Isacc Hayes is a hypocrite

From the Times Online:

The soul singer Isaac Hayes has resigned from his job as the voice of Chef on the satirical cartoon South Park after taking exception to its “inappropriate ridicule” of religion.

The singer is a follower of the Church of Scientology, which, with some of its adherents such as Tom Cruise, was the butt of jokes in a recent episode of the latest series.

During Hayes’s ten-year run in the part, other episodes have made jokes at the expense of Christians, Muslims, Mormons and Jews.

In a statement explaining his sudden departure from the Comedy Central show, Hayes, 63, did not mention the Scientology episode but condemned its general attitude towards religion as part of what he regarded as “growing insensitivity toward personal spiritual beliefs” in the mass media, including the recent controversy over the Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Mu hammad.

Now, what the hell is his problem?! The very first episode of South PArk was the spirit of Christmas featuring Santa vs. Jesus in a deathmatch. There have been maybe 4 episodes total where Kyle isn't ridiculed for being Jewish. How about "The Passion of the Jew", the most offensive South Park episode ever where Cartman dresses as Hitler and rallies the town to exterminate the Jews and recreate the holocaust?! Hayes is ok lambasting these religions, but not his own? It called satire you fuck!!!!

Satire is the best form of social criticism ever created. Most of the great literature in this world is in the form of satire. It's a device to point out problems in the world, it is not mean-spirited. One of the funniest sitcoms ever was All In The Family and it was a brilliant satire on racism and intelligent people knew that, just like intelligent people know South Park isn't mean-spirited, btu a satire. These scientologists are out of control and must be stopped.

I hope that their next episode is titled "The Death of Chef" and it better be the most outrageous episode ever. They should just splice the voice of chef from the previous 10 years for his dialogue and kill him off in the worst way possible. That would be must-see-TV!!!

Tags: South Park, Religion, & Satire