Russia legal bid to ban "South Park"

[Nedersong]

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Prosecutors in Russia want to ban the award-winning satirical U.S. cartoon "South Park," calling the series "extremist" after receiving viewer complaints, a spokeswoman said on Monday.

"South Park," a cartoon aimed at adults and featuring a group of nine-year olds in a Colorado town, has courted controversy since its 1997 debut, lampooning celebrities, politicians, religion, gay marriage and Saddam Hussein.

But investigators have filed a motion after deciding an episode broadcast on Moscow television station 2x2 in January "bore signs of extremist activity," said regional prosecutors office spokeswoman Valentina Titova.

http://news.yahoo.com/story//nm/20080908/en_nm/russia_southpark_dc

 

[Teelie]

Sounds like South Park struck a nerve with the wrong (or right) people in Russia. Funny how it's been on literally a decade and yet they only now decide it's time to ban it for "extremist activity."

South Park has always been extreme and always taken hits at anyone and everyone it could. Most of the time people ignore it, until they are somehow targeted and take offense. It's always funny to laugh at the stereotypes until you're the one lampooned I guess.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Looks like Matt and Trey are doing their job if they're getting banned by totalitarian regimes.

So which specific episode was "too extreme" for the Russkies?

 

[TEH BABA]

Scientology has friends in russia.

 

[tharpdevenport]

Russia has missing nuclear parts they cant' account for, poorly guarded (or ungarded) nuclear sites, a population problem so bad that a bit back they were having Sex Parties ... and they are worried about ... "South Park"?

Taking bets for how long it takes before they make fun of Russia for an episode.

 

[Emher]

^Russia had sex parties?

 

[tharpdevenport]

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/jul/07073010.html

I thought there was a more recent one, but I can't find it.

 

[Mooch]

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/jul/07073010.html

I thought there was a more recent one, but I can't find it.

I think you're thinking of the "Day of Family, Love and Fidelity" on July 8th of this year.

As for South Park, I don't know why they'd bother.

 

[tharpdevenport]

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/jul/07073010.html

I thought there was a more recent one, but I can't find it.

I think you're thinking of the "Day of Family, Love and Fidelity" on July 8th of this year.

I don't even know what that is. Anyway, it was in thews. I recall vaguely TrekBBS had a thread about it.