I particularly liked a line from David McPhail as Mr Gormsby:

Not quite, the line was actually:
“Of course I wasn’t going to roger you. This isn’t a Catholic school.”

“I wasn’t going to fuck you, boy; this isn’t a Catholic school…”

Whats so evil about South Park or EML?

‘Offensiveness’ is such a subjective thing, and like you’ve stated David, if you don’t like it…don’t watch it, but don’t FFS try to stop me from watching!

Oh tits, bums, turds etc, ad nauseam all very funny.”

As opposed to the toilet humour of Benny Hill, On the Buses, Love Thy neighbour and a hos tof other old comedy shows. Don’t like – switch off. I do.

As to the BSA – You see how many serial complainers there are. I think after two complaints people should get a template letter telling them to “go fuck their mother” or get a life.

And for all those who are offended by Eating Media Lunch and South Park – I respect the fact you find it offensive. I hope you will respect the fact that hundreds of thousands of people like myself find them bloody hilarious, and you of course have the option of simply just not watching them.

Absolutely!

I mean I don’t watch it. I’m not wanting to ban anything, but I reserve the right to say that, in my opinion, some of the rubbish masquerading as entertainment these days is low in base and tasteless.

There are many items on television which I (and undoubtedly many others) find distasteful, puerile, and generally offensive to my (our) sense of good taste. Guess what? I (we) don’t watch them.

Caddyshack (1980) I recall watching as a teenager and being amused by the “chocolate bar floating in the pool gets mistaken for a turd” gag. 28 years later I wouldn’t watch that movie if you paid me. Would I try to get it banned? No!

I don’t generally watch South Park. My first (superficial) impressions of the show were not good. On one or two occasions I have ended up watching the show and finding it bitingly funny. Matt Stone and Trey Parker are obviously a lot smarter than most people think. The show is aimed at a higher reading level than “TV1 News” or “NZ Herald”. Admittedly it takes an open mind to appreciate and it pokes fun at just about everything.

So what is my point? If you don’t like it then don’t watch it.

Grant S: why don’t you have the option of not watching? I’d go nuts if I had to watch (for example) Paul Holmes. So I don’t.

-Jim

Oh tits, bums, turds etc, ad nauseam all very funny.

kiwitoffee (age 4)

Well, I don’t. What worries me is the relentless cheapening of the culture that’s going on. Profanity and vulgarity is not particularly clever or amusing. I draw the line after the Caddyshack “chocolate bar floating in the pool gets mistaken for a turd” gag.

I hope you will respect the fact that hundreds of thousands of people like myself find them bloody hilarious, and you of course have the option of simply just not watching them.

Absofuckinglutely correct.

For those of you who love being offended may I suggest some further viewing/listening in Jimmy Carr (who, in his own words, “doesn’t know where the line is until he has stepped over it”).