South Park: Mystery of the Urinal Deuce

(S10E09) Almost immediately after the events of 9/11, conspiracy theories began to crop up, and probably faster than ever before now that we had the internet and a way to instantaneously transmit gross misinformation and conclusions rife with logical fallacies. I think Cartman best summed up this episode with a line from his song about finding the truth behind 9/11: "I can't base my logic on proof."

While Mr. Macke tries to find out which boy took a crap in one of the urinals, Cartman decides to finally get to the bottom of 9/11. He presents his finding in class, and by using tortured logic, doctored photos and actually 9/11 conspiracy theories that are easily debunked by anyone with the ability to think rationally, he proves to the class that it was in fact Kyle who was behind it all along. What's especially funny about this is that Cartman hates Kyle, and obviously began his research wanting to prove Kyle's involvement. The same bass-ackward approach is exactly what causes anti-Semites to blame 9/11 on a Jewish plot, and every liberal college kid with a DSL connection and a gravity bong to blame the event on a government plot to increase public favor for invading the Middle East. When Cartman points out that one fourth of the population believe there was a conspiracy behind 9/11, Stan wisely points out that one fourth of the population is probably retarded.

1 posted on 10/11/2006 11:00:44 PM PDT by Panerai

I believe the last poll I saw said that it was closer to 1/3 of Americans believe the government was behind 9/11. Otherwise, SP was right on with the looney conspiracy theories. Great episode!

2 posted on 10/11/2006 11:05:10 PM PDT by massfreeper

It was pretty fun to watch.

The recent 'Warcraft' episode still has me bursting into laughter unexpectedly.

That scared the heck out of the technicians during my MRI, but what are you supposed to think about while laying motionless for 40 minutes, if not South Park?

3 posted on 10/11/2006 11:06:40 PM PDT by struwwelpeter

I enjoyed watching last night's episode. I was wondering where it goes when W shot the guy.

4 posted on 10/12/2006 12:53:36 AM PDT by paudio (Universal Human Rights and Multiculturalism: Liberals want to have cake and eat it too!)

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