.... The executives at Comedy Central, which broadcasts South Park, may have wondered whether to take such blogospheric fantasies seriously. Normally, a warning coming from 12 bloggers claiming to represent 1.3 billion people worldwide would be treated as ridiculous. Unless, of course, we're talking about Muslims.
My guess is that most Americans, Muslim or otherwise, have never heard of Theo van Gogh, a Dutch filmmaker murdered by a lone psychotic Dutch-Moroccan man. And even fewer will have heard of Revolution Muslim. But that didn't stop Comedy Central taking precautions and censoring the depiction of Muhammad in the broadcast episode.
[Comment] .... I'm amazed that the Herald would publish something like this. This piece is anything but funny. The 'imbecilic threats' that your author refers to ought to be taken seriously because others have died after ignoring similarly imbecilic threats. [The Sydney Morning Herald] Read more [via EuropeNews]
