There is no mystery as to why Comedy Central blackened out the image of Mohammed in a recent episode of South Park; the network openly confessed to mortally fearing Muslim reaction. But why was it almost compelled simultaneously to depict Jesus in such a demeaning position?
I think that, in stream-of-consciousness mode, the episode got out of hand, gathering its own momentum and becoming the stage for a little morality play. On display was the dynamic interaction between the bully barbarians and the civil and servile West, with the writers assuming the atavistic, base persona of the aggressors.
Thus, once the victim (the West) was deemed metaphorically supine and the aggressor had smelt his blood—and fear—he, Ã la the Muslim Ummah, moved in for the kill, compelling the dhimmi to squat and perform degrading acts. (I can almost hear cries of, “Dance, Jew, dance.”)
Morality Play Featuring Mohammed
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