XPost: rec.arts.tv   
   From: sp@southpark.colorado   
      
   On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:05:11 -0400, Barry Margolin   
    wrote:   
      
   >> So basically they have neither spine nor principles.   
   >   
   >They had enough spine to air last week's episode in the first place.  It   
   >wasn't until real threats were made that they pulled back.   
   >   
   >>   
   >> Just one more step on our way toward dhimmitude, I guess. At least no   
   >> one will get sued!   
   >>   
   >> [Oh, and such a lawsuit would be so ridiculous on its face, it wouldn't   
   >> even likely stand a summary judgment challenge, so even crunching the   
   >> numbers, it wouldn't be all that expensive for CC to show some sack and   
   >> tell these bastards to go fuck themselves.]   
   >>   
   >> > Being 'chicken' and editing out the Muslim content from South Park   
   >> > may not be the 'right' thing to do, but it probably is the smarter   
   >> > thing to do.   
   >>   
   >> Only if you define cowardice in the face of what is essentially evil as   
   >> "smart".   
   >   
   >So it's worth risking people's lives to air a cartoon?   
   >   
   >It's not like they're bluffing, and CC should have called their bluff.   
   >Muslim extremists have killed people over similar actions, so there's a   
   >real danger here.  Does CC management really have the right to make that   
   >kind of decision on behalf of all their employees?  They're not soldiers   
   >or cops, they don't expect their jobs to be dangerous.   
      
   Then they need to stop advertising this season as having the biggest   
   balls ever, because they just shot up a truckload of 'roids and their   
   balls have now shriveled up into raisins.   
      
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