About South Park 200+201?

Ok, bear with me a little bit.

I hear this much commotion about that the South Park offended the Muslims because according to the Islamic Religion the "Image of the Prophet should not be depicted in any way", but the South Park guys went ahead anyway by showing the Muslim prophet in a full-body bear costume...

Ok. I must be getting something wrong here.

If he was inside a full-body bear costume, how was his image shown? Wasn't that the point of the entire episode? To NOT actually show the image of Muhammad? Or is it that some people like taking offence so bad that they more than willing to take it even when it is not offered?

No Muslim was annoyed when the Super Best Friends Episode was aired in 2001. That was 9 years ago. What has changed since then?

Furthermore, why can nobody see the real message behind these two episodes. They are not making fun of Religion. They are making fun of people who don't like to be made fun of.

And you can't accuse South Park of discriminating against Islamic Religion! These guys make fun of EVERYTHING and we need this today. We need people to make fun of Politics and Religion and Celebrities as these things take too much from us without giving enough back.

And who actually thinks that by threatening to murder someone will make other people take you seriously? You might as well hold your breath until something bad happens!

I'm not from America. I am areligious. I don't like politicians. I am not fond of TV. But I respect freedom of speech, and satire as the ultimate means of expression. There is one thin line dividing satire and offense but South Park has not crossed it. Because satire can become ever more intense the more reasons people give to its existence.

We are talking about a Show that satirized another Cartoon that actually showed the image of Muhammad (Family Guy), and to take offence at them for NOT showing said image in their own show is, well plain ridiculous.

I find it hard to believe that in 2010 people still take offence at imagined insults. And actually threaten to answer back with actions far graver than the insult.

I mean, its like me calling someone a Fudge Packer (say, like Tom Cruise in episode 200!) and he comes and blows up my house!

See this parenthesis here ---> ( ). I say it contains the worst possible insult against your religion, whatever it is. Wanna come and kill me? Of course you'll never be exactly certain that there is an offensive remark in there, now would you? So would you still get offended? Simply because I "suggested" that there is an offensive remark in there?

Dunno, maybe I am daft. Or maybe you are. Or maybe we both are for arguing over what another daft wrote several hundreds of years ago. Or maybe you just took offence at what said cause it sounds like I'm suggesting that whoever wrote what you believe in was daft.

Did I?

We'll never know now would we.

If I offended any religion I will be judged in the afterlife of whatever religion is correct, if even one is. But none of you has the right to judge nor pass judgement. To act as God would, is the gravest insult I can think of for any religion. But then again I said I might be daft so, nevermind me.

Have a nice day everyone.