15 Apr 06 South Park in Air Arabia

With all the chatter happening lately with South Park and not showing an image of Mohammed it is interesting to see this. Air Arabia on their website has a South Park character in Middle Eastern garb. Air Arabia being a low budget airline in the Middle East.

This got me thinking a bit. I bet South Park plays pretty well over there. While South Park itself isn’t anti-American, for those that hold anti-American beliefs the show probably helps solidify those beliefs and is very enjoyable. The adults in the show are portrayed as stupid and our pop culture, religious beliefs and political system is constantly being poked at and lampooned or simply just made fun of. There is nothing wrong with that, its part of a free and open society. So in a sense the show is enjoyed by people that are open minded and those that are closed minded, at the same time. That is unless you show an image of Mohammed.

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