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I agree, I can't figure out what South Park writers are up to this year but after I do, I wil probably love it as I have all these years.

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There's a lot of debate and controversy among South Park fans on the site's forum (and elsewhere) about whether the censorship was legitimate, from Comedy Central, or a joke from Matt & Trey. If it's a joke, the point would be to make Comedy Central look not so much like pussies, but hypocrites, for allowing Jesus crapping all over Bush and the American flag, but not Mohammed doing something tame like handing Peter Griffin a football helmet. But I don't know, something about the censorship--the wording, the silence--doesn't sit right with me. Time will tell hopefully.

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Woops. To clarify, in the above post I meant to say "the show's official site's forum," at southparkstudios.com

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It's fairly obvious that the "censorship" was put in by Matt & Trey. I mean, come on. They did it in the exact same style they do when they cut episodes for syndication.

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I think you have missed the point of the "Cartoon Wars" episodes. To me they were just using the fake Family Guy episode as an allusion to South Park's own recent battle with censorship (the Tom Cruise episode). These episodes were primarily about all writers' rights to free speach and how hypocritical it is for any person or group of people to say that one subject in particular, whether it be Mohammed or Scientology, is forbidden. I think Matt and Trey were trying to remind us all that the U.S. Constitution not only allows, but guarantees them, the right to make fun of anything they want including Jesus, Mohammed, and of course Tom Cruise.

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I love South Park. The show is great. What Matt & Trey make of it is the best. Freedom of speech is important. I love how they show the Muslim world that we make fun of our own kind too. America is a melting pot of all kinds of people. The world needs to understand that, and that our country was founded on free speech. Keep up the good work.

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It was a joke, remember Cartman's line "Would you like a cartoon making fun of jews all the time?". Comedy Central boldly airs religious jokes all the time. BTW: I love family guy AND south park, if Trey & Matt can't buy it, not my fault.

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Apparently, it was a CC-made decision.

http://media.nationalreview.com/094921.asp

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South Park and Family Guy both represent the best in adult television cartoons.

But South Park has forgotten what made it great. Cartman doesn't even sound like Cartman anymore. The show has forgotten about being funny, and simply goes for the shocking punt gag that puts a celebrity, cause, political figure, or rival through the uprights.

The timing is weak. But the show can still be good.

Try just being funny for one episode, guys. The message is important, but how about a little mindless comedy? The critics won't like it, but they aren't the ones buying your advertisers' products, are they?

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Great episode, Loved the callback to the T&P special from the Cartman's mom episodes in season 1.

Thought Bart was great and the King of the hill studios.

The guys seem on fire this year able to make these things really multi-layered.

Has the Super Best Friends episode aired in the US since the Mohammed cartoon thing started? did it get pulled from any repeats?

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In response to the last posters comments on South Park- you'll note that one of the lines in the show refers to how "terrence and phillip" are no longer funny, but always "up their own ass with messages." This is a self-referential that is referring to the same point you are making

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Of course this is about the whole mess with Scientology and Comedy Central. This episode made fun of well, everyone, including South Park. They flat out insulted themselves. I love this show. They aren't afraid to pick on themselves. I can't believe someone complained because Cartman doesn't sound like himself. Do you even know what this show is about? I have these two episodes on TIVO. This was a great two parter. And the slapping of Kyle and Cartman was a hoot.

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Adam: the point about Mohamed not being shown is not "whatever" --it's essential to the message of the show.

Unfortuantly, Comedy Central is only willing to "stand up" to religions (or public figures or politicians whoever) that don't threaten them. As it was said in the episode leading to this one, freedom of speech only matters if you are willing only to defend it when it's threatedned. Otherwise, it's just empty posturing.

This whole thing is pretty sad, really.

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Yes, the cartoon revealed as the Terrorist response to showing the image of the Prophet does point out Comedy Centrals double standard; disallowing the one image, but allowing to be shown the image of Christ the Lord sh**ing on the President and the US flag.

But don't forget the larger point that the response of the terrorsts would NOT be a provacative cartoon about Jesus and the US.

We must defend our beliefs in the right to free speech and liberty. If we lose one, the other will soon follow.

Thank you South Park.

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I loved the slap fight.

"Let this be our final battle"

10 points if you know what movie that's from.

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in response to # 8.)what the hell do you mean it's time for some mindless humor? the last few shows aren't remotely funny if you don't understand the backround to them. but if you do know the backround,
it makes them 23049823 times funnier. everyone loves fart jokes, mostly b/c they never get old, but south park is only the best show ever because of the not so obvious jokes that are everywhere in the episodes. If u don't get these jokes, you can never truly appreciate south park.

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in response to #14. It from "He-man and the Masters of the Universe Movie"

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Response to #14
Masters of the Universe - quote from Skeletor

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Sometimes, censorship is funny. Imagine if you will, this South Park episode uncensored; you'd have Muhammad hand Peter Griffin a football helmet...not very funny. Instead with censorship, you have a cut away scene that ties into the theme of the episode, mimics how South Park is censored in syndication, etc.

Television has always found creative ways around censorship to et their point across. I'm not a fan of censorship, but I am always amazed by the work-arounds.

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it was a real censor by comedy central. it is a true disgrace to free speech and outright submission to the threat of the 'religion of peace'

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