After Episode 200 of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have become the very real recipients of South Park death threats. After a tongue-in-cheek depiction of Mohammad, a “radical” website posted a very detailed warning saying that Trey and Matt might well end up dead. Stone and Parker might well need to look into unsecured personal loans to get private body guards, though the network that shows South Park has not offered an official response.
Threats of death to South Park creators echo other murders
Theo Van Gogh, a very violent murder, was echoed in South Park death threats. A victim of a very violent murder, Theo Van Gogh was murdered by extremists. The South Park death threat posting included photographs that showed the violence of Theo Van Gogh’s murder. The author of the South Park death threat post, in an interview with Fox News said the post was “not a threat, but it really is a likely outcome”.
Episode 200 spurs on South Park death threats
Abu Talhah al Amrikee, a resident of New York, was prompted to post the South Park death threats after seeing South Park episode 200. The concern over showing Mohammad and also the violence that might happen was the focus of the South Park episode that actually spurred on South Park death threats. At the end of Episode 200, a bear suit disguises Mohammad. All other depictions of Mohammad during the South Park episode are covered with a “censored” bar that blocks the view of the character. Religious leaders such as Jesus, Mohammad, Buddha, and Joseph Smith have all been depicted by South Park within the past.
South Park death threats also incorporated specific information
While the South Park death threats were supposedly “just a warning,” the post integrated information that were very specific about Parker and Stone. The layout of the mansion that Trey and Parker shown was integrated in the post that had the South Park death threats. While Comedy Central has made no specific comment about the death threats, it would not be surprising if they offer easy cash loans for Trey and Stone to beef up their security information.
Resources
Digital Spy
World Net Daily
Theo Van Gogh Wikipedia
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