Trey Parker and Matt Stone are the controversial creative minds behind South Park. For the last 14 seasons they have stunned audiences with their off-color humor and uncanny ability to effectively touch on hot-button issues. Recently, South Park has aired to episodes that mentioned the Prophet Mohammad and featured the him in a bear suit. Although all mentions of his name and potential images of the prophet were censored by Comedy Central, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have still received death treats from U.S. based Islamic extremist. The following article titled, "South Park and Mohammad" discusses this issue in more detail. Consider the many angels of this issue: Freedom of speech, censorship, extremist groups, and potential dangers involved with all three. After reading the article and reflecting on the above issues, write a 250-500 Journal Entry that outlines the cause and effect one or all of these issues.
Apr 27, 2010
DAY 4: Politics
Trey Parker and Matt Stone are the controversial creative minds behind South Park. For the last 14 seasons they have stunned audiences with their off-color humor and uncanny ability to effectively touch on hot-button issues. Recently, South Park has aired to episodes that mentioned the Prophet Mohammad and featured the him in a bear suit. Although all mentions of his name and potential images of the prophet were censored by Comedy Central, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have still received death treats from U.S. based Islamic extremist. The following article titled, "South Park and Mohammad" discusses this issue in more detail. Consider the many angels of this issue: Freedom of speech, censorship, extremist groups, and potential dangers involved with all three. After reading the article and reflecting on the above issues, write a 250-500 Journal Entry that outlines the cause and effect one or all of these issues.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone are the controversial creative minds behind South Park. For the last 14 seasons they have stunned audiences with their off-color humor and uncanny ability to effectively touch on hot-button issues. Recently, South Park has aired to episodes that mentioned the Prophet Mohammad and featured the him in a bear suit. Although all mentions of his name and potential images of the prophet were censored by Comedy Central, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have still received death treats from U.S. based Islamic extremist. The following article titled, "South Park and Mohammad" discusses this issue in more detail. Consider the many angels of this issue: Freedom of speech, censorship, extremist groups, and potential dangers involved with all three. After reading the article and reflecting on the above issues, write a 250-500 Journal Entry that outlines the cause and effect one or all of these issues.
