Draw Mohammad Day

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Ghostwriter

Ha! Scientology is a religion?

So they say (in order to get tax-exempt status as a church).

I do believe the instigating factor is South Park's possible hypocrisy in all this. They cover up the Mohammad cartoon but Jesus, Buddha and other religions are fair game.

Is that really hypocrisy? Christianity and Buddhism have no proscription against images of Jesus or the Buddha respectively; in fact, both historically encourage such images (but would have a problem with desecration of those images -- think Andres Serrano and his "Piss Christ"). Islam, on the other hand, traditionally does have such a proscription.

I mean granted, I know it's South Park, so there's no reason to assume they're acting out of noble urges, but there is a difference.

[Ghostwriter]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Is that really hypocrisy? Christianity and Buddhism have no proscription against images of Jesus or the Buddha respectively; in fact, both historically encourage such images (but would have a problem with desecration of those images -- think Andres Serrano and his "Piss Christ"). Islam, on the other hand, traditionally does have such a proscription.

I mean granted, I know it's South Park, so there's no reason to assume they're acting out of noble urges, but there is a difference.

True the above.

I do believe that there is a slippery slope with someone/group/entity skewering one religion and fearing another.

[BluPhire]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

So they say (in order to get tax-exempt status as a church).

Is that really hypocrisy? Christianity and Buddhism have no proscription against images of Jesus or the Buddha respectively; in fact, both historically encourage such images (but would have a problem with desecration of those images -- think Andres Serrano and his "Piss Christ"). Islam, on the other hand, traditionally does have such a proscription.

I mean granted, I know it's South Park, so there's no reason to assume they're acting out of noble urges, but there is a difference.

Umm it wasn't South park that covered it up, it was Comedy Central. Mainly because they were afraid of the reprecussions. The creators came out against Comedy Central for doing it.