Singer Isaac Hayes is to stop providing the voice for a character in cartoon South Park because he objects to its “inappropriate ridicule” of religion.
And what has finally opened Hayes’ eyes to this injustice? I mean, it’s not like South Park hasn’t been taking the piss out religion since 1997. Even the pilot episode had Jesus fighting with Santa over the true meaning of christmas.
Oh, wait, I see. They’ve finally got round to taking the piss out of Hayes’ own religion[1]. It was fine when they were satirising christians, mormons, muslims and jews, but suddenly the show has become insensitive to “personal religious beliefs”.
Anyone else smell hypocrisy?
[1] Well, if you can call Scientology a religion.
I’ve not watched South Park regularly since it stopped being funny after about season 2. But this story did at least inspire me to grab that episode off Bittorrent.