Rather unfunny television show. The Simpsons is a thousand times better, a show that recognizes that Bush is Mr. Cuckoobananas.
Posted by Herman at April 15, 2006 12:12 PMNever seen it, but I'm against any and all forms of censorship.
Posted by Christopher at April 15, 2006 12:56 PMThese guys haven't been paying attention.
The very first South Park featured Jesus and Santa Claus in a kickboxing showdown over which one truly represented Christmas...SP was funny back then.
Rape?!?!?!?
A bizarre, drugged rape, assisted by the CIA?!?!?!?
Then a dead woman?!?!?!
WTF is wrong with the media?!?!?!
This evil sociopath will not stop until we stop him. Where is the outrage?!?!?
Posted by Anjha at April 15, 2006 01:21 PMI'm waiting for Brother Scout to comment.
Posted by muckdog at April 15, 2006 01:23 PMSouth Park has never been horrendously funny . . it's been more about, "what can we get away with this week?"
Posted by idiosynchronic at April 15, 2006 01:57 PMYeah, Laura kills her lover and Bush rapes a woman. What a team. Ever wonder why there is no dignity in the WH? There's your answer. They both live sordid lives.
Posted by Judith at April 15, 2006 02:33 PMHow convenient that the women died. Seems anyone who gets in the Republican's way meet with untimely deaths.
I had no idea that Bush was named in a rape case. Wonder what the Fundamentalists would think about that fact, if known? Fucking unbelievable!
Posted by Judith at April 15, 2006 02:45 PMPss, wh cld dd mr t Dnh‘s Sthprk cmmnt tht thy r "Lk lttl whrs, thy'll st thr nd grb th bcks." Ws ths Dnh qrk f ntllct, r ds h dsply sns ftn? Blw s Chrst’s cmmnt pn th Sthprk pnks, nd ll ths ndr Hs wrth: R 1:21. ‘Bcs tht, whn thy knw Gd, thy glrfd hm nt s Gd, nthr wr thnkfl; bt bcm vn n thr mgntns, nd thr flsh hrt ws drknd.’
ll f mnknd, frm th mmnt f cncptn, s shpd n dprvty. S, hw cn w xpct ppl t nt brk th lw, vn whl crp drt bgs crt slf-srvng lws? Dh, n-brnr. Plygmy? llw m….
Why hv dbl trbl f brkng th bgmy lws nd smltnsly hvng th hrtch f mr thn n wf? Wh, pry tll, wld wnt mr thn n wf? Sm dprvd dt, mst crtnly! nyn wh’s bn mrrd cld tll y tht th mrrd lf my b ncssry, bt s smltnsly drppng wth trbl. Plygmy, llgl nd, lthgh Bblclly hstrcl, nt Bblcl, s w lrn tht th mrrg frml s tht ‘th tw shll b n.’ (Gd dsn’t sy n nd thr wmn shll b n.) Pls cnsdr th grss hypcrsy f th fllwng: W llw dvrc, nbrn nfntcd, wmn wth thrty vr mn, Sthprk, Pgnsm, slm, Bddhsm, Hndsm, vltnsm, nt t mntn th ttl dstrctn f scl Bblcl prncpls, nd thy cmpln bt sm fl wntng t ncrs th nmbr f cmplnng wvs by fctr f 10? nc gn w nt th nsn bttlng th nsn; th hypcrts trdng pnchs wth hypcrts; S fghtng rq; sm fghtng th S; cld g n t t lst th lngth f gd hstry bk, nd n by Hwrd Znn. Bt y gt th pnt. f w crrct plygmy nd plyndry, (ds ths stll xst?) thn w bttr crrct ll Bblcl bss smltnsly.
nc th Bbl ws cmpltd, Jhvh spks drctly t n n. Lttl Bsh s lstnng t hs mstr, Blm, (Stn). Th qtd Jhn 5:37 vrs ws rfrrng t th nsvd, nd s fr s knw, Gd n lngr spks drctly t Hs lct, bt nly thrgh th Bbl.
n thng fr sr, f Lncln hd sns, h wld nt hv lnchd wr tht klld 650,000 mrcns trght, prbbly vr mlln d t njry rltd dths. Br n mnd tht Lncln cm p wth th S Grnbck dllr whn h cldn’t gt th fnds frm prvt bnks, (bnkrs wrn’t slck thn). Lncln’s wrkng knwldg f th sccssfl Grnbck cld hv pssbly prcldd r dlyd p-nd-cmng crprt dmntn. ( m ssmng tht Lncln wld hv hd th tm t fgr th Bg Bsnss qtn.) Cnsdr, nc th Nrth wn th Cvl Wr, th mdrn crprt pltfrm fr wrld dmnnc bgn t shp. vn thn, th bby crprtns flly rlzd tht thy wn thr wr gnst Sthrn rmy tht tfght th Nrth mn-t-mn, bt ddn’t hv th lng-trm styng pwr d t lck f n ndstrl bs. B dvsd tht L hd th ptntl t s Shrmn-ttl-dstrctn pn th Nrth rly n; bt, h thr wmpd, msclcltd r msndrstd th pwr f th ndstrl Nrth t mblz. By th tm h dd, h ss ws bng rtnly kckd n mjr nggmnts.
Cnsdr th mpssbl: Nthng n th plnt hppns wtht Chrst’s pprvl, vn Lncln, Jhnsn, r Bsh s Prsdnt. W rd n Dn 2:21, ‘nd h chngth th tms nd th ssns: h rmvth kngs, nd sttth p kngs: h gvth wsdm nt th ws, nd knwldg t thm tht knw ndrstndng:’ Bsh s n th WH, nd nt Gr r Krry, bcs nthng hppns wtht Gd’s nflnc. tgh cncpt, hh?
Yr pnt bt ‘Sttnl thcs’ s pprctd. Th bby phlsphrs, plgsts f dcy, mrly drmd p mdrn lbl fr lyng, th sm ld dcptn tl fr pwr nd cntrl. f Chrst dlys stppng ths rlty drng th nxt fw yrs, w wll nt ‘nw sttn’ tht wll llw th ftr pltclly dprvd t cltvt dcptn fr th slf-nhncmnt f th sm ld gngstrsm. Fr xmpl, s r plnt cntns t g nd d, f ntrl css, lgl nfntcd wll bcm bhrrnt whn w fgr tht mnknd ws dyng ff. Ths, th ‘nw sttn’ wll dctt nw mnd-st shft: n mr plnnd nfntcd. Tr Bblcl mrlty, crss tm, hs nvr bn cltrl fctr, nly tht th rlty f th mss dth f mn wll dctt th nw srvvl cncrn. nd, s f by mgc, th ftr scl bcklsh wll cmpl wmn t rtrn t thr rghtfl plc s th cntr f th fmly, thy wll gn grly gv brth, lv nd tch thr chldrn, (nd stll b s nhppy s whn thy wr rnnng mk!) bt, t wll b t lttl nd t lt.
Th mjrty f mrcns my thnk whtvr f thmslvs, whch wy wll th wnd blw tmrrw? Frm thr vw, thy wll lwys rprss th trth nd nsst tht thy b vwd n th mst mpssbl gd-lk prspctv mgnbl. Bt, bfr Jhvh, thr r tw grps f ppl: ths ndr Hs wrth, nd ths tht H plns t spr. Th grp ndr Gd’s wrth my trly blv tht thy r prfct nd srv Gd, bt n fct srv Blm nd r cvrd n prfct lprsy. Wht dd y xpct? Dd y rlly wnt m t tll y wht y wntd t hr? ddn’t thnk s.
Mck, y'r sly dg.
[Editor: ignore=off]I'd recommend you make an effort to see both parts of the episoide in question -- I'm not a fan of South Park either, but it was quite interesting commentary-wise.
Posted by m0nstermike at April 15, 2006 04:51 PMpessimist:
I really don't get the "situational ethics" assertion, at least based in the definition you cite. It seems to me the behavior is more like cynicism, hypocrisy, deception and mendacity. I don't think any kind of ethical system, even situational, enters into it.
Also, please excuse me but I had a hard time following your post and separating it from you quotations. Was one of your points the contention that it was illegitmate for South Park to satirize (to put it mildly) Jesus?
I don't watch the show, but I don't think I would agree that Jesus OR Mohammed would be off limits. It is the writers' stock in trade to take potshots at Jesus, etc. They aren't the hypocrites just because the network allows some prophets to be "abused" and not others.
But I must admit that I may not be getting your point. Frankly, your style in this post remind me of that of the commenter whose name I dare not mention. Maybe it was due to the wide range of quotations and the format.
But maybe it's the hour, the wine, and the Robitussin.
I had no idea that Bush was named in a rape case. Wonder what the Fundamentalists would think about that fact, if known? Fucking unbelievable! Posted by Judith at April 15, 2006 02:45 PM
Judith: nothing the Shrub does surprises me. He is a complete lunatic, surrounded by even more demented lunatics.
Posted by tempus at April 15, 2006 09:36 PMSatire my ass. Two frat boys sitting around going "Hey! What would be really,really shocking?!" Thats about South Park. Just the stuff for the country of perpetual adolescence. I have to laugh my ass off at the pro-decency, anti-blasphemy right, O'Reilly moron brigade trying to spin this into a case of "Muslim appeasement" though.
Posted by jondee at April 16, 2006 12:26 AMThe "Jesus Thing" was actually a pretend cartoon from the Muslim fundies (in the same cartoon) in retaliation for another US cartoon that showed Muhammad. Very stoopid but it was coming from the Mus Fundies-So, funny. If you haven't watched it you pretty much can't get it. & If you have watched it and are still outraged, then you are refusing to get it.
Posted by yesyesyes at April 16, 2006 06:45 AMYou doubt the free marketplace's "autharahtah"?
They have been on all these years because they DON'T make people laugh? Right.
Scout: when will you quit proselytizing? For some of us, the Bible is just an afternoon read, not the word of God (if there is one). Seriously, cut it out. You are a bright person, but apparently really screwed up.
Posted by tempus at April 16, 2006 08:45 AM On another note, have any of you seen William Donohue. I will describe him perfectly. He Looks like, Sounds like, and Talks like Archie Bunker.
Enough said!
the boys at South park are the only public figures to really face the horror and hypocrisy of the media in America today. The show in question was genius, as have been most of their offerings. Who else can put together a biting and witty commentary on current issues so quickly and with such honesty and courage. Did you see the Afghani goat episode, or the Romanian quintuplets episode? Who else speaks the truth, about jingoism, censorship and the utter arrogance of power? PS -- the depiction of Jesus and the flag was in a reaction cartoon from Muslim authorities. Have you ever seen the real cartoons, anti-christian and anti-zionist, that the Saudi and other media publish regularly. South Park looks like Peanuts next to them...
Posted by Mike Kelley at April 19, 2006 09:34 AM