Comedy Central Censors South Park After Death Threat to Creators

Sounds about right from the cowards at Comedy Central.

An episode of �South Park� that continued a story line involving the Prophet Muhammad was shown Wednesday night on Comedy Central with audio bleeps and image blocks reading �CENSORED� after a Muslim group warned the show�s creators they could face violence for depicting that holy Islamic prophet.

Here is the threat/warning:

Revolution Muslim, a group based in New York, wrote on its Web site that the �South Park� creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker �will probably wind up like Theo Van Gogh� for an episode shown last week in which a character said to be the Prophet Muhammad was seen wearing a bear costume.

If Comedy Central actually believed in free speech they should have just let the show run without interruption. I hope Trey Parker and Matt Stone raises the stakes and actually kicks this thing up a notch with even more of their trademark irreverence shown toward Islam. Unfortunately, Comedy Central will probably censor that stuff too or just not show the episode. I guess showing Muhammad on a cartoon show and shouting "Fire" in a Theater might be the same thing when it comes to the First Amendment now.