Remember Terry Teachout in the WSJ? Money quote:
Let it be duly noted that if the title of [“The Book Of Mormon”] were “The Quran,” it wouldn’t have opened. Messrs. Parker and Stone found that out the hard way a year ago when online death threats caused Comedy Central executives to censor an episode of “South Park” in which the Prophet Muhammad was shown wearing a bear costume. The boys have learned their lesson well: Never shoot at anybody who shoots back.
From CNN:
Federal authorities are using words uttered by the co-founder of a radical Islamic group to charge him with threats against the creators of “South Park.” A criminal complaint alleging the communication of threats was filed in Virginia late last week against Jesse Curtis Morton, also known as Younus Abdullah Mohammad … Morton, a former resident of Brooklyn, New York, is the second person charged in the “South Park” case. In February, Zachary Adam Chesser, 21, who admitted to posting online threats, was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
(Full disclosure: they are friends. Which makes my anger at impugning their integrity and courage deep. But no less valid.)
The Dish 