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Isaac Hayes' sacred cow is...scientology?

Chef quits South Park over Scientology?

He is okay with talking poop, statues of established religion bleeding from areas usually unmentioned on public TV, repeated deaths of a main character, extensive sexual references, homophobia, "ethnic" slurs and so on but leaves over a parody of his religion/cult? (parts of Europe, including Germany, consider Scientology a cult).

Where is Monty Python when you need them? At least they were quite willing to make fun of all and sundry.

Absurdity, it appears, is the name of this game. Can I use it as my theme for BigNameMeeting?

ETA: Replying to Hayes' comments about quitting because he, as a "civil rights activist of the past 40 years" (how convenient that just came up now when Scientology is the issue being satirised) is not able to support "a show that disrespects [religious] beliefs and practices", Matt Stone, one of the creators of South Park, replied thus:

“This is 100 percent having to do with his faith of Scientology... He has no problem — and he’s cashed plenty of checks — with our show making fun of Christians.”

“We never heard a peep out of Isaac in any way until we did Scientology. He wants a different standard for religions other than his own, and to me, that is where intolerance and bigotry begin.”

Spot on, Matt Stone!

posted by Priya @ 1:37 PM