Jihad Johnson

The other night South Park aired the second half of their 200th episode. It was déjà vu all over again. For the second time in the show's history, they had ended a cliffhanger leaving you to wonder if they would show an image of the Muslim Prophet, Muhammad. And once again, in the conclusion they did not do so. Not only were the images censored, but all verbal references were bleeped out as well.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not blaming them. On some Muslim website, someone posted a threat that if they went through with their plan then the shows creators, Matt Parker and Trey Stone might suffer the same fate of Theo Van Gogh. Van Gogh, was the dutch cartoonist, who was killed for his portrayal of Muhammad. If a muslim extremist read this post and threatened my life if I didn't take it down, it would be deleted quicker than you could say, jihad. 

The outrageous thing is that it wasn't even if they were showing Muhammad in a negative light. In the same episode Jesus is depicted watching internet porn while Buddha is snorting lines of cocaine. As far as I know, Parker and Stone have yet to receive any death threats from Christian or Buddhist fundamentalists. Could you imagine Pat Robertson or... I don't know... Richard Gere beheading somebody on a webcam in the name of their respective religions? But, as the show itself explained in it's own plot, Muhammad has the power to not be "ripped on." This power comes from the thousands of freaks all over the world who are so eager to torture and kill people in his name.

Anyway, I don't want to get into a holy war here. I was just bored and this was on my mind. If there is anyone reading this who would like to see an image of Muhammad though, just click here.