Posted on 12/09/2005 5:50:13 AM PST by NYer
Catholic League president Bill Donohue remarked today about last night’s episode of “South Park” (it will run again for the next three nights):
“A ‘South Park’ character gets a DWI and is ordered to attend AA meetings. Told about the 12-step program, he concludes that he needs a miracle to cure him. The plot then focuses on a statue of the Virgin Mary who is ‘bleeding out her ass.’ The Vatican dispatches a cardinal to investigate and he is sprayed with blood when he walks behind the statue. He then declares this to be a miracle, which draws even more people. The alcoholic, now in a wheelchair, is also sprayed with blood: he then claims he is cured and jumps out of his seat.
“Pope Benedict XVI goes to investigate. He, too, is sprayed with blood when he walks behind the statue. A reporter says, ‘The pope investigated further and determined that the statue was not bleeding out its ass, but its vagina.’ To which the pope replies: ‘A chick bleeding out her vagina is no miracle. Chicks bleed out their vaginas all the time.’
“Comedy Central is a subsidiary of MTV, which is owned by Viacom. On the board of directors of Viacom is a practicing Catholic and a distinguished public servant, Joseph A. Califano; he served under Presidents Johnson and Carter. We are writing to him today requesting that he intervene in this matter. We want a) an apology to Roman Catholics and b) a pledge that this episode be permanently retired and not be made available on DVD. In the event Viacom does not cooperate, we are asking Mr. Califano to issue his own statement of condemnation. We are asking our members to contact him as well. Remember, they chose to insult Our Blessed Mother on the eve of the Immaculate Conception, and the holy day itself.
“Joseph A. Califano is chairman of the board of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse. He can be reached at CASA, 633 Third Avenue, NY, NY 10017; phone, 212-841-5200; fax, 212-956-8020; email, employment@casacolumbia.org.”
Concur ... and he's totally unlistenable (or unwatchable). Even Madonna wasn't pure shock. The woman had a lovely voice (IMO). She and South Park are in the same category ... real talent, but overly dependant on shock value, to their own detriment.
Been in the Religion Forum lately?
SP has already done an episode on that, when Kyle's mom wanted all Christian references out of the school during Christmas.
It's only a bleedin' statue, guv'
So have they insulted Mohammed yet?
That's a reasoned and fair perspective. I guess it depends on what a person's definition of "overly" is. ;~D
"It's the same episode where Cartman proves that if you put food in your a$$, you will cr@p out your mouth."
Which also threw Martha Stewart under the bus, as I recall!
Only a thousand times plus..
I'd buy tickets :~D
"Don't forget that in South Park, Catholics go to Hell because their's isn't the right religion."
I believe it was the Mormons who have the right beliefs and the only ones allowed in heaven.
Which was a direct 'apology' of sorts for the hilarious satire of the Mormon faith from an earlier episode.
It's SOUTH PARK!!! Duh...
If you don't like it don't watch it. If you don't like your kids watching it, then pay more attention to your kids.
Tell that to the millions who are alive today because of a 12-step program. And then go on to explain how the 12-step strategy has been adopted to overcome just about every addiction from crack cocaine to sex. It must be because it doesn't work.
Same types that when watching porn movies get offended when they see intercourse performed.
Absolutely! Atheists, witches, lefty moral relativists. All have been skewered by the show.
Perfect attitude. I'm fine with people who didn't find it funny. People have different senses of humor, and you can't expect them to find everything funny.
What I'm not particularly fond of in this thread is the people who are so offended and surprised that something like this would come out of South Park. Some of the "I'M OFFENDED!" posts here make me wonder if I accidentally clicked over to DU.
Yes, they insult a little piece of Roman Catholicism that should be called into question, albeit not so rudely. When they insulted Mormonism their message was more along the lines of "can you believe anybody is stupid enough to believe this nonsense?"
They insult the parts that are ripe for it.
Two Words "Team America"
Yeah, I think one verse went
Hello mr. muslim, merry f'ing Christmas.
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