This of course brings to light the question of censorship, who should be responsible for it, and so on. It might sound kind of cold, but if Russia wants to censor or The Simpsons, I don't care. It's not their art, it is art that was created over here in America, and as long as people here can appreciate it (and I'm sure people there do as well), then I say if they feel censorship is necessary, they can. The only reason I feel this is because I don't feel like it is my right to interfere with that country's way of censorship.
Now if the U.S. tried to ban these shows, I of course would get outraged, which I guess could reflect how lazy I can be that something has to come to my doorstep in order for me to actually take action (isn't that how it is for us all, though?). Anyways, a show like South Park isn't doing its job right if it isn't being banned from countries and riling up religious sects: that's the point of the show. So the fact that Russia did attempt to ban this show and others just means that the shows won.
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It's interesting that you chose to write about this given our reading assignment for this week. When you think about Soviet censorship and the fact that it has succeeded in stripping an entire generation of artists of their credibility by forcing them to present their work in a way that would not question the status quo it makes the censorship of a single TV show seem suddenly more sinister.
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