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.”
Nice christian attitude. Is your faith so weak that all it takes is one satrical show to bring it down? Get a life.
"But the "only Mormons go to Heaven" was part of the "Saddam dies" episode, which was *years* ago
"
I missed that one then. "Only Mormons go to heaven" was also part of the Schiavo episode this spring.
"I'm often surprised at the vigor that some defend the flocking to idols of various sorts that some catholics I've encountered employ."
Me too. If I'm not mistaken, isn't there a Commandmant prohibiting idol worship? (I know I'm not mistaken, actually!)
I doubt it. It'll be the ol' double-standard for
Hollywood. Always was. Always will be.
Good grief. There's so much you don't know about Matt and Trey, or the show. First of all, they live off of, and despise hollywood at the same time. "We did Team America with puppets and our own voices because we hate actors. Every single one of them." Second of all, they've done so many episodes, plus a full length movie, making fun of Muslim terrorists, that it's as laughable to say they won't dare touch the subject as it would be to complain that Jerry Falwell refuses to put up a Christmas tree.
Making fun of the very goofy actions of people IS their whole raison' etre. If they did a show about flushing th Koran, it would not be because the flush would be funny. It'd be because watching the reactions of the PEOPLE around would be funny. And the best humor probably wouldn't even be the outrage of the Muslims, but rather the hysterics of the American left, falling all over each other trying to express sensitivity for such an idiotic superstition and blaming America for the oppression of the meek Muslim.
So for all of you who have made these ignorant absurd posts... You don't know what you don't know.
"Do they insult atheism, paganism, secularism, and moral relativism as well?"
As a matter of fact, yes, they do... the DESTROYED athiesm worse than almost almost anyone else in the history of the show... and I wont even begin to get into what they did to Peta... South Park RULES!
The tongue of St. Anthony in Padua, Italy, is quite memorable. Chances are you'll never see anything like that again.
"Do they insult atheism, paganism, secularism, and moral relativism as well?"
As a matter of fact, yes, they do... the DESTROYED athiesm worse than almost almost anyone else in the history of the show... and I wont even begin to get into what they did to Peta... South Park RULES!
The "Family Guy" show has done a spoof of the Pope, and that is a Fox program. How many Catholics complained about that?
"South Park" is all about being rude, vulgar, offensive, and blasphemous. That kind of humor walks a fine line. Sometimes it is hilariously funny, but when the joke fails it becomes offensive.
Personally, I thought the Monty Python "Life of Brian" movie was far more offensive than this "South Park" episode.
Dang, missed that one. We did see the grill where St. Lawrence was roasted in Rome. ("Guard, I'm done on this side, would you please turn me over?")
Just a few weeks ago they trashed Scientology. "Tom Cruise won't come out of the closet!"
Van Gogh? What are you talking about?
Festivus is great
The Festivus celebration includes four major components:
* The Festivus Pole: The Costanzas' tradition begins with a bare aluminum pole, which Frank praises for its "very high strength-to-weight ratio." During Festivus, an unadorned aluminum pole is displayed. The pole was chosen apparently in opposition to the commercialization of highly decorated Christmas trees, because it is "very low-maintenance," and also because the holiday's patron, Frank Costanza, "find[s] tinsel distracting."
* Festivus Dinner: The Festivus dinner menu is flexible, but it should be filling non-holiday comfort food (no turkey, duck, goose, or ham). The televised dinner featured what may have been meatloaf or spaghetti in a red sauce. (Presumably, an entree in a red sauce is more festive.)
* The Airing of Grievances: At the Festivus dinner, each participant tells friends and family all of the instances where they disappointed him or her that year.
* The Feats of Strength: The head of the family tests his or her strength against one participant of the head's choosing. Festivus is not considered over until the head of the family has been pinned to the ground. A participant is allowed to decline to attempt to pin the head of the family only if they have something better to do instead. Other, imaginative, Feats of Strength have been developed, including washer tossing.
Theo Van Gogh, great nephew to the painter Vincent Van Gogh, made a movie about Islamic violence against women along with a Muslim women. He was targeted for assasination by Islamic radicals and they murdered him on the streets in Holland about a year ago. Nearly decapitated him. Freedom of speech is an unknown and undesired freedom in the Islamic world.
Be careful when wrestling dad — he's crafty. The FOS generally follows the AOG. Under the Seinfeld orthodoxy, Festivus is not over until the head of the household is wrestled to the floor and pinned. While there is an undeniable classic elegance to this, real world Festivus practitioners have developed other cathartic methods of discharging pent-up energy against one's fellows, including thumb wrestling and washer tossing.
Your 100% right, some people will never get it.
ROFL! Great graphics.
Nice way to end your opinion, by insulting people who don't agree or have the same level of impressive knowledge of previous shows as you about "South Park". That'll sure impress everyone to listen to your point of view, won't it? Good grief, yourself. Well hallelujah and thank yew jehsus for taking the time to enlighten those of us who have made these "ignorant absurd posts". I'll sleep better now, thanks to you.
If somehow we missed the movie conveying the disgusting nature of the Muslim terrorists (towel heads, or is that the wrong belief system?), well, I'll just have to go rent that one, as will everyone else who didn't know about it. I know I didn't and shame on me. Also, if flushing the Koran down the toilet, as you say, would not be the humor but the people's REACTION to it WOULD be, then I think the whole idea is lost somehow. So, by that estimation, we should just laugh at exactly whose reaction to the segment about the statue of the Virgin Mary? Our own? Or, are we supposed to laugh at say, atheists or paganists or some other religion's response to that segment? Is THAT what is supposed to be funny? Let me tell you, when I find a picture/T.V. show (or whatever) amusing, it's not because somebody ELSE around me is laughing at it. I don't know. Maybe we're all wrong here and you're the only one who is right, so thanks again for the enlightenment. Ciao.
Like I said, you have a nice Festivus, and the rest of us will enjoy the Christmas or Hannakuh. Have a nice day.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.