Where Danish cartoons left off, “South Park,” has brazenly chosen to proceed. And sacrilegious humor — at the expense of the prophet Muhammad — apparently remains a capital offense.
This time a radical Muslim group has warned that SP producers could face the same gruesome fate as the murdered Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh. For an animated cartoon.
Every group, of course, has its radical elements. But where, we are again reminded, are the effigy-burnings and massive street demonstrations of outrage and, indeed, physical threats against those who continue to kill and maim the innocent in the name of jihad?
Surely sectarian satire isn’t a worst offense than murder, including suicide bombings and videotaped throat slashings.
Surely.