European Networks Pull 'Simpsons' Nuclear Jokes in Response to Japanese Crisis

Don't worry guys, Homer is mostly harmless....

since when is 'the simpsons' either funny or (( hilarious))? what a joke

These episodes can be collected on a Special Edition DVD,and called "The Simpsons --THE FORBIDDEN EPISODES, or something to that effect.
Longtime fans are very much aware that the show was never intended to be a reflection of reality( case in point:
In reality,do you think someone like Homer Simpson would be allowed WITHIN SHOUTING DISTANCE OF ANY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT?)

You know I am just amazed by how some people react . My first reaction to this story is WOW you mean it took them 20 some years to get offended by the Simpsons! Seriously. WOW! Is it possible we are being a little to sensitive over this nuclear issues and Japan. I mean, The Simpsons have been doing nuclear jokes since its beginning so its not like they are purposely cracking jokes aimed at Japan. I would not be surprised if the Simpson's people now do jokes on it just because it would upset people and that is what they do.

Leave Homer alone! There is no correlation between that poor man and what happened in Japan.

People need to get a life. No episode is making fun at the tradgedy in Japan, but they are making fun at the stupidity of Homer Simpson. To all the Homer Simpson reading this, I definitely mean the cartoon charecter not you, unless the shoe fits.

I can't believe this article has already racked up almost 600 comments. Personally, I wouldn't care if foreign networks opted to not pull the episodes, because I don't see it as being that insensitive. A nuclear meltdown on a fictional TV show, a cartoon, no less, does not equate to a real life tragedy like what transpired in Japan. At the same time, if the networks feel like it's a sensitive move to not air those episodes, that's their business and I'm not sure why people are getting so bent out of shape and insisting it's akin to government censorship. I'm far more bewildered by the people who are using this as an opportunity to bash The Simpsons and discount the quality of the show. The Simpsons packs so many jokes, gags, and thinly veiled allusions to current events and modern culture per episode that I find it hard to believe anyone could make it through an episode without laughing at anything. At times the humor can be slightly crass, but I'd chalk that up to the need for ratings more than wanting to appeal to the lowest class. If you make a show that focuses 100% on "intelligent humor" a good part of it will go over the heads of the average viewer. The Simpsons is interesting in that you have some people who watch it strictly because Homer is such a dolt and there's enough obvious jokes to laugh at, but you also have people who understand it on another level and get the subtle touches of humor that really give the show it's character.
If you don't like it, go watch Grey's Anatomy or something.

What happens overseas shouldn't concern us too much. No episodes are being pulled in the US and none should be.

The people who don't "get" the Simpsons are the ones who have either never actually watched it, or have totally lost their sense of humor. I find it very clever and intelligently written.

Wow...People really are ultra sensitive. The world needs to lighten up.......really. Without humor, we are lost. You go, Homer! D'OH!!!