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Sep 4, 2006
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#81
Is there somewhere online we can watch it at least with the ending uncensored? I don't expect an image of Muhammad but I would like to see what they said in the ending.

I hope they make fun of this whole situation in a coming episode and flip off that radical website.
 

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Ford Prefect

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May 28, 2009
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#82
Comedy Central have said they will not release the original ever. From what i have read the conclusions were about not being bullied by use the use of threats and fear.
 

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L'autista
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Sep 23, 2003
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#86
South Park is pretty notorious for coming down to the last minute on the production schedule. This enables them to do two things:
1. Add last-minute changes in dialogue, etc., that can refer to very, very recent events
2. Prevent the show from having too much time in the hands of network censors, allowing more things to get "out"

Even if they did scale back on the episode, I thought they did a fine job with it. Like the whole dialogue in episode 200, where they explored the limits of what should and should not be an acceptable portrayal of Mohamed. For example: is it OK if he's in an animal suit but you can see his eyes still? OK, how about if he's in the back of a U-Haul truck?

It begged the silly question about where do you draw lines. e.g., "Should I blow up Stone & Parker if he's represented in a giant animal costume and I can see his eyes, but I will call off the death threat if I can't see his eyes and he doesn't speak?" When is it death-threat worthy, when is it not, and how silly is it to have to ask these questions in the first place?

And the other part of genius in the show was representing Mohamed in a giant, silly bear costume. The point there was as if to ask, "What is more degrading and disrespectful: Showing the face of the Prophet, or hiding his face behind a giant goofy bear mask?"

It forced a lot of absurd, subtle questions about how people treat Mohamed in modern society.
 

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L'autista
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Sep 23, 2003
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#90
ßüякε;2460271 said:
Yea they were.

I just wish that they actually showed Mohammed.
Or did they? :confused: I think that's a little of the point -- or at least my last one.

Someone shows the face of Mohammed and gets killed. Someone shows Mohammed as a figure presumed inside a giant, dopey bear costume, and somehow that is far more respectful to the Prophet.

Actually showing his face wouldn't underscore the absurdity of that situation.
 

GordoDeCentral

Diez
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Apr 14, 2005
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#98
ßüякε;2460355 said:
It's assault, brotha.
so you really cant say whatever you want? I'm all for being able to say and express yourself anyway you want, but i have no respect for debased flawed-intended drivel and i fail to see both how i'm morally obligated to defend it or that its existence serves any humanistic purpose.
 

mikhail

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Jan 24, 2003
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wait i am missing a deatil here, arent those "threats" also freedom of speech?
In what possible universe is making it legal to say "I'm going to kill you" in a credible fashion even remotely a good idea? Free speech isn't absolute, any more than the right to liberty means you can't put anyone in jail.
 

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