Comedy Central Lets The Terrorists Win

On the left, a pre-9/11 image from "South Park" on Comedy Central. On the right, a post-9/11 one. When I saw the image on the right Wednesday night, I thought it was a joke, but apparently it wasn't, according to today's news stories at WorldNetDaily and E!Online.

For the non-South-Park-fans in the audience, the picture on the left depicts some of the members of the Super Best Friends, a Justice League of religious icons assembled by Jesus to defeat stage magician David Blaine. Pictured here (left to right) are Joseph Smith, Buddha, Jesus, and... HOLY FUCKING SHIT THAT'S A PICTURE OF MUHAMMAD ON MY BLOG! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!

Oh, the irony of Comedy Central censoring an image of Muhammad in a South Park episode about Fox Network executives having the courage to air an image of Muhammad on Family Guy. And the fictionalized Fox execs were facing direct threats from Al-Qaeda, no less, while the real-world Comedy Central ones were merely reacting in fear to the months-old Danish cartoon riots.

Comedy Central's display of cowardice in the face of abstract concerns about terrorism really makes the conclusion of this week's episode -- Jesus taking a crap on the American flag -- rather redundant.