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A Statement from Matt and Trey
In the 14 years we've been doing South Park we have never done a show that we couldn't stand behind. We delivered our version of the show to Comedy Central and they made a determination to alter the episode. It wasn't some meta-joke on our part. Comedy Central added the bleeps. In fact, Kyle's customary final speech was about intimidation and fear. It didn't mention Muhammad at all but it got bleeped too. We'll be back next week with a whole new show about something completely different and we'll see what happens to it.
Off to watch it, may update with my views/opinion of the episode.
Off to watch it, may update with my views/opinion of the episode.
*Update*
NEVERMIND!!!!
Finally got around to watching it... and I am stunned :| Firstly any time Muhammad was mentioned it was beeped out... They didn't do that in part one. So what spooked Comedy Central between 200 and 201 that they opted for going even further and beeping out any reference to Muhammad altogether?
As for Kyles speech at the end, it was one of those typical "I learned something today..." talks that usually delivers the message the episode's been trying to get across, only for the lamen. I was expecting a few beeps here and there because of Matt and Trey's statement, but the whole thing was bleeped! It went like this...
I could see how this would appear like its part of the episode, or a meta-joke as matt/trey called it, but its not and I'm scared. Even their website is falling victim to the censorship of Comedy Central as I showed earlier. Things have gotten pretty bad. I remember doing a google image search on Muhammad during Cartoon Wars, and loads of images/drawings of Muhammad coming up that were mostly serious depictions, with some drawings mocking him. Now you get barely anything, I had to turn safe search off just to get my opening picture. This was the whole point of those two episodes. The fear that a lack of censorship on certain subjects may lead to violence (in muhammads case on a mass scale), threats or a loss of viewers is only making things worse in the long run and it needs to stop.
As for Kyles speech at the end, it was one of those typical "I learned something today..." talks that usually delivers the message the episode's been trying to get across, only for the lamen. I was expecting a few beeps here and there because of Matt and Trey's statement, but the whole thing was bleeped! It went like this...
Kyle: 30 seconds of beep
Jesus: 30 seconds of beep
Santa: more constant beep
I could see how this would appear like its part of the episode, or a meta-joke as matt/trey called it, but its not and I'm scared. Even their website is falling victim to the censorship of Comedy Central as I showed earlier. Things have gotten pretty bad. I remember doing a google image search on Muhammad during Cartoon Wars, and loads of images/drawings of Muhammad coming up that were mostly serious depictions, with some drawings mocking him. Now you get barely anything, I had to turn safe search off just to get my opening picture. This was the whole point of those two episodes. The fear that a lack of censorship on certain subjects may lead to violence (in muhammads case on a mass scale), threats or a loss of viewers is only making things worse in the long run and it needs to stop. 
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