No mohammed discussion?

[KillerGremlin]

So I'm amazed...but here's the chain of events.

South Park is going to air controversial episode with Mohammed. Angry radical Muslims make threats involving airplanes or something, Comedy Central airs censored version of episode:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN...pe=marketsNews

Satirical animated TV show "South Park" beeped out the words Prophet Muhammad and plastered its Wednesday episode with the word "CENSORED" after being issued a grim warning by a U.S. Muslim group.

The irreverent comedy show on Comedy Central also substituted a controversial image seen last week of the Prophet Muhammad in a bear outfit with one of Santa Claus in the same costume.

Pissed off radical Muslims still decide they are going to target Comedy Central after airing censored version:

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/19...on-south-park/

The posting on Revolutionmuslim.com says: “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. This is not a threat, but a warning of the reality of what will likely happen to them.”

Matt Stone and Trey Parker respond:
http://www.southparkstudios.com/news/3878

A Statement from Matt and Trey

In the 14 years we've been doing South Park we have never done a show that we couldn't stand behind. We delivered our version of the show to Comedy Central and they made a determination to alter the episode. It wasn't some meta-joke on our part. Comedy Central added the bleeps. In fact, Kyle's customary final speech was about intimidation and fear. It didn't mention Muhammad at all but it got bleeped too. We'll be back next week with a whole new show about something completely different and we'll see what happens to it.

John Stewart responds:
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/20...of-south-park/

Mr. Stewart said Comedy Central had probably censored the “South Park” episode to protect its employees “from possible harmful repercussions.” “Although,” he added, “after forcing many of these same employees to work on ‘Mind of Mencia’ and ‘Krod Mandoon,’ damage done. But again, they sign the checks.”

And today, on Digg:

http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0424/sea...-mohammed-day/

As a snarky response to Muslim bloggers who "warned" Comedy Central about an episode of South Park showing the Prophet Mohammed wearing a bear suit, one Seattle cartoonist, who calls laughter her form of "prayer," is asking artists all over the world to create depictions of Mohammed on May 20, then submit the images to a Facebook page she set up.

SERIOUSLY PEOPLE, this is America. Why are we letting radical Muslims win?