Censorship and South Park

FOXNews.com - Comedy Central Censors 'South Park' Episode After Muslim Site's Threats

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South Park, a show known for it's gross humor and political incorrectness was censored last Wednesday because of it's depiction of the prophet Muhammad in a bear suit. I'd like to remind muslim folks that this shows creators have mocked most major religions and violence or threats of violence do you and your beliefs a disservice. Are we now saying that mocking Christians and Buddhists is alright but mocking Islam isn't? You can't have it both ways, it's either all bad or it's all protected speech (it's an American show so it's protected under our 1st amendment rights). As long as the creators of the program don't incite violence against another person or group it's protected. If someone watches the show and commits a violent act against another person or group then the fault lies with the viewer not the other way around. There have been other controversies with South Park. I remember "Kick a Ginger Day" which some children instigated after watching an episode of "South Park" which depicted one of the shows characters kicking another character because he had red hair. My first question is what the hell are these children doing watching this show, it's on late and it's intended audience is young adults NOT children. My second comment is more a statement and not a question. In this case the children are at fault for the actions not some TV show which is clearly fiction and based in fiction. Where is the death threats against people who preform violence against red headed people? Are we saying that red headed people are any less important than someone's beliefs? Please if you've seen this or only read the news articles about this, keep in mind the other things the show has mocked and your reactions or lack of reactions to it.