]

15. Could you elaborate? nt

[Xipe Totec]

5. other: Matt and Trey will rochambeau for the honor (nt)

[johnaries]

7. Does anyone remember when South Park did a 2-parter

because "Family Guy" was going to show Mohammad?

I disagree with Matt and Trey on a lot of issues, but one of the things I respect about them is their unabashed dedication to what they believe is "truth".

If it were anyone else, I would say this is a very smart marketing campaign, and they would NOT show an unedited picture but dangle it as bait for as long as they could. But Matt and Trey have repeatedly shown their obvious disdain for such obvious marketing ploys.

Therefore, if they do NOT (at least without a good reason, such as blaming the hype on Comedy Network) a lot of South Park aficionados will be very disappointed in their lack of balls.

So, pretty much, they HAVE to. Unless they can come up with a creative and humorous of avoiding it. Such as building it up during the whole show as a "big deal", and then having Mohammad begin to reveal himself at the very end and then immediately cutting to the end credits. That's about the only way I can think of that they can avoid it.

Although I am hoping they are more creative than me.

[sadday21st]

8. south park caves

this is bullsht to let a bunch of screwballs to tell you not to air something and comedy central bows to it....sad, im done with anything to do with them

[derby378]

9. ???

Did you see what they did to Tom Cruise?

Then again, I still want to see Mohammed - and I want to hear what got bleeped.

And now I know who Cartman's father really is. God, that is so freakin' twisted.

[Shell Beau]

11. I am sure they aren't as free to do what they'd like to do.

They definitely test the boundaries and offend at least one person who watches. But that is what they do. I love Southpark, but I am sure they are often not allowed to do things they want to.

[iris27]

10. I doubt it, Comedy Central didn't let them for the "Cartoon Wars" ep

(the one about Family Guy showing Mohammed). The screen that would've shown him was instead a disclaimer:

[derby378]

16. But what if Matt and Trey put that screen there?

Y'know, just to screw with us?

[brettdale]

12. So did they show a picture

Or didnt they??

[Scurrilous]

13. They did not. n/t

[Xenotime]

14. That show was racist and offensive.

[name not needed]

17. Then don't watch it. Problem solved.