Peace be Upon L. Ron Hubbard
Posted March 16th, 2006 by Chip Bok
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Isaac Hayes did the voice of Chef on South Park. I think South Park is great. It is witty and insulting to the the many mindless things in life that we accept for granted. It does this in such an honest way that it is shocking but you would have to be a humorless loser to complain.
It turns out Isaac Hayes is a humorless loser. South Park made fun of his religion, Scientology, so he took his balls and went home. He had been a great hit on the show and, as The Guardian points out, "He embraced the show's ethic so fully that he reached number one in
the UK in 1999 with an innuendo-laden South Park song entitled
Chocolate Salty Balls."
The guardian goes on to say, "He drew the line at an episode in which a central character, Stan, is
hailed as the successor to L. Ron Hubbard, who started the cult in 1952."
So now the science fiction writer and huckster, L. Ron Hubbard, is a prophet beyond reproach. Watch for Tom Cruise and John Travolta to burn an embassy near you.
March 17th, 2006 at 4:56 am
"The most curious social convention of the great age in which we live is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected."
"We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the same sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart."
Henry Louis Mencken 1880-1956
March 17th, 2006 at 10:05 am
I don't like the show Southpark.
Mr. Hayes found himself in the playground being one of the bullies, and when one of the bullies started calling him names, that's when he felt the degradation that everyone else was subjected to.
What I would like to see from Mr. Hayes is an apology for the actions and comments from the previous shows concerning other religious groups. If he were to show some remorse for this prior behavior, then his walking off the show would appear to be more genuine.
As it is… he isn't acting any different from any other liberal I have run across or observed. According to them, it's ok to behave poorly and treat others with disrespect, as long as it isn't reciprocated back to you in the same manner.
later…
March 17th, 2006 at 10:23 am
TJ - If South Park can't make fun of a "religion" that believes that hundreds of billions of frozen people were stacked around the bases of volcanoes 75 million years ago and blown up with hydrogen bombs by an intergalactic tyrant named Xenu….. then what's left to make fun of ?
March 19th, 2006 at 4:33 am
South Park is the antidote to political correctness. Therefore, it is hardly a leftist vehicle.
March 19th, 2006 at 2:29 pm
Really?
Then what "vehicle" (agenda) are they driving?
later…
March 20th, 2006 at 4:39 am
T.J.- Who is the one being all prickly and PC here?
Your complaints couldn't be more PC and
if think South Park is a liberal tool it's obvious you've
never seen more than 5 minutes of any one episode.
March 20th, 2006 at 8:19 am
Hey T.J.- Allow me to introduce myself. I'm a liberal who does not believe it is OK to behave poorly and treat others with disrespect. There now, you have run across one.
South Park has been making fun of everyone and everything for years. The show is funny as hell. Loosen your corset bud.
March 21st, 2006 at 2:04 pm
Batman- I thought the Southpark issue might issue a bat signal.
March 29th, 2006 at 5:52 am
South Park lampoons everyone. I enjoy that show.
I think the Scientologist's beliefs are ridiculous. Aliens, volcanos, e-meters, etc… Gimme a break.
However, it seems equally ridiculous that people believe a guy was born from a virgin, turned water into wine, and rose from the dead after execution.
Either way, both are ripe for satire.