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VIRGIN MARY DEFILED ON “SOUTH PARK”
Catholic League ^
| December 8, 2005
| William Donohue
Posted on 12/09/2005 5:50:13 AM PST by NYer
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To: silverleaf
"South Park" now owes us n epsiode trashing Mohammed. Plenty of material to select from there, I might add. They've done several... they did ~Team America~ for crying out loud. That straw man won't even stand up on it's own.
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posted on
12/09/2005 6:55:25 AM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: dyed_in_the_wool
I highly doubt Benedict XVI has a sense of humor. True. After all, he is a robot. /sarc
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posted on
12/09/2005 6:55:37 AM PST
by
pgyanke
(I shudder for my country when I reflect that God is just. - (paraphrased) T. Jefferson)
To: Alouette
Could have been... they look alike to me.
To: IronJack
This strikes me as the childish whining of someone who was caught driving drunk and forced to attend AA. Does anyone know if that happened to Parker or Stone, or someone in their inner circle, recently? I wondered the same thing, if they'd recently been through it... though I found it to be a poignant observation of AA.
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posted on
12/09/2005 6:57:33 AM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: dfwgator
Were they insulting Mary, or were they insulting the human beings that try to gain attention for themselves by claiming to see images of Mary in things like grilled cheese sandwiches? The main point of the show was to insult AA and the attitude that alcoholism is a disease that needs a cure from God instead of, as Stan said, "Just quit drinking." Before AA, Stan's dad drank, but wasn't an alcoholic, just stupid enough to drink and drive once. AA really messed him up by telling him he had a problem that he didn't have, which actually turned him into an alcoholic since he now has a disease, so he can drink all the time and blame it on the disease. Then they told him it could only be cured their way, religiously. This mirrors the Scientology episode, which was mentioned ("I know about cults. I used to lead one.").
A sub point was to make fun of all of those people who flock to be cured by bleeding statues and faces on toast.
An even lower point was how church decisions on what is and isn't a miracle can be strangely arbitrary.
To: BigCinBigD
Why would any adult watch such childish filth? Because it has more valid social commentary than anything else on TV. And it's funny.
To: son of caesar
i have never watched this program, but something tells me they dont mock islam like they do the virgin mary. im not catholic btw. but i do find this offensive, it is crude to mock others religions. no, south park will not do this to islam, not if they want to keep their heads attached to their hollyweird bodies.islam has been a target MANY times. This is not a politically correct cartoon at all.
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posted on
12/09/2005 6:59:41 AM PST
by
Vasilli22
(http://www.richardfest.blogspot.com/)
To: DainBramage
They will eventually go farther than this. And this illustrates the problem with being "shocking" just for the sake of being "shocking", and calling it entertainment. You can never stop ... once you've done something "edgy", it's no longer on the edge. If your whole stock in trade is "edginess", you have to keep outdoing yourself in the outrageousness department, or you're dead.
South Park isn't purely based on pushing the bounds of decency and civility; that's why they're still around.
Sooner or later, though, they'll jump the shark.
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posted on
12/09/2005 7:00:11 AM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: antiRepublicrat
It's potty humor. You should have grown beyond that in Jr. high. But to each their own.
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posted on
12/09/2005 7:00:35 AM PST
by
BigCinBigD
(Merry Christmas!)
To: HostileTerritory
"I'm surprised it took 8 years for them to start trashing the Catholic Church, "
Oh, they've already taken on the RCC in an episode that revolved around the priest-child molestation scandals a few years ago.
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posted on
12/09/2005 7:00:39 AM PST
by
Blzbba
("Shop Smart. Shop S-Mart" - Ashe, Housewares)
To: HairOfTheDog; ecurbh
The howls of outrage on this thread really let you know how good South Parks's marksmanship is. Right on target, apparently.
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posted on
12/09/2005 7:01:06 AM PST
by
Sam Cree
(absolute reality) - "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Albert Einstein)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Do they insult atheism, paganism, secularism, and moral relativism as well?Absolutely! Atheists, witches, lefty moral relativists. All have been skewered by the show. I watch it occasionally and it can sometimes be brilliant but it also can go way over the top and not be watchable at times. To be fair though, they are probably harder on libs than anything elso on tv.
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posted on
12/09/2005 7:03:12 AM PST
by
Vasilli22
(http://www.richardfest.blogspot.com/)
What's the update on 'Limbo'?
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posted on
12/09/2005 7:04:17 AM PST
by
evets
(God bless president Bush!)
To: IronJack
Which demonstrates only a superficial understanding of the 12-step philosophy What what part of this thread gave you the impression that any understanding of what a program is aimed to do is required before condemning it?
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posted on
12/09/2005 7:04:56 AM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
( the Wedge Document ... offers a message of hope for Muslims - Mustafa Akyol)
To: Sam Cree; HairOfTheDog
They were interviewed on one of the Sunday morning news shows last weekend, and made the comment that liberals tend to be more fun to mock, because they get horribly shocked, outraged and offended.
That's not limited to liberals, though, as this thread proves.
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posted on
12/09/2005 7:05:32 AM PST
by
ecurbh
()()A Festivus for the rest of us!()()
To: mlc9852; Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit; son of caesar; Cliff Dweller; milford421; DainBramage; ...
So while I know it isn't exactly South Park -- it *is* Matt Stone and Trey Parker (ie the creators and brains behind South Park). Check out "Team America"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372588/
*giggles*
Dirka Dirka.
To: All
Everyone, this is not the Virgin Mary, this is a cartoon rendition of a bleeding statue that people put their faith into.
I take it, the Catholic League is now defending the 'defiling' of a 'graven image' and those who put their faith in that?
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posted on
12/09/2005 7:08:27 AM PST
by
mnehring
(God, forgive me for forgetting to love my neighbors, I was too busy with the latest boycott.)
To: twinzmommy
I actually watched Team America. You have to admit those are some strange guys.
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posted on
12/09/2005 7:08:56 AM PST
by
Cliff Dweller
("get thar fustest with the mostest." GEN NB Forrest)
To: ArrogantBustard; ecurbh; EveningStar
... once you've done something "edgy", it's no longer on the edge. If your whole stock in trade is "edginess", you have to keep outdoing yourself in the outrageousness department, or you're dead.Howard Stern is empty shock value... South Park is admittedly shocking - but they're also saying something with it.
Actually, I kindof hate to see conservatives become too vocal in their praise of South Park, Right now, Matt and Trey slam mostly liberal ideas, because "it's more fun to bash them". If conservatives expect them to never touch one of their sacred cows (no inference to the current episode intended) they'll be disappointed and shown to be the fickle folk we/they are.
I think if there's one over-riding principle in South Park, it's that they don't want to be put in a box. If we try to call them our own, they'll fight it, and it won't be pretty (especially if they are right yet again) :~D
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posted on
12/09/2005 7:09:51 AM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: silverleaf
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posted on
12/09/2005 7:10:23 AM PST
by
Liberal Classic
(No better friend, no worse enemy. Semper Fi.)
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