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Woman Tries to Sue South Park 130

Posted by CmdrTaco from the blame-southpark dept.
*Menace* writes "So, it seems that a Canadian mother sued South Park because her young son's name is Kenny, and watching the show's Kenny die horribly week after week has given the real-life Kenny some psychological issues to deal with." Fortunately, she lost, but its a pretty amusing article anyway.
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  • > Now I understand why they bashed Canada so bad in the movie.

    Hey, one stupid person in Canada does not equal a stupid nation. If so, the States would be in a lot of trouble. :)

    (I'm kidding, you know.)

  • A few points... (Score:5)

    by dirty ( 13560 ) <dirtymatt@gm[ ].com ['ail' in gap]> on Saturday September 04, 1999 @04:10AM (#1704996)
    First she didn't sue south park. She complained to a regulatory commision. As far as I can tell this is roughly the same as complaining to the FCC in the US. Second, for all of you saying, "canada is stupid because of this," think about it for a second. What would have happened if this lady lived in the US. It WOULD have been a law suit and she probally would have won. The commision she complained to essentially said, "ma'ma you are an idiot." They didn't take any negative action against the show and said that it, "is an adult cartoon," or that she shouldn't be letting her kid watch it in the first place. I think canada did a much better job dealing with this than the us would have. Yet another reason to move to canada some day.
  • Where is the Gratuitous Violence Panda when you need him?

    "...and that makes me a saaad panda." ;)

  • What are the other reasons ?? 50 % tax rate ?

  • Paul Bernardo is locked up for a loooooong time. Why isn't O.J. Simpson?

    Because OJ can afford a very expensive team of lawyers. And he can play football too.


    Clifford Olson gets out in less than 10 years from now. Where are Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer to be found? And what about this 25 years maximum? Maybe we can use a lesson or two from Texas.

    --A somewhat irratated Canuck

    --Another irritated Canuck fed up with our own justice system

  • What are the other reasons ?? 50 % tax rate ?

    Hey! It's only 49.9% right now, thankyouverymuch!
    It won't be 50% until the next politician decides that he needs a raise and dosen't feel like cutting any social programs to pay for it.
  • HA! Is there a URL to this story?
    If so, please send it to me. I have
    a couple friends who would be really
    interested in this. Thanks.
  • There's always someone trying to cash in on something famous...
  • When the kid grows up, he can sue the mother for letting him watch south park every week.

    on a related topic, a school in england is renaming itself from South Park Junior School. Can't imagine why.
  • We've got an old guy at work here mowing lawns with us, and he's named Ken. One of the other nice old guys calls him Kenny and it's all i can do to not chuckle sometimes. They don't understand of course...both of em'd be appalled by SouthPark I know.

  • Well, I didn't hear anyone sueing Barney for their child's name, or everyone calling him a big purple blob that *tries* to sing and dance.. why the hell should they care if it's a son's name Kenny? I'm sure anyone who's watched a movie has come across their name (and something bad happened to them) but hell, don't let it get to ya.

    I think that mother might have more psychological problems than her son Kenny..

    Matthew
    _____________________________________
  • Its trivial for a person to use his/her middle name and people would me most understanding. I feel the need to sue that mother for stupidity and bringing it into this world.

  • Mom needs parenting classes... (Score:2)

    by Anonymous Coward
    Somebody please inform our clueless parent that the mature content warning at the beginning of South Park is for real. Also, why is her son Kenny able to watch a TV show that's on at 10:00pm?
  • Yes.
    Democrocy, off you go...
    Throw Baron de Montesquieu in the river.
  • Cut that oot or we'll give you something to cry aboot, eh!?


  • How about we sing.. (Score:1)

    by Anonymous Coward
    "Kenny's Mom is a Stupid Bitch in D Minor"

    Weeeeellllllll......

    Kenny's mom's a bitch, she's a big fat bitch
    She's the biggest bitch in the whole wide world
    She's a stupid bitch if there ever was a bitch
    She's a bitch to all the boys and girls...

    Mondays she's a bitch, on Tuesdays she's a bitch
    On Wednesdays and Saturdays she's a bitch
    Then on Sunday just to be different
    She's a super, king-size, mega-mega BEEYATCH!

    Have you ever met my friend Kenny's mom?
    She's the biggest bitch in the whole wide world
    She's a mean old bitch, if she has a [uninteligible]
    She's a bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch.

    Bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch,
    And she's a stupid bitch
    Kenny's mom's a bitch, and she's just a dirty bitch
    Kenny's mom, is a
    BII-IIII-IIII-TTCH, AH!

  • Babysitter (Score:3)

    by qwerty2000 ( 85489 ) on Saturday September 04, 1999 @04:50AM (#1705016) Homepage
    Ok, it's time to get on my soapbox.

    I don't understand why this lady chose to let her son watch the show if she believed it to be so violent. She is one of the people of this world that ignore their children and let the television babysit them, then later wonder why their kids are so messed up. If she had watched the show just once she would see the disclaimer in the beginning that the show isn't fit to be viewed by anyone.

    I realize that parents aren't always home, so if they want to prevent children from watching these shows they should go out and buy a tv with the new V-Chips and block out unwanted programming. All the information about V-Chips can be found here [fcc.gov] or a parent could call toll-free at 1-877-2 VCHIP-TV for more information.

  • What's in a name? (Score:1)

    by Anonymous Coward
    My name is Clyde. 1st I had to put up with the Ray Stevens song, Ahab the Arab and his Camel named Clyde. Later in life, I go to see the Clint Eastwood movie, Every Which Way But Loose (or was it You Can?). Great. The ape's name is Clyde. I would have sued Clint except there was one good line in the movie: We gotta get Clyde laid. Too bad I was not out on a hot date at that time.;-)

    Thank you Walt (Clyde the Glide) Frazier of the NY Knicks.

    The other weird thing is that I'm of asian ancestry and I live in the South. I hear this a lot; Your name is WHAT? Snicker, Snicker. But, I love it; my name makes me sort of unique. There is just one last thing for me to do. I have never been to Glasgow Scotland (River Clyde). I want to walk into a pub over there and shout out, "My name is Clyde!"

    At least my name is not Dick.:-) Or even worse, I once read this journal article whose author's last name was Dikshit.

  • Not only that, but if she started to notice that her son was experiencing mental trauma from seeing Kenny die, why not discontinue the television viewings?

    There's some fucked up people out there.

  • Here in San Diego we have Balboa Park, which is divided into two main areas - North Park and South Park. Unfortunately North Park is the bigger of the two - a couple of my friends live there, and I drive past the huge neon "NORTH PARK" sign every weekend. I don't think there is such a sign for South Park, alas.
  • what are you talking aboot?
  • There was an editorial in our paper a week or two ago about a mother who took her 8 year old daughter to see South Park "Thinking it would be a nice family oriented cartoon"... I wonder what dark hole she has been living in for the past two years, or why she failed to notice that she was taking an 8 year old to an R rated cartoon...
  • >Where [is ...] Jeffrey Dahmer to be found?

    Last I checked, dead.

    Killed by another prisoner.

    -LjM


  • As opposed to killed by the state, I mean...

    (okay, so I'd forgotten that Bundy had actually gotten his justice)

    -LjM
  • Whoever tagged this post as flamebait obviously never saw the movie!
  • There are stupid people everywhere. In Canada, the U.S., Europe. Where you're from should not make a difference in most cases.

    >Now I understand why they bashed Canada so bad in >the movie.

    That is a general comment, from a general-minded person.

    Living in a very southern part of Canada I get a chance to spend a fair amount of time with a lot of American friends, who by the way loath the stereotypical f$ckup that you are.
  • "Stabbings and shootings in the media,
    Gratuitous Violence...Panda"

    Sorry if the intent isn't clear...it's to the tune of the S.H. Panda theme song.

    --Hunter Pankey
  • Exactly, she just proclaimed to the world that she is a neglectful parent. When I was growing up (in Toronto, Canada) my parents would not let me watch stuff like this at a young age.
    They may have found it funny if it were on, but I was to young to watch ythings like this.

    It didn't matter that I couldn't watch certain shows because my parents spent lots of time with me and the rest of my family, even though they are both in the medical profession.

    When I was old enough to know the difference I was allowed to watch what I wanted, and do pretty much what I wanted, within reason.

    When parents spend time with their kids, teach them respect, and give them respect no kid will need therapy for the "they-killed-kenny" syndrome.

    Has she taught her child to make the right choice - like, turn off the T.V. or change the channel. Choice is a wonderful thing.

    Or is she like Homer when it comes to not having any t.v. or beer.

    Do this next ditty with a Homer Simpson zombie voice.

    "Must watch South Park -- have no choice -- must watch Kenny being killed -- must bow to T.V. god -- must kill -- must kill -- must kill"


    About the Vhip - if you do not have the money - then lock the tv in a frickin' room and be more creative toward parenting.

  • I personally dislike South Park, so I avoid it. My opinion on this woman is that she shouldn't have let her kid watch the show. If the trauma her son experienced was at school from classmates, sue them.



    Incidentally, anyone know exactly why this show is so bloody popular..? All it is is american toilet humour, with gimmicky animation..

  • That would be fine *if* we were guaranteed freedom of speach in Canada. Read section 1 of the charter of rights. I'll paraphrase, this document does not apply to the judiciary, or legislative branches of gov't. Since the judiciary police the executive, no one in the gov't has to follow the charter. Canada is by no strech of the imagination a free country.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland
  • Only one problem with that post: Canadian regulators are not that smart either. Sure, this is more of a problem with the CRTC than with the CBSC, but still...

    ...and I thought that because of Howard Stern Q107 is no longer a part of the CBSC. Oh well.

    --- A person is smart. People are stupid. ---
    (and no, I have no idea where that is from)
  • Could this be the same person who sued Global TV about the Bugs Bunny cartoon a little while ago..
    National (Canada) Post Article [nationalpost.com]


    ttyl
    Farrell
  • 1. This was not a lawsuit (but that has been said before). This is a complaint.

    2. The regulators tore into this woman like a fresh piece of meat. They basically called her a bloody idiot and told her to go away.

    3. There are an awful lot of Southern Baptists that are just as bad. Only they come in groups.

    --- A person is smart. People are stupid. ---
    (and no, I don't know what that is from)
  • The show clearly states at the beginning of the show, that it is for Mature Audiences. If her child is watching this show, then it is her fault for not watching what her child is viewing. Once again this shows the lack of interest parents have in raising there and expecting society to wath out for thee children and clean up when a parent screws up.
  • SHE HAD THE COFFEE CUP HELD BETWEEN HER LEGS WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING AND SHE SPILT IT. DUUHHHH...
  • Thats about on par with the US system. When you add up all the federal, state, local, sales, property taxes you are probably being taxed at somewhere over 50%. Add to that all the stuff you are being required by govt to purchase (insurance etc), user fees, road tolls and you are probably running close to 60%
  • (Yes, I know this is really off topic)

    Oh okay, I thought the CBSC actually kicked them out. My bad.

    On a side note, the South Park movie was only rated AA (about the same as PG13) in Canada. Apparently our regulators have a sense of humour, and aren't as insulted by potty mouths. Unless, of course, there are racial slurs involved; mind you, racial slurs are not funny, they're just stupid (I, being half Japanese, have been called a Paki far too much for my liking. You figure that one out).

  • Seeing as we're being pedantic...


    She's a super, king-size, mega-mega BEEYATCH

    She's a super King-Kamayamaya Beeyatch!

    She's a super King Kamehameha beeyatch!



  • I think that would be King Kamehameha, the King that united all the main islands of Hawaii. :)
  • She did not sue.

    She filed a complaint with the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council. The CBSC is a broadcasting watchdog that most radio and TV stations are "voluntary" members of (note the quotes). The CBSC ruled against her.

    Any clod can file a complaint with CBSC. So this no more different than the thousands of idle complaints that are made various governing bodies across North America. People without lives or purpose that have nothing better to do but piss and moan about everything.

    The sick part is that the CBSC entertained these complaints. But that's par for the course from them. I work in radio so I know some of the silliness that they've directed at us.
  • Careful dude...or the Baldwin's get it.

    Hey wait a minute...maybe that's not much of a threat after all.
  • Q107 is still a member of the CBSC. When the CBSC rules against you, it usually means a slap on the wrist and an on-air apology. "Oh..uh..sorry". Besides, it keeps the CRTC happy.

  • That's a nice (and rather unoriginal) rant about parents neglecting their children's upbringing by spending their energy trying to protect their own dubious reputations.

    Unfortunately, no where is it said that the child's "psychological problems" (also dubious, you'll agree) has to do with _watching_ the show, nor do we know that her child even does watch the show.

    It's more likely, if you think about it, that the problems the child is having comes from _other_ kids watching the show. Kids he goes to school with. Neighborhood kids. Evil older siblings and bratty cousins.

    Imagine being this kid. Every time you get together with your schoolmates, and other so-called 'friends', they decide "Let's play South-Park." And for the next hour or so they come up with creative ways to simulate your death.

    Which, would all be made worse if you've never seen the show, and don't even know why they see humor in treating you like a guinea pig.

    Blame Canda.

  • The show is so humorous because it makes fun of things that need making fun of.

    If all you see in the show is "Toilet humor and gimmiky animation" then you have to watch it more closely, and go see the movie (and watch that closely). Hopefully then you'll understand.

    The reason that Southpark upsets so many people is because it makes fun of things that need to be maken fun of, and some people can't deal with *their* holly cow being made fun of.

  • That's a nice (and rather unoriginal) rant about parents neglecting their children's upbringing by spending their energy trying to protect their own dubious reputations.

    Unfortunately, no where is it said that the child's "psychological problems" (also dubious, you'll agree) has to do with _watching_ the show, nor do we know that her child even does watch the show.

    It's more likely, if you think about it, that the problems the child is having comes from _other_ kids watching the show. Kids he goes to school with. Neighborhood kids. Evil older siblings and bratty cousins.

    Imagine being this kid. Every time you get together with your schoolmates, and other so-called 'friends', they decide "Let's play South-Park." And for the next hour or so they come up with creative ways to simulate your death.

    Which, would all be made worse if you've never seen the show, and don't even know why they see humor in treating you like a guinea pig.

    Blame Canda.

    PS Thanks for promoting the V Chip. Next thing, you'll be promoting key escrow.
  • I think we're going to have to invade and teach these darned Canadians exactly who's the boss here...

    Oh, wait. That was the movie. Never mind.

    Actually, the Canadian broadcasting folks are like an FCC with fewer lawsuits and more political correctness. Both institutions (ours and theirs) suck pretty much equally, though.

    After the movie, though, I called my Mom and asked her why she didn't look like the Canadians in the movie (she was born there, and finds South Park rather funny). Her response was unprintable, except for the part about "you're not my son!"... ;-)

    - -Josh Turiel
  • And the mother says to the Canadian committe "Blame Southpark, Blame Southpark, Before Somebody thinks of blaming me!"

    Southpark: BLU has got to be the most clued in movie this summer. They have managed to picture the precice mental additude of some parents.

    As sang by the parents of the town of South Park:

    Times have changed
    our kids are getting worse
    they won't obey their parents
    they just want to fart and curse
    should we blame the government?
    or blame society?
    or should we blame the images on tv?
    No!
    Blame Canada, Blame Canada!
    With all their beady little eyes
    flapping heads so full of lies
    Blame Canada, Blame Canada!
    We need to form a full..,

    Don't blame me, for my son Stan,
    He saw the darn cartoon and now he's off to join the klan
    My boy Eric once had my picture on his shelf,
    and now when I see him he tells me to fuck myself!
    Blame Canada, Blame Canada!

    It seems that everything's gone wrong since canada came along
    Blame Canada, Blame Canada!

    They're not even a real country anyway

    My son could have been a doctor or a lawyer it is true,
    instead he burned up like a piggy on a barbacue
    should we blame the matches?
    should we blame the fire?
    or the doctors who allowed him to expire?

    Heck no!
    Blame Canada, Blame Canada!

    With all their hocky halibloo!
    Blame Canada, Blame Canada!
    ...
    Shame on canada!
    ...
    We've got to put the blame somewhere else,
    Before somebody thinks of blaming us!

  • What? (Score:1)

    by Kismet ( 13199 )
    What is this woman doing letting little Kenny watch SouthPark? If I were a 5 year old Kenny, I'd be disturbed too.

    Lady, SouthPark ain't for kids. Hell, I grew up long ago and I still can't handle it. You gotta use discretion when you let your kids watch TV, especially when they don't understand the adult oriented humor.

    Flip side of the coin: There are so freaking many incompetent parents out there who don't understand the role of television in the family. They have a hard enough time dressing themselves, let alone raising kids. Unfortunately, they can't help breeding.

    So why don't TV networks get a clue and not air a cartoon of something that you wouldn't want your kids looking at? Look, somebody has to be responsible. If the parents aren't going to be, somebody should be.

    Hey, I'm not saying "ban" everyting, but for crying out loud, all you do is turn on the TV and there it is...
  • What in my original post is generalized?

    All I meant was that the movie is a stretched reversal of this "lawsuit".
  • Have a look at the article--she complained to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council.

    The slashdot headline was misleading.
    --
  • Hm. My name is Kyle. Does that mean I can sue them for the defamatory act of calling my mother a big fat bitch? Or would I have to play with my own feces first?
  • I'm sorry, but you obviously don't quite understand South Park, do you ?
    The Animation is ment to be blantently crap (and a bit more) to extract the urine from all the typical uselessly-animated kiddy programs we used to watch when young... get it yet ?

    Also, whilst I think that the language in the film was obscene (it's on a 15 certificate here in England... ie anyone 15 or over can see it), the film *is* funny, especially the way that Kyle's Mum starts to blame everyone apart from him for his swearing... you must admit that is a pretty American way of doing things... "Blame Canada" the maxim goes...
  • heh, thats a horrible example of "why ratings don't work" its not an example of that at all! it says absolutely nothing about ratings! all it shows is that people are stupid, and everyone knows that already.
  • Pleeeeeeease let's do away with silliness like this? Isn't there a way of catching, neutering, tagging, and releasing people like this?

    STOP IT, PEOPLE!

    I mean...why does she have to partake in it? It's not like she's in A Clockwork Orange and being forced to view it...or is she? I dont know much about Canadian entertainment :)

    Dan
  • Hah! I read about that in the paper a while back.. talk about stupid. But at least it would be pretty cool for the kids telling their friends where they go to school.

    I wonder if they play with puppets..

    Matthew
    _____________________________________

  • I misread your post as "trying to cash in on something fatuous."

  • ... (Score:5)

    by Signal 11 ( 7608 ) on Saturday September 04, 1999 @03:04AM (#1705074)
    OH MY GOD, YOU SUED KENNY! YOU BASTARDS!

    Sorry.. had to be said. :)

    --

  • WTF?! (Score:1)

    by Anonymous Coward
    Hmm...my son is feeling deep psychological trauma after watching this TV show week after week. What should I do? I could just tell him to stop watching the show, which would be simple, take effect immediately, and not make a stink with anyone. Or I could hire a lawyer for $300 / hour and take the network to court over it, with a trial that will last weeks or months. I think I'll go with number two... We call them gold diggers. ~Habib~
  • She complained to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Committee. Like complaining to the FCC, in the U.S., only with intelligent people handling the complaint.
  • I thought they were immune to really _stupid_ lawsuits, i guess its contagious


    btw, stop claiming first post when you're not even close (i've seen some ppl thinking post 9 was first)
  • "Let's sing..." Well, you know the rest.
  • Oh, yeah, Canada has intelligent regulators. Have you ever read "1984"?

    If our Prime Minister keeps ordering beatings, I think I'll claim refugee status in the states.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland
  • Yeah. That's a good thing. Punitive damages have to be the dumbest invention in the history of the world. "okay, so it cost me $5 to dry-clean that shirt you spilled Pepsi all over, but you also gave me severe pain and suffering, so please hand over $10 million."
  • Well, we were mostly immune to really stupid lawsuits

    That's because we don't have punitive damages.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland
  • That is if you don't mind the gov't taking half, no civil rights, a crappy economy...
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland

  • My first reaction to the story was
    "good for her". somebody should be brave enough to stand up. Even if her son didn't watch this brain numbing waste of
    time, I'd be more worried about his peers that do... don't you get it???????

    Yeah, people like you and that other bitch (the subject of the article) take it upon yourselves to decide what is best for everybody else and their children, and try to censor accordingly.

    this mind rotting cheap crap is in a class with
    Fred Green, Howard Stern and Jerry Springer.

    Well, maybe their influence will help to offset that of the Christian Right and other traditional/conservative/religious garbage seen especially on Sunday morning TV and the Vision channel. There wouldn't be a healthy balance if there weren't a Howard Stern or a Marilyn Manson for every Billy Graham and Kathie Lee Gifford out there in our popular culture.

    It has nothing to do with satire or art or anything of value....

    You don't see any element of satire in the show? Either you are very thick or you have never seen the show and just flock like sheep to your church/parental organizations and lobby groups and blindly accept their party line in its condemnation. The entire South Park movie was dedicated to the satirization and mockery of self-righteous people just like you who try to control speech and entertainment for the "good of society".

    And in case you haven't noticed, Southpark does have its share of moral messages, usually through it's "You know, I learned something today..." segments. But since they usually advocate liberal values (pro-gay, anti-censorship, etc.), I guess it's still very much "filth" to you.

    it is about
    competiting for attention in a cheap, nasty and dangerous way. it's about making money.

    Paramount Pictures wanted the Southpark movie to be a PG-rated movie to reach a wider audience, but Matt Stone and Trey Parker (Southpark's creators) resisted the corporate armtwisting and made it as they like it, resulting in an R rating, despite the reduction in potential revenue. This shows they have a lot more integrity than just about everybody else in showbiz these days.

    Just what commercial programming isn't about making money anyhow?

    At it's best shock comedy may
    have started with a point, but lets be honest about where it has gone.

    Well, it certainly provides an interesting alternative to the boring, mundane, wholesome, conservative crap that is so commonplace out there in the world. Besides, some of Southpark's irreverent knocks against religion and society's other sacred institutions provide a badly needed release for those of us annoyed and fed up with all the propaganda fed to us all the time by church and state, and for many of us, Mom and Dad as well.

    cloak it in freedom of speech if you will. or if you
    must. she has a right to her opinion so give the lady a break people.

    Yes, and we have the right to express our opinions about her also, as we have done.
  • We should have reasonable punative damages. To pay for the time spent getting the shirt cleaned, taking you to court, et cetera.
    Cheers,

    Rick Kirkland
  • We should have reasonable punative damages. To pay for the time spent getting the shirt cleaned, taking you to court, et cetera.

    Those are plain damages. Punitive damages are supposed to be punishment.

  • Third-degree burns: flesh is charred, holes found at burn site (IIRC - it's a while since I did my Red Cross certification). You get them from things like falling into a fire, picking up the wrong end of a poker etc.

    Coffee, no matter how strong, isn't going to be much over 100C is it? We'll discount the prospects of freakishly high atmospheric pressure for the purposes of debate.
    --
    Cheers

    Jon

  • ...and sue Oliver Stone [imdb.com]..

    Or.. Panda, and sue the World Wildlife Fund!

    Or how about "Prey", and then sue the Discovery Channel whenwever they air a wild-life documentary...

    Ah, I could go on and on... Litigation-heaven!! :-))

    (Yeah, I know, she didn't sue, she complained to a regulatory body)


    --

  • Actually, the Canadian broadcasting folks are like an FCC with fewer lawsuits and more political correctness.

    Umm, can you give some example of the political correctness?

    I remember a couple of years ago, the great Pete Townsend was interviewed on the CBC (in the early afternoon.) During the interview, he was heard to say the "F-word" several times (along with some other colourful metaphors), and it was broadcast without being censored. (I doubt this would qualify as being "politically correct".)

    As an amusing end to the tail, in one of the US towns close to the border (where they can receive our TV signals) there was a huge uproar, and many complaints were lodged at both the FCC and CRTC by US Citizens. Not one complaint from any Canadian was recorded.

    I think it's interesting that I can listen to "vulgarity" and watch full frontal nudity on free broadcast television, while American TV regulations forbid the showing of two people in bed together, without some form of clothing or blanket between them.
  • She should really blame Canada...
  • Woman lets her son watch a brain dead show which only "entertains" similar brain dead neanderthals, he gets upset, then she sues the shows creators?

    genetic profiling looks better and better every day....

  • You suck.

    Yes, you do.

    Grow up!
  • Oh?

    I see.

    Perhaps this should have occured in a US context? Then we could have seen an equally 'retarded' (no offence) judicial outcome. South Park would be considered a threat to the populace of the US, resulting in modern-day Columbine massacres, racism, et al., and may eventually be taken off the air.

    Don't think so?

    Paul Bernardo is locked up for a loooooong time. Why isn't O.J. Simpson?

    --A somewhat irratated Canuck

    P.S. why would any _sane_ mother let her children watch South Park anyway? It may be animated, but it ain't no Saturday morning cartoon.

  • exactly,
    she's the "responsible" adult. If watching his namesake die week after week is traumatic for the kid ... don't let him watch it anymore you fscking idiot!

    I.Q. is irrelevant. Common sense is the key.

  • It's unclear why she was complaining. She might have been angling for a lawsuit or she might not have. The body she complained to does not - I Think - have the ability to award damages. They can get shows dropped or edited or require some sort of public retraction for statements made.

    On the other hand she does sound like a goofball.

    J:)
  • You notice that this woman went to the CRTC, the Canadian regulatory body for Broadcast communications ... she wanted something to be done about South Park ( restrict its broadcast ? )...

    If this were the US, you'd have the lady suing the makers for $100 Million for emotional damage ...

    But the Canadian legal system doesn't much care for frivolous lawsuits, so they don't much happen here. Yet another reason for me to Stay In Canada!

  • if she saw the southpark movie she would know that her son needs a mother, not a fighter. of course she didnt actually watch the show or movie, after all it is popular (among the monkey-see-monkey-do "mature" adult society) to hate it, so why bother?
  • You fiendish nerds! Think about the children!
    oh god, won't anyone think about the precious
    children anymore? We must ban this horrible
    south park menace and TV altogether (apart from
    the soap operas of course, oh, and oprah). We
    must get the children back into church and stop
    teaching them satanic concepts like evolution,
    OH JEEZUS GOD! WON'T ANYONE THINK ABOUT THE
    CHILDREN?
    oh yeah, mae ling mak, petrified and naked too
  • I'm glad she lost, the CBSC made some very good points that she REALLY should have thought of first. The most amusing part of the article (IMHO)was the bit at the end about Howard Stern, tasteless is certainly a start about alot stuff he pulls, unnecessarily tasteless is a bit more descriptive (yea, yea, harsher words can certainly be used, but...)
  • As a side note on general SP discussion, I just read Carpe Jugulem, the new Discworld novel, and I could have sworn I picked up a South Park reference ...
  • Clyde Drexler was "Clyde the Glide" Why would someone named "Walt" have a nickname that hinged on the wrong name? That's like saying, "Linux ``Smokin' Joe'' Trovalds" It doesn't pass the sanity test.
  • Well, we were mostly immune to really stupid lawsuits (as far as I know, no one in Canada has sued McDonald's because their coffee was too hot!), but i guess everything is going to hell now thanks to you Americans!
  • Leave it to someone to bring it to a U.S. vs. thing.

    Did you read the article about the perils of "generalizing" for Howard Stern? Well... read and learn my friend.
  • South Park is on at 9:00pm on cable in Canada.
  • True. However, the ugliest animation is that stuff that is constantly shaking, like the "Dr. katz" show.. I'm not sure if that is still on. But it's annoying.
  • Lets note that there is nothing in the article that indicates that this woman is letting her kid watch the show. South park has become one of those things that passes for 'culture' in North America. I mean how many times do you end up working quotes from it into general conversation. So basically the kid doesn't have to have ever watched it to have been 'harmed' by the taunting of other kids.

    Of course it's still increadably lame for the Mother to have complained to the CRTC. Kids are kids and they'll tease about anything. We all survived realitivly sane and so did she (posssibly less so). But as the origional poster said at least it didn't end up as a lame law suit.

  • (as far as I know, no one in Canada has sued McDonald's because their coffee was too hot!)

    There was a very good reason for said woman to sue McDonalds.

    Basicaly the coffee served to her was so hot it melted through the plastic cup it came in, and caused third (second?) degree burns. (This was in a part of America where foodstuffs are supposed to be sold so they're edible/drinkable immediately post sale).

    She had asked them for the costs of medical treatment, and they fobbed her off. If they want to be assholes, she had every right to sue.

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