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Protests over South Park episode in New Zealand
by Adam Finley, posted Feb 23rd 2006 2:15PM
By now the noise over South Park's infamous "Bloody
Mary" episode featuring an excessively menstrual
statue of the Virgin Mary has died down, but folks in New Zealand hadn't seen it until recently. Needless to say,
many of them weren't happy. As the cartoon was being broadcast, hundreds of protesters gathered around a statue of the
Virgin Mary to pray. In addition, 350 people protested outside the TV station that broadcast the cartoon. Despite
the protests, or possibly because of them, the episode garnered more than six times the usual audience. If nothing
else, South Park has proved not only can it raise the ire of American audiences, it also knows how to offend
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