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Hypocrites at "South Park" and Showtime
Catholic League ^ | 14 Mar 06 | Bill Donahue

Posted on 03/14/2006 1:00:45 PM PST by big'ol_freeper

Catholic League president Bill Donohue commented today on the news that Isaac Hayes has quit “South Park” because of an episode that attacked his religion, the Church of Scientology:

“It is nothing short of amazing to read that ‘South Park’ co-creator Matt Stone is now charging Isaac Hayes with ‘intolerance and bigotry’ for not complaining earlier about all the shows ‘South Park’ did ‘making fun of Christians.’ Forget about Hayes—the real issue here is the two-faced, super-bratty response from Stone. For him to lecture Hayes on intolerance and bigotry is on the order of John Gotti lecturing Curtis Sliwa on ethics. After all, it was on ‘South Park’ last year that they depicted the Virgin Mary spraying blood from her vagina. How would Stone know anything about tolerance?

“And now we learn that Stone and his buddy Trey Parker were moved to take a shot at Scientology because they were ticked off that their equally foul-mouthed friend, Penn Jillette, was banned from ripping Scientology on his crude Showtime series, ‘Bulls - - t.’ Forget about Stone and Parker—the real issue here is the cowardly, hypocritical response from Jillette. Last year, Jillette went on a rampage against Mother Teresa calling her ‘Mother F- - king Teresa.’ Yet this same big oaf hasn’t got the guts to slam Scientologists for fear of upsetting his bigoted boss, Sumner Redstone (he is chairman of Viacom, which owns Showtime). As for Redstone, he wrote to me last August defending Jillette’s assault on Mother Teresa saying ‘we as an organization are committed to artistic freedom.’ Not when it comes to Scientologists—their penchant for filing lawsuits scares the daylights out of him.

“What does it take to get the New York-Hollywood gang to stop with their Catholic bashing? Threats of beheadings? Threats of lawsuits? Seems that way. What ever happened to common decency?”


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: billdonohue; craptv; southpark; trashtv
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To: fizziwig

Watch out, I've got rolling eyes registered as deadly weapons!


61 posted on 03/14/2006 1:31:17 PM PST by eyespysomething
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To: Zack Attack
I'm not so sure Hayes wanted to quit. Anyone else think maybe he quit due to pressure from the powers that be in Scientology?

Hmmm. Who would have made him quit? I wonder who...

Could it be...

THETAN????

62 posted on 03/14/2006 1:31:30 PM PST by SlowBoat407 (The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Do you have Eveningstar's SP list still? Did we ever find out what happened to ES?


63 posted on 03/14/2006 1:31:48 PM PST by WV Mountain Mama (I am the anti-soccer mom. Feminists fear me for I am raising a traditional family with values.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
Was that the Super Best Friends episode, which also featured Buddha, Krishna, and Joseph Smith?

Yes it was. And don't forget Sea-Man. :giggle:

Frankly, Hayes quitting doesn't surprize me. I figured that he would after seeing the $cientology episode. And I definitely agree with Matt on this...Hayes is being a hypocrite. But since Chef hasn't really been featured much in recent seasons, I don't see them having a difficult time just dropping the character.

64 posted on 03/14/2006 1:31:55 PM PST by Kellykoop
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To: pinz-n-needlez

"Um, did you see their movie???? "

Their treatment of Sadam is classic - the devil/Sadam bits will go down in comic history.


65 posted on 03/14/2006 1:33:33 PM PST by spanalot
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To: big'ol_freeper

Donohue knocks it out of the park here, twice.

Well done.


66 posted on 03/14/2006 1:33:46 PM PST by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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To: big'ol_freeper

Unlike the author, I guess I see Stone's point. Its not that he's really making some PC bigotry claim, its a matter of pointing out the inconsistency in Hayes' stance.


67 posted on 03/14/2006 1:33:52 PM PST by Pessimist
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To: mnehrling

It is funny how they portray Jesus and Moses as underappriciated superheros.


68 posted on 03/14/2006 1:35:28 PM PST by oldleft
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To: untrained skeptic

Hayes became offended 4 months after the fact, in a manner reminiscent of the muslums becoming enraged at the cartoons. I think either Lord Wotan or one of the higher ups in the Scientology structure has come down on him like a box o' bricks.


70 posted on 03/14/2006 1:36:54 PM PST by Flavius Josephus (War today is always cheaper than war tomorrow.)
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To: untrained skeptic

Excuse me, that's Lord Xenu, I was mistaken.


71 posted on 03/14/2006 1:37:31 PM PST by Flavius Josephus (War today is always cheaper than war tomorrow.)
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To: spanalot

Matt and Trey are creative geniuses.

Their expression of their genius makes me uncomfortable often (being a 50-something woman with 14 years of Catholic School behind me lol), but they are geniuses nonetheless.

I tend to watch *portions* of their shows, heavily edited by my 4 children. ;-) Kind of reverse PG-13 versions.

Pinz


72 posted on 03/14/2006 1:38:07 PM PST by pinz-n-needlez
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To: .cnI redruM; 537cant be wrong; 68 grunt; A. Patriot; A_Conservative_Chinese; ...
Still Pinch-Pinging for EveningStar who we hope to see back soon!

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73 posted on 03/14/2006 1:39:31 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Hobbit Hole knives for soldiers! www.freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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To: mnehrling

" wonder if Donhue realizes that Jesus is one of the few characters SP actually treats with any respect."

That's the way I see it too. I think the subtle message there is that Jesus really is "available", but no one (including self proclaimed christians) really pay any attention to what he has to say.


74 posted on 03/14/2006 1:42:52 PM PST by Pessimist
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To: BadAndy
I wonder how they will kill off Chef?

Victim child!

75 posted on 03/14/2006 1:43:32 PM PST by Alouette (Psalms of the Day: 72-76)
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To: OPS4
I find South Park to be very fair. There are a few episodes I can think of that are over the top but for the most part they're absolutely hilarious. But I see Bill Donahue has his panties in a wad again over SP's ridicule of statue worship
76 posted on 03/14/2006 1:45:34 PM PST by billbears (Deo Vindice)
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To: Pessimist
That's the way I see it too. I think the subtle message there is that Jesus really is "available", but no one (including self proclaimed christians) really pay any attention to what he has to say.

Agree! I remember at the end of the first SP Christmas episode, after the townsfolk had been fighting over "offensive" Christmas things, the last shot after the credits is Jesus sitting by himself in front of a birthday cake singing "Happy Birthday to Me"; indicating that people forgot the real reason we celebrate Christmas.

77 posted on 03/14/2006 1:48:37 PM PST by Kellykoop
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
"Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honored," he continued, never mentioning the Scientology episode, but citing the recent controversy over cartoon depictions of the prophet Muhammad. "As a civil-rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices."

I don't see what's sacred in Scientology. As far as I know, they don't believe in any Supreme being, other than Thetans that are, at best, Superior (to us) beings. (In their opinion--which they are entitled to)

There is a big difference between Spirituality and Spiritualism. I consider Scientology to be the latter, (and I am entitled to MY opionion).

BTW I've tried to watch South Park, but can't understand more than 10% of what comes out of the character's mouths. Don't know if it's the local channel's sound delivery, or my high frequency hearing loss that's the problem.

78 posted on 03/14/2006 1:49:01 PM PST by Auntie Dem (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
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To: BadAndy
I wonder how they will kill off Chef?

Well, obviously he should get wacked by Kenny.

79 posted on 03/14/2006 1:49:17 PM PST by subterfuge ("We're going to take things from you for the greater good..."---Hillary Rod-Ham Clinton)
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To: Pukin Dog

"Since you are WRONG, I hope you are as energetic with your correction?"
_________________________________

Yes indeed.

I shall remove "cowardly" from my remark, admit they do make fun of Islam. So my statement is reduced to:

Effin Slimeballs.

That is mostly for their disgustingly crude ridicule of Christianity....and their crude humor in general. They need to grow up and get out of the toilet. I won't hold my breath for that either...:)


80 posted on 03/14/2006 1:49:36 PM PST by fizziwig (Democrats: so far off the path, so incredibly vicious, so sadly pathetic.)
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