'South Park' Creators Skewer Own Network

South Park's recent two-parter "Cartoon Wars" was some of the best work they've done since the series first began. First off, they spent two episodes making fun of The Family Guy. Who couldn't get into the idea of Bart Simpson teaming up with Eric Cartman to try and get that show canceled?

Then there was the whole Muhammad thing, or as they pronounced it "Moo-Ham-ed." Now enter the controversy.

From Yahoo: Banned by Comedy Central from showing an image of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, the creators of "South Park" skewered their own network for hypocrisy in the cartoon's most recent episode.

The comedy in an episode aired during Holy Week for Christians instead featured an image of Jesus Christ defecating on President Bush and the American flag.

Of course some people don't understand what the creators were actually doing. Take the following quote:

A frequent "South Park" critic, William Donohue of the anti-defamation group Catholic League, called on Parker and Stone to resign out of principle for being censored.

"The ultimate hypocrite is not Comedy Central that's their decision not to show the image of Muhammad or not it's Parker and Stone," he said. "Like little whores, they'll sit there and grab the bucks. They'll sit there and they'll whine and they'll take their shot at Jesus. That's their stock in trade."

Of course, what Donohue doesn't understand is that the whole reason they featured such an offensive image was to show the country how spineless Comedy Central is. The network has no problem showing our Lord, our President, or our flag being disrespected, but on the very same episode forbids Parker and Stone from showing a picture of Muhammad.

Good stuff all around.

Link: Yahoo! Top Stories