What? That's crazy enough to be true!
May 2nd "Simpsons" episode terrorism plot in poor taste
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What? That's crazy enough to be true!
No offence to the original poster, as he doesn't actually say he thinks the episode should not have aired, he just asks the question...but it's things like this that make me hate people and feel like, despite our place on the food chain, we're by and large the weakest species on the planet.
"Oh noes, I've been reminded of something that hurts my fragile psyche, boo hoo *sobs*!"
Just pathetic.
"Oh noes, I've been reminded of something that hurts my fragile psyche, boo hoo *sobs*!"
Just pathetic.
you can get away with that on live action show but when you're dealling with an animated show where you can have months of animation at risk. They would pretty much have to junk the whole episode.
there's probably also another issue - whether there is another episode ready to go - especially if they'd sold advertising for the time slot on the grounds it's going to be a new episoide.
it's interesting that there was concern about pissing of Christians but that doesn't seem to be the case when it comes to pissing off the other religions.
I don't think "wise" had anything to do with it... the episode was already made and scheduled to run at that time.... When it comes to social sensitivity, the Simpsons, Family Guy, Futurama, South Park, etc. are all the least to worry about people getting offended.
Besides, I think people seriously need to lighten up over these so-called "Terrorist Attacks"
Yes I know it was pretty tragic and changed everybody's views in New York towards security and vulnerabilities towards being attacked, and this could have been a serious situation as well..... but it wasn't..... it never went off, nobody was hurt and life goes on.
I say if you can't laugh at everything, you can't laugh at anything.... and when we reach that point, then they win.
I don't believe the people who work on the Simpsons had any bad intentions or meant to stir up any ill will, and even if they thought they should take it off the air, they wouldn't have had much time to do so and find a replacement episode.
Besides, they'd have to show the episode eventually.... when would be a good time? Next week? A month from now? A year? When there's no terrorism in the world?
I say life goes on and at times, we need to poke fun at serious things.
^ Which is the completely opposite approach by Comedy Central. It's okay to piss off any religion that won't behead your family and send a suicide bomber after you.
Please, please do not blame the religion for the way a currently active group of fanatics has twisted it into an excuse for their violence. The Qur'an blatantly forbids suicide and the killing of noncombatants, so these fanatics who claim to be defending Islam are actually betraying it. Would you blame Christianity for the way the Ku Klux Klan twists it into an excuse to murder nonwhites?
^ Which is the completely opposite approach by Comedy Central. It's okay to piss off any religion that won't behead your family and send a suicide bomber after you.
Please, please do not blame the religion for the way a currently active group of fanatics has twisted it into an excuse for their violence. The Qur'an blatantly forbids suicide and the killing of noncombatants, so these fanatics who claim to be defending Islam are actually betraying it. Would you blame Christianity for the way the Ku Klux Klan twists it into an excuse to murder nonwhites?
Only if I were a member of the ACLU, Mr. Sorkin.
^Uhh, it sounds like you're trying to dismiss my position and insult me personally, but I think you're accidentally agreeing with me. The gist of your comment seems to be that you think one shouldn't blame a religion for the actions of extremists who use it as their excuse, and that's exactly my point.
I wasn't dismissing you. I was referencing that silly hammer-subtle West Wing episode they made after 9/11. I have Muslim friends. You're making a big deal out of nothing.
Do you always make your version of the "not that there's anything wrong with it" addendum every time a blanket statement is made (not that the two subjects are related, just the PC knee-jerk self-saving reaction in general)? Whatever political party you're affiliated with, do you laugh unconditionally when Jon Stewart makes a blanket statement joke about the other party but react with "not everyone is like that" when Conan O'Brien makes a blanket statement joke about your party?
Do you always make your version of the "not that there's anything wrong with it" addendum every time a blanket statement is made (not that the two subjects are related, just the PC knee-jerk self-saving reaction in general)? Whatever political party you're affiliated with, do you laugh unconditionally when Jon Stewart makes a blanket statement joke about the other party but react with "not everyone is like that" when Conan O'Brien makes a blanket statement joke about your party?
I think the episode would clash heads with British censors more than American ones. Towards the end, it actively encourages the viewers to oppose CCTV by showing Homer and Ned going around destroying them.
Even though I too oppose excessive CCTV to the extent we have in the UK, I get the feeling the government wouldn't like the most popular animated show in the country encouraging the populous to oppose them.
Even though I too oppose excessive CCTV to the extent we have in the UK, I get the feeling the government wouldn't like the most popular animated show in the country encouraging the populous to oppose them.
The creators talk about how stupid Fox is on the DVD commentaries.
Great fun.
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As far as I'm concerned The Simpsons is allowed to do whatever they want, at any time.
(now if only they would become funny again, but that's another story).
(now if only they would become funny again, but that's another story).
QFT.
If you have Muslim friends, then you should know better than to blame the religion for the acts of terrorists.
I don't belong to a "party." I'm not one of those narrow-minded people who think that the whole of reality can be defined in terms of right-wing vs. left-wing. Most of reality is found between the extremes, so that kind of polarized, Manichaean thinking is a self-delusion. And no, I don't like seeing all Republicans tarred with the brush of the extremist idiots who currently have a stranglehold on the party any more than I like seeing all Muslims tarred with the brush of the extremist idiots who currently have a stranglehold on much of Islamic society. Extremism in any cause is always a vice. The truth lies in the middle ground.
It wasn't Santa, it was Evil Robot Santa, they even told Fox that but no one listened.
The idea that the two main politcal parties represent polar opposites of each other is laughable, as is the idea that you are somehow a better person for not finding that your beliefs naturally align with one of those parties. And yet here you are seemingly making both of those arguments...