The Disappointment of Comedy Central

[krogothwolf]

Originally Posted by Tev

I still think there were Dark Ages....history pretty much backs me up on that. "It's gunna happen eventually" is not a valid excuse in this day and age either. The day it happens is the day everyone fires off their nuclear weapons and we, as a planet, stop happening.

Actually, History doesn't back you up because one of the reason's it's called the Dark Ages is there was little history recorded during that time in the regions the dark age actually effected. Considering the Byzantine Empire was still around, aka the Easter Roman Empire, The fall of the Western Roman Empire caused everyone to war with each other in that region for supremacy while east of that everything else trucked on fairly normal. The Dark Age's also saw the rise of the Arab Empire to the south of everything. Then by the 800 the west finally got it's act together and came back. So from 400-800 AD the only area really overly screwed during that time was Western Europe. The as everything started getting back into the grove of things the Holy Roman empire popped it's ass in the things by going fuck you I'm taking over middle europe bitches. It really wasn't overly that much more screwed then the times before it, just didn't have the crazy all power romans to boss everyone around.

[phil_]

Originally Posted by Tev

I still think there were Dark Ages....history pretty much backs me up on that. "It's gunna happen eventually" is not a valid excuse in this day and age either. The day it happens is the day everyone fires off their nuclear weapons and we, as a planet, stop happening.

I'm just saying don't blame the barbarians. They had little effect on the downfall of Rome. Rome was falling just fine on its own without them.

There is no intentional metaphor here.

[Tev]

So I spent some time reading the blog on the site run by the New York based extremists that caused this whole mess....

I gotta say, they are a long winded bunch. And maybe I really am the great jaded Satan they make me out to be, but really I'm not feeling much more than a "get in line" feeling towards the oppression they are raging about. I mean, I'd put gay marriage higher on the "to fix" list than coming to an agreement over which religious figures need to be shielded from mockery.

That’s what I get for subscribing to the idea that Free Speech is free I guess. In their world I’d not even have bothered to read what they had to say.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Well, Yeah leaving the US sounds awesome now since the US is now officially a nation of pussies.

Someone seriously needs to bright smack this country. In fact we need a preaz with some ballz if that's what it'll take for freedom.

[Premmy]

Originally Posted by Kyanbu The Legend

Someone seriously needs to bright smack this country. In fact we need a preaz with some ballz if that's what it'll take for freedom.

Patriot Act took Hella balls.

[Mesden]

Originally Posted by Fifthfiend

Seriously?

EDIT: Tell you what let's make a deal, Muslims chill out about the use of Mohammed's name or whatever, and we stop invading their countries, killing millions of them, overthrowing their governments, installing vicious puppet governments, and destroying their legitimate secular institutions.

Hey now we kill non-muslims too!

[Solid Snake]

Yeah, Matt and Trey commented that Kyle had a final speech about intimidation and fear.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...BhQjAD9F8E8C82

...It's actually altogether ironic that a speech intended to probably mock Americans for being so afraid was cut by Comedy Central because Comedy Central was afraid.

[The Wandering God]

Matt and Trey are still obligated to do shows for them til 2013. I wonder if this will be the last time they renew that contract.

[bluestarultor]

Originally Posted by The Wandering God

Matt and Trey are still obligated to do shows for them til 2013. I wonder if this will be the last time they renew that contract.

You can bet that if CC drops them, they'll have other networks clamoring to pick them up. South Park has become an icon over its run.

[Tev]

I expect that the 2013 contract negotiations are going to be a little more involved than Comedy Central would want. I'm betting on a forced-hand deal that gives the creators far more control over how their property is broadcast. Since, as Blues pointed out, they are more of a cultural icon now they can wheel and deal with more authority.

Because really, if another network is willing to take them in and give them more control over their project then there really is no good reason not to move.