Man who threatened 'South Park' creators gets 25 years in prison

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Man who threatened 'South Park' creators gets 25 years in prison
From Carol Cratty, CNN
February 24, 2011 -- Updated 1938 GMT (0338 HKT)

Washington (CNN) -- A 21-year-old man who admitted posting online threats against the creators of the animated TV series "South Park" was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison.
Zachary Adam Chesser encouraged violent jihadists to attack "South Park" writers for an episode that depicted the Prophet Mohammed in a bear suit, court documents said.
He posted online messages that included the writers' home addresses and urged online readers to "pay them a visit," the documents said.
"His actions caused people throughout the country to fear speaking out -- even in jest -- to avoid being labeled as enemies who deserved to be killed," U.S. Attorney Neil MacBride said. "The fact that a young man from Northern Virginia could support such violence and terror is a sobering reminder of the serious threat that homegrown jihadists pose to this country."
Chesser pleaded guilty in October to providing material support to terrorists, communicating threats and soliciting others to threaten violence. The three charges carried a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison.
"I accept full responsibility for all of my actions, and I would like to take the opportunity to express remorse," he said in court.
Chesser, who was born in the United States, converted to Islam in high school. U.S. District Court Judge Liam O'Grady told Chesser he had made a big leap from being a high school athlete to a traitor.
Chesser also admitted that he tried to go to Somalia to join Al-Shabaab, an Islamic militant group that the United States considers a terrorist organization.

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[iPakMan]

Wow, that`s a long beard...

 

[Dalai Lama]

Love it! South Park FTW!

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[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

None sense , 25 years for a threat ??

Americans threat each other over traffic lights ? do they get 25 years ? no .. clear case of Religious bigotry

:[ south park is crap

 

[Tractor]

Love it! South Park FTW!

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Really funny when see your Avatar at this moment.
I just answered your question in my profile,check it.

 

[ares]

Has everybody forgotten..it was his actions, which acted as a catalyst for the creation controversial facebook page on Prophet Mohamed.

 

[Dalai Lama]

Really funny when see your Avatar at this moment.
I just answered your question in my profile,check it.

Buddy, that's been my avatar since I joined.

 

[Dalai Lama]

South park rips on Jews in almost every episode. In fact they make fun of everyone in equal terms. The Islamic community could have taken it in a humorous sense. Sad thing is that most of them actually did. It was just a few, like this man that escalated the situation and caused over 100 deaths (I think) over something as petty as this. BTW their efforts were useless. All did was spur the creators to mock the extremists even more and I for one think that it was the biggest slap on their face.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Love it! South Park FTW!

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Quick question, out of all the South Park characters out there, why did you choose Butters?

South park rips on Jews in almost every episode. In fact they make fun of everyone in equal terms. The Islamic community could have taken it in a humorous sense. Sad thing is that most of them actually did. It was just a few, like this man that escalated the situation and caused over 100 deaths (I think) over something as petty as this. BTW their efforts were useless. It spurred the creators to mock the extremists even more and I for one think that it was the biggest slap on their face.

Yeah but the South Park creators themselves are Jewish. So it is sort of like "self-deprecating humour".

Mocking other races/cultures can be tricky, depending on the context. Some can get away with it, and others just end up causing offense at every corner.

 

[Dalai Lama]

Quick question, out of all the South Park characters out there, why did you choose Butters?

For some reason I find Butters very endearing to me. Maybe, it's his awkward demeanour and his squeaky voice...

 

[Dalai Lama]

Yeah but the South Park creators themselves are Jewish. So it is sort of like "self-deprecating humour".

Mocking other races/cultures can be tricky, depending on the context. Some can get away with it, and others just end up causing offense at every corner.

True, but I think that's exactly why they mock Jews all the time, in an effort to clarify that it's all in good humour when they do actually mock other religions (a rare occurrence BTW). I really didn't mind when they made fun of every religion in one episode (Super Best Friends). Like I said, they mock everyone in equal terms. Most of the time, themselves.

Examples:

"Shut up Jew!"
"Theyyyy tookkkk rrrrrr jooobs!"

Where's the fun if you can't laugh at yourself eh?

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Like I said, they mock everyone in equal terms. Most of the time, themselves.

South Parks gets away with it because -

(1) It is funny, and (2) They are known as "equal opportunity haters", and they mock all races/cultures equally.

This bypasses the definition of racism, because racism requires the belief that one side is superior, and the other side is inferior. If "all are hated equally", then it is not really prejudice.

However I'll be honest and say I think they are going too far against Muslims, the "Cartoon wars" episode for example. They certainly don't mock Chinese people that badly, the closest they came to that was during an episode about the Beijing Olympics.

 

[vikrams]

south park is cool

 

[Gold1010]

south park rocks !!!!!

butters sucks its all about Adolf hitler i mean cartman

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lighten up dude....

 

[Abii]

In the US you kill someone and you get 10 years in jail but for a threat he got 25?
fudge all these terrorists but the American justice system is messed up bad. It makes no sense.