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To a lesser degree, Comedy Central did too, when they refused to fully air the South Park episode featuring, apparently, Mohammed hidden inside a bear costume.
by BrandonMarc 12y ago
To a lesser degree, Comedy Central did too, when they refused to fully air the South Park episode featuring, apparently, Mohammed hidden inside a bear costume.
- chroma 12y agoConsidering reactions to cartooning of Muhammad, I'm not sure that threat was so empty. Still, it's sad the episode was censored.
- talmand 12y agoStrange thing is, they had other episodes with Muhammad with no comment from anyone that I'm aware of.
- BrandonMarc 12y agoTrue, the threat is more credible, but ... free speech, anyone? It's easy to defend free speech when it's the virgin Mary in a jar of piss, while the Catholics complain (but don't go and slaughter the artist). If the 1st amendment is only going to be protected when something is offensive to a peaceful group (or one without the credible likelihood of violent radicals going ape), then you end up catering to the sensibilities of those most likely to be prone to violence.