[Antoninus]

You're not a fan, and even if they did what you want, you wouldn't be a fan. So why the heck should they care what you think?

I don't want them to do a show ripping Islam. I'd want them to stop ripping Catholicism. If they're going to be "sensitive" about the one, they could be equally sensitive about the other. The fact that they don't rip Islam equally means that they're not "equal opportunity offenders" as some of their apologists claim. They're afraid that if they do, they'll lose the cushy gig they've got now and maybe have their lives threatened. They feel no fear of that when they bash Catholics. When you hit a guy that doesn't hit back, you're a coward. I'm glad that guys like Bill Donahue are starting to hit them back in a civilized way.

And no, I won't be a fan of the show no matter what they do. The show is for adolescents and those who are older but failed to mature beyond adolescence. There are plenty of this type in our society who never bothered to put away childish things. Such people will never know the joys of life beyond potty humor.

[HairOfTheDog]

I don't want them to do a show ripping Islam. I'd want them to stop ripping Catholicism.

Well, then stop being funny!

[Wormwood]

Parker and Stone do not feel free to mock Islam without being murdered.

That simple fact is a more damning indictment against Islam than anything they could do on their show.

[discostu]

It’s not a matter of sensitivity, it’s a matter of what’s going on in the world. In the episode Super Best Friends they hit every religion, including Islam, by turning all their top figures into (mostly lame) comic book heros. Then they tried to do an episode about the Mohammed cartoon riots but Comedy Central wouldn’t let them include a depiction of Mohammed even though they’d already done it in an episode, meanwhile they managed to sneak they’re Super Best Friend version of Mohammed into the opening credits and he’s still there.

They’ve also pounded on Scientology in 3 episodes, so it’s not like Matt and Trey are afraid of a religion whose top dogs are capable of murder.

I don’t see this episode as so much about Catholics as about Donahue. He’s been a constant critic of theirs and he’s recently taken his criticism of their to a personal level (the “whores and cowards” thing moves past criticism and to insult), I see this episode as simply accepting the challenge. He wants to make it personal then they can make it personal, it’s not like he’s the first celebrity they’ve decided to go after and I doubt he’ll be the last, I don’t even think he’ll be the last one this season.

[antiRepublicrat]

If they're going to be "sensitive" about the one, they could be equally sensitive about the other.

They're equally insensitive about everything. Showing the hypocrisy of how the media deals with Muslims (and thus stupid Muslim reactionism) was a classic. They've even nailed extreme atheists pretty well. But as usual, not really nailing the religion itself, but the stupid people in it.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Don’t confuse “fun” or “humor” with “childishness”. We no longer live in the day when “heretics” were burnt at the stake by a Church claiming to be Christian. Can you even imagine Christ defending such a practice? And Protestants perpetrated such horrors as well. Neither were following Christ’s religion.

[spinestein]

[I’d want them to stop ripping Catholicism.]

South Park has never ripped Catholicism. South Park has always ripped small minded individuals who pervert their own religion and misrepresent its teachings to make themselves appear more moral than others.

I contend that those who actually have watched South Park and are offended by it fall into that category of small minded individual.