pinata242

Don't let silly facts get in the way of righteous indignation!

Gizmo

Censored? Lame.

extreme2700

Indeed it is lame that we need to censor just because of a small number of murderous jihadists.

kstublen

I really wish Matt and Trey would comment on this and tell us whether the bleeps were their doing or if Comedy Central added them at the last minute.

I just can't see what everyone could have said at the end that would have required the bleeping. It had to have been intentional. And they had the characters dropping Mohammad's name so much that the bleeping seems to have been a joke in and of itself. I guess they could have just been doing it casually and Comedy Central bleeped it out themselves, but I find that hard to believe.

Slumbering Fist

According to this CNN article, which quotes a BoingBoing.net interview, they were probably hoping to get away with no censoring.

One assumes after the threats Comedy Central backed down so Matt and Trey decided to go overboard with the censoring and make a further joke out of it.

dino88

The bleeping was part of the episode...as well as this fake death threat.

Heat

Is the version available on iTunes censored?

Meathead

The network bleeped 'em...

http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.co...nsorship-.html

Damfino

IMHO, this whole thing was planned by Parker, Stone and Comedy Central as a publicity stunt.

The reason is because I was able to see the episode last night at 10 on the Western feed of CC. If they had truly pulled all future broadcasts, we wouldn't have seen it on the West Coast at all.

Spiderbite

The above wasn't enough of an answer for you?

This sucks. I forgot to watch it last night and was just going to catch it today. I wonder if we will ever see a truly non-censored version.

fucking pussies. I agree with Matt & Trey. If everyone would have just published those Danish cartoons years ago, nobody would even be discussing this now. But once the Muslims saw they had some power over the media, this is what we get.

Spiderbite

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This is what really kills me. The blowhard Bill O'Reilly bowing to terrorists. What happened to all his tough talk about "the terrorists win" crap. He should be praising Matt & Trey instead of being scared to even discuss it.

Deftones

are you talking about the episodes themselves or the censoring on last night's episode? that seems extremely ridiculous, imho. it's not like they are making fun of some organization or religion who will do nothing. islamic radicalists have already shown they will kill people for stuff like this. why the hell would they risk their lives. i can see why CC decided to censor it, if they did. i absolutely don't agree with it and think it's the wrong message to be sending, but i'm not the one who could be killed by a member of that religion.

JasonTHX

Canadian residents - South Park airs Sunday Nights On The Comedy Network - without bleeps. At least it has been. We'll have to wait until Sunday to see how they handle this Episode.

Damfino

The "censoring" of last night's episode is what I think they planned.

also, JasonTHX, please be sure to let us know how it airs in Canada.

Bandoman

Bob_Bobbson

Matt & Trey have released a short statment on Southparkstudios.com

Hokeyboy

Spread the good word:

Supermallet

Comedy Central should be ashamed of themselves for this.

chuckd21

Wow, that's some serious corporate bullshit right there. Wow.

Deftones

woah. i know SP is signed for another year or so, but could they be pissed enough to take the show to another network?

chuckd21

Again, I love that Jesus hooked on internet porn and Buddha doing coke are perfectly fine. Comedy Central has no problem with that because no one is threatening them with violence.

I would LOVE for next week's episode to address this matter, but I'll wager either Trey & Matt take the high road or CC wouldn't air it anyway.

kstublen

It's too bad the bleeps weren't a joke. Way to wuss out Comedy Central and prove to these crazies that violence and intimidation works.

It's just a shame that Comedy Central wouldn't air it as Matt and Trey intended. I mean, Matt and Trey knew the risks associated with poking fun at Islam (if you can even call what they did making fun of Islam) and showing an image of Mohammad, but they were still willing to go ahead with it. Let's be honest, if someone was going to get hurt because of all of this, it sure wasn't going to be a nameless Comedy Central executive, it was going to be Matt and/or Trey.

The hypocrisy on Comedy Central's behalf is just unbelievable. It is okay for Jesus to defecate on the American Flag and our former President or for him to watch internet porn, Buddha can snort lines of coke, etc. But god forbid Mohammad even be shown doing nothing.

And through all of this...they showed Mohammad in a past episode with no repercussions whatsoever. But after the whole Danish cartoon thing, Comedy Central has to place a censor bar of Mohammad...but even that isn't enough...now we have to censor not only his name, but any criticism levied at those who would use violence to stand in the way of free speech. Great message there Comedy Central...violence does work!

wmansir

I have a hard time believing CC bleeped the entire "moral lesson" part on their own. It's one thing to censor a word or two, but if they had objections to something that substantial I don't think they would have aired it at all.

pinata242

Statement or not, I still don't believe it. The bleeps were too frequent and too pointed to be anything but intentional. ESPECIALLY the 3 ridiculously long ones at the end.

I think it's all a big game to all the parties involved.

slop101

And the fact that CS censored it is the ultimate irony. Because of this, I'm going to [censored] all the shows from CS instead of watching them normally.