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To: ecurbh

I think the reason South Park stings so badly is because the barbs are being stuck not so much into the religion as they are into some of the practitioners of it.


202 posted on 12/09/2005 7:17:58 AM PST by Sam Cree (absolute reality) - "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Albert Einstein)
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To: Sam Cree
I think the reason South Park stings so badly is because the barbs are being stuck not so much into the religion as they are into some of the practitioners of it.

Exactly... if it isn't a funny part of the human experience that real people flock to strange apparitions that appear in toast, or statues, or the tailgate of a pickup truck, seeking cures for what ails them, then what is funny?

216 posted on 12/09/2005 7:22:28 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: Sam Cree

"I think the reason South Park stings so badly is because the barbs are being stuck not so much into the religion as they are into some of the practitioners of it."

Bingo! I agree. The episode, as described, was in terribly poor taste however. The point was certainly made though.


256 posted on 12/09/2005 7:37:07 AM PST by RobRoy ("They're trying to find themselves an audience, their deductions need applause.")
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To: Sam Cree
I think the reason South Park stings so badly is because the barbs are being stuck not so much into the religion as they are into some of the practitioners of it.

Exactly. The focus wasn't the Virgin Mary or Christianity or "Miracles", it was about people using their religious beliefs as an excuse to engage in poor behavior.
262 posted on 12/09/2005 7:41:33 AM PST by af_vet_rr
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To: Sam Cree

How many people objected to the strange, chimera-like appearance God has in South park?


375 posted on 12/09/2005 8:44:17 AM PST by doc30 (Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
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