# South Park Death Threats **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 22, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-death-threats/536983 "2010-04-22T14:40:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-death-threats/536983/1 "2010-04-22T14:40:00Z")
I haven’t seen the episode of SP in question, but apparently they recently showed Mohammed in a bear suit along with other religious figures. This has apparently imflamed some muslims and once again the usual statements are being made. [Story here.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8636455.stm) > [@](#): > > “We have to warn Matt and Trey that what they are doing is stupid and they will probably wind up like Theo Van Gogh for airing this show,” warned the posting, written in the name of Abu Talhah Al-Amrikee. > > “This is not a threat, but a warning of the reality of what will likely happen to them,” it added. I think the last bit was added so the person making the statement would not be arrested for making inflamatory remarks. For the record I am in favour of freedom of speech and think that anything not qualifying as hate speech should be able to be broadcast. If people don’t like it they don’t have to watch it. ---
**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-death-threats/536983/2 "2010-04-22T14:41:47Z")
For those who have seen the episode, how do you know it’s supposed to be Mohammed in the bear suit? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-death-threats/536983/3 "2010-04-22T14:53:38Z")
I wondered when someone would bring this up. Find the CNN video interviewing the chump that runs that website and watch it. He’s a fucking tool. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-death-threats/536983/4 "2010-04-22T15:01:51Z")
I saw part of the episode on The O’Reilly Factor. Not particularly funny, but definitely designed to bait the Muslims. Those guys have some stones! ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-death-threats/536983/5 "2010-04-22T15:09:41Z")
> [@unwashed\_brain](#): > > For those who have seen the episode, how do you know it’s supposed to be Mohammed in the bear suit? Because he was in the u-haul. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-death-threats/536983/6 "2010-04-22T15:09:51Z")
> [@unwashed\_brain](#): > > For those who have seen the episode, how do you know it’s supposed to be Mohammed in the bear suit? Comedy Central censored almost the entire episode anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-death-threats/536983/7 "2010-04-22T15:12:36Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > I saw part of the episode on The O’Reilly Factor. Not particularly funny, but definitely designed to bait the Muslims. South Park or O’Reilly? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-death-threats/536983/8 "2010-04-22T15:17:04Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Comedy Central censored almost the entire episode anyway. I paid for the episode from iTunes. Censored? Worth it just for the Tom Cruise fudge-packer part.😃 ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-death-threats/536983/9 "2010-04-22T15:18:22Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Comedy Central censored almost the entire episode anyway. At first I thought/hoped it was part of the joke. I’m sad that it wasn’t. Having Jesus kill a bunch of Iraqis is ok. Jesus shitting on the president and American flag is ok. Buddha doing lines of coke is ok. Saying Muhammad’s name is not ok. The world we live in… ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-death-threats/536983/10 "2010-04-22T15:34:27Z")
The point was they showed 6 religious leaders. The only one that threatened them are the Muslims. That is a big difference. South Park shows a lot of guts because someone has to do it. The answer is that every network should show a depiction of Muhammad and keep doing it until they get the message that threatening people with death will not be tolerated. It is just another religion. In America they don’t make the rules. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-death-threats/536983/11 "2010-04-22T15:38:24Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > At first I thought/hoped it was part of the joke. I’m sad that it wasn’t. > > Having Jesus kill a bunch of Iraqis is ok. > Jesus shitting on the president and American flag is ok. > Buddha doing lines of coke is ok. > Saying Muhammad’s name is not ok. > > The world we live in… Jesus and Budda kick ass, know when to turn the other cheek and know how to live a little. Apparently (channeling Sam’s voice from Burn Notice) “Muhammad is a whiny little bitch…and a bit of a pansy too” Time to retreat to the spider hole. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-death-threats/536983/12 "2010-04-22T15:46:57Z")
What I find funny is that South Park did a whole episode staring the Super Best Friends back in season 5 and they showed Muhammad quite a bit in that episode and no one gave a shit back then or at least no news coverage gave a shit if some loon was frothing at the mouth. You can watch the episode for free on the South Park Studios website and see for your self how they depicted Muhammad. They were respectful with their depiction. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-death-threats/536983/13 "2010-04-22T15:50:07Z")
These jackasses are just giving Trey and Matt what they want, which is more attention. It’ll be interesting to see how they address it in future episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-death-threats/536983/14 "2010-04-22T15:53:36Z")
I think the most interesting thing to come from this story is the revelation that _radical muslims watch South Park._ ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-death-threats/536983/15 "2010-04-22T16:00:52Z")
…and Muhammad wasn’t even IN the bear suit! It was Santa filling in. I loved how they (meaning the guys) censored the helpful morals from Stan, Santa, and Jesus at the end. But I suppose it was CC censoring Muhammad’s name throughout. Eric Tenorman, lol! and yuck. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-death-threats/536983/16 "2010-04-22T16:13:02Z")
Tim R. Mortiss: > [@](#): > > Those guys have some stones! Well, one Stone, at least. And one Parker. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-death-threats/536983/17 "2010-04-22T16:19:34Z")
I’m still not a South Park fan, but the people they infuriate are usually more annoying than the show, and that’s definitely true here. For about the billionth time, if your religion says ‘don’t make depictions of Muhammad,’ then don’t make any artwork featuring the guy. Don’t expect _me_ to follow your superstitions. If I did feel like drawing Muhammad, I would. And you wouldn’t know who it was anyway because I can’t draw for shit. ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-death-threats/536983/18 "2010-04-22T16:44:32Z")
I’ve always felt that the World’s media missed a tremendous opporunity to end this issue once and for all. When the Danish cartoons became controversial I feel that every major newspaper in the world should have published one of the cartoons and that would have shown the unity needed to squash these thugs. Fair play to Matt and Trey. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-death-threats/536983/19 "2010-04-22T16:53:34Z")
> [@Lochdale](#): > > I’ve always felt that the World’s media missed a tremendous opporunity to end this issue once and for all. When the Danish cartoons became controversial I feel that every major newspaper in the world should have published one of the cartoons and that would have shown the unity needed to squash these thugs. > > Fair play to Matt and Trey. I dunno. If someone felt that their life (or the live’s of folks near or dear to them) might actually be put in danger by some action they did, I think it’s perfectly reasonable to let them decide whether they wish to risk it in that specific manner. If they decide that the fight’s not worth it, that’s up to them. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-death-threats/536983/20 "2010-04-22T17:13:23Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > I dunno. > > If someone felt that their life (or the live’s of folks near or dear to them) might actually be put in danger by some action they did, I think it’s perfectly reasonable to let them decide whether they wish to risk it in that specific manner. > > If they decide that the fight’s not worth it, that’s up to them. And so the terrorists win. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-death-threats/536983.md?page=2)