The episodes I had mostly in mind when I said that were the ones in which great Christian figures were depicted obscenely, simply to be blasphemous. I know these episodes existed, because not only did I hear about them on Wikipedia (which, by the way, is to be trusted in this case because what I was looking at were brief outlines of the plots that couldn't have been very far off at all), but I also heard about them in, for example, religious newspapers/newsletters which denounced the scenes I just mentioned.
Yeah, there usually is a lot of outcry from conservative Christians about episodes like those, to the point where they're removed from rotation schedules on Comedy Central and networks that air it in syndication.
and of a very obscene parody of crying Mary statues that was aired on the feast day of the Immaculate Conception (this was almost certainly on purpose);
I'm VERY sure that was sheer coincidence. Remember, a lot of people working at Comedy Central are
NOT Christian. They're Jewish, and most likely didn't even know that holiday was going on. If they did, I'm sure they would've told the creators to hold off on that episode and have the network air a rerun instead. (Its original airdate was December 7th. You're telling me the Feast of the Immaculate Conception was on the same day)
instead of crying, the statue in the show was spraying blood from its... unmentionable parts.
Well, technically that was NOT the main focus of the episode (though the title is "Bloody Mary"), the main premise is one of the children's fathers trying to rehabilitate himself from being an alcoholic, and not realizing he could do so himself without the help of a miracle.
(Please note: I can hardly believe I even got myself to type that; but I need to get my point across.)
Noted. *heavy sigh*
For reasons such as these, I feel that I definitely should be vocal in complaining about it.
That's good. You have every right to be mad. Other people (including me, to be honest), of course, have every right to think you're crazy.
The show should really be gotten rid of completely
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and I would LOVE that to happen.
I wouldn't. Matt and Trey are here to stay, I'd say. And, hey, I've ran out of rhyming words.
It's not only meant to make people laugh; it's also meant to make other people angry and offended, and that's NOT okay.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone have said many times that it is not meant to offend, but I'm sure they do take pleasure in seeing complaints from people who have no power to cancel the show. I would. It's been Comedy Central's highest rated show for over half a decade. The only reason production on it would be ceased would be if Matt and Trey decided to stop creating it.
You call yourself a Christian, and yet you aren't offended by what I just described?! Either you haven't heard nearly everything about the show and didn't know about those things, or you are the sort of person that makes me truly sick.
Again, this is the stuff I see from you that makes me say to myself "....this guy REALLY needs to open up a bit more." Being born Christian, I don't find any of the religion bashing episodes to be offensive. AT ALL. One, because it's a
cartoon. Two, because if you cannot learn to laugh at yourself, you'll live a life of misery as people take pride in insulting you and what you think.
Exactly, it wouldn't be South Park without the offensive crap in it. That's why the show needs to be gotten rid of. And that's why people like me DON'T need to be quiet.
Again, [/opinion].
I once again feel the need to repeat myself because this just doesn't seem to get into anyone's head:
IT. IS. A. CARTOON. If you seriously get offended by what's shown on it, that's YOUR problem, NOT the creators'.
