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This Is What Russian Fundamentalists Really Believe

by West Virginia Rebel

I think these people have just made themselves a huge target:

Moscow prosecutors began legal proceedings aimed at the cartoon series South Park today in a bid to kill Kenny in Russia.

Prosecutors took action against the 2x2 television channel for broadcasting an episode of the animated comedy show that featured Christmas songs including a medley duet performed by Santa Claus and Jesus Christ.

The Basmanny regional prosecutors office in Moscow has announced that the programme “bore signs of extremist activity”.

The episode in question called Mr Hankey’s Christmas Classics was aired in Moscow in January. It shows a number of regular and guest characters including Satan, Adolf Hitler and an anthropomorphised human faeces called Mr Hankey performing in a Christmas variety show. An accompanying CD is available to buy.
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The Russian Union of Christians of Evangelical Faith asked prosecutors to ban South Park last week after it said 20 experts had studied the show for its effect on young viewers.

Konstantin Bendas, a spokesman for the group, said “South Park is just one of many cartoons that need to be banned from open broadcast. . . as it insults the feelings of religious believers and incites religious and national hatred.

“It’s one thing if they are on cable TV and viewers pay money and make a conscious choice. But young children should not be able to turn on the TV after school and watch this. They need to be defended.

“Our complaint is against a lot of cartoons, but this one was from South Park season three, episode 15,” he said.

It seems they’ve learned a lot from our own conservative movement. I can’t wait to see how the South Park boys deal with them.

Comments

Posted by HARLEY on 09/08/08 at 07:49 PM from

hopefully these fundies will wreck the russian gov.
and cause no end of problems.

also
Something for the military Sci-Fi fans, this is kool.

Posted by mikeguas on 09/08/08 at 09:09 PM from

Fuck ‘em. It’s more South Park for us.

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