Originally posted by chomperx9
there was a south park episdode where kyle or stan says jesus F ing christ dude in front of jesus. im sure some people got offended by that but you dont see any christians making any threats over that. sure there can be many disturbing things on that show for different races and religions. buf like i said above if you dont like it and feel offended by something on tv then dont watch it. if you dont like someone walk away. if you dont like whats on tv change the channel.
actually, in the 80s, Andres Serrano created a work of art called Piss Christ, which was a photo of astature of the crucifix in a bottle of his own urine.
He was awarded money from a national arts grant, and this event can be seen as one in the pivitol culture war of the 80s that saw the religification of the Republican party.
Christian groups pretty much make it impossible for any gallery to host the work of Mapplethorpe (exceptions do exist) because they find it distasteful. Tactics include calling the home of the gallery owner and threatening his children.
Christians are constantly implicated in threats of violence over the content of media, we just don't make a huge deal about it because we know they are crazy idiots, but when they are muslims, we make a big deal about it because it will sell.