Unless you've still been living in the 2003 blackout for the past week, chances are you have heard of the recent controversy over episode 201 of South Park. Now, I prefer not to make public my opinion on these type of issues so I will do my best to state the simple facts of the matter.
The now taken down website revolutionmuslim.com issued a warning to the creators of South Park, Matt Stone and Trey Parker. The post suggested that if they depicted the prophet Muhammad on the show they could end up like Theo Van Gogh, who was murdered by Mohammed Bouyeri. Comedy Central then made the decision the censor the episode of South Park because of the threat.
The situation has brought up a number of questions including if it was right or not for Comedy Central to have given in to the threat and censored the episode; according to a poll by Zogby International 71% of Americans do not.
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