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Scientologists Declare War on South Park -- Where's George Clooney?
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Posted on 03/20/2006 5:33:17 PM PST by shining_city
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This is just too much. I guess I can believe that Tom Cruise is up to this with all the odd stuff he's done lately -- but South Park?!? What a silly battle to fight. They parody everyone.
Katharine DeBrecht is right to call out George Clooney (or George C. Looney, as Savage calls him) for his hypocrisy on this issue, though. I guess his free speech crusade doesn't go any further than dead senators...
To: shining_city
I can't wait for the new SP's... they are gonna satire this new development so well!!!
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posted on
03/20/2006 5:35:16 PM PST
by
fhlh
(Polls are for Strippers.)
To: shining_city
Never, NEVER, get into a media war with someone cleverer than you.
To: shining_city
This is terrible news! Issac Hayes won't do the voice of Chef???? He was my second favorite character! The show will never be the same without Chef!
I really hope they will work it out with him.
That being said, I'm shocked Issac Hayes is into Scientology. Never would have thunk it.
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posted on
03/20/2006 5:37:10 PM PST
by
curiosity
To: shining_city
They need to cancel the Church of Scientology. Cruise and Clooney have all the intellect of a constipated flea.
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posted on
03/20/2006 5:37:30 PM PST
by
Free ThinkerNY
((((Live Free or Die - Leftists are the enemies of freedom))))
To: shining_city
I think Xenu should become a recurring character in the same vein as Towelie.
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posted on
03/20/2006 5:39:01 PM PST
by
Cyclopean Squid
(History is a work in progress)
To: D.P.Roberts
"Never, NEVER, get into a media war with someone cleverer than you." Uh, that would be 'more clever'...
You probably had tongue in cheek, right?
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posted on
03/20/2006 5:39:02 PM PST
by
RightResponse
(It depends on what the defamation of Islam is .....)
To: shining_city
Read the recent Rolling Stone article about those nutbags. Southpark won't air the episode anymore that deals with the Scientologists. They intimidate by litigation. The article is very eye opening. Can't believe they actually wrote about it. I always knew they were wackos, but this article brought new stuff to light.
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posted on
03/20/2006 5:40:01 PM PST
by
manic4organic
(We won. Get over it.)
To: D.P.Roberts
Absolutely true! But, that being said, evidently no one in Hollywood ever received that memo. ;-)
To: shining_city
A chill wind is blowing!!!!! Where are Timmy Robbins and the ACLU?
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posted on
03/20/2006 5:43:42 PM PST
by
Cecily
To: shining_city
Cruise is totally off the deep end. I used to think Nichole Kidman was the bad guy in their breakup, now it looks like she was the smart one. Cruise is just another out of touch, mindless actor that has fallen hook, line and sinker for the cult scene. He's now a non-entity as far as I'm concerned.
I'm sure James Earl Jones could fill in for Isaac Hayes....."Kenny I am your faaaatha"
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posted on
03/20/2006 5:44:09 PM PST
by
stm
(You can fix a lot of thing s, but you can't fix stupid)
To: shining_city
To: RightResponse
To: stm
Cruise is totally off the deep end. I used to think Nichole Kidman was the bad guy in their breakup, now it looks like she was the smart one.
My wife tells me that the rumors were that Kidman left him because of Scientology, and that she wanted to raise their children Catholic. I don't know if that is true or not, but it certainly would explain why she would leave. And looking back now, I'm sure she does not regret it...
To: Free ThinkerNY
Scientology preys on the weak and feeble-minded. Lisa McPherson got involved with these people and look where it got her...an eternal dirt nap.
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posted on
03/20/2006 5:51:26 PM PST
by
stm
(You can fix a lot of thing s, but you can't fix stupid)
To: txroadkill
Totally forgot how funny the episode was - thanks for the link.
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posted on
03/20/2006 5:54:49 PM PST
by
svcw
To: shining_city
My wife says shes going to feel sorry for Katie Holmes if she gets post-partum depression.
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posted on
03/20/2006 6:01:05 PM PST
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sonofjoe
To: shining_city
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posted on
03/20/2006 6:04:09 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(American troops cannot be defeated. American Politicians can.)
To: sonofjoe
I would love to see how "his omnipotence" Tommy-boy handles that one. I still laugh when I think of that interview that jackass had with Matt Lauer.
He should have been arrested for indecent exposure he showed so much of his ass on that one......
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posted on
03/20/2006 6:08:45 PM PST
by
stm
(You can fix a lot of thing s, but you can't fix stupid)
To: shining_city
"Heres censorship happening right under Hollywood's nose, but instead of confronting an actual free speech issue, all these brave liberals souls dont want to take on a clear violation of free speech when it involves a big-name actor who might be able to give them a job somewhere down the road." Sorry to nitpick, folks, but what this article describes isn't censorship. Censorship requires government or the use of force. Mr. Cruise isn't threatening anyone's physical safety, he's simply threatening to not do business.
If we describe this situation as censorship, we'd also have to say that people boycotting Dixie Chicks CD's or sponsors pulling support from NBC over the "Book of Daniel" show are also cases of censorship. Clearly, they are not.
Throwing someone in jail for mocking Scientology is censorship. Threatening to cut off someone's head for mocking L. Ron Hubbard is censorship.
Refusing to act in a movie if a company disrespects your religion, despite how silly it may be, is not censorship.
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posted on
03/20/2006 6:32:42 PM PST
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timm22
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