Religious groups want Russian cartoon channel shut down

For a second time in two weeks, religious groups have called for the closure of Russia’s cartoon channel 2X2.

Christian and Muslim groups are demanding that 2X2 be shut down because it airs cartoons, such as South Park, which they deem to be anti-religious, violent as well as promoting homosexuality.

They should join forces with L. Ron Hubbard’s group and the Mormons. But to be fair to Parker and Stone, they were somewhat sympathetic to the LDSers.

“Through the use of cartoons this channel is pumping, day and night, an ideology into the consciousness of minors of perversion and other vices,” said the council in a statement released this week.

Umar-Khazrat Idrisov, the head of a regional Muslim association, has called on the country’s Federal Culture and Cinematography Agency to strip 2X2 of its licence. “Destructive energy” should not be aired on TV said Idrisov.

Chortle. Shows like South Park and The Simpsons demonstrate more and better ethical lessons than have ever come out of your various groups. I’d much rather live next door to these “deviants” than to narrow-minded bigots like you.

The channel, which has about a 2 per cent audience share, has said its target audience is men aged 16 to 30, not children.

“We live in a fully secular, not puritan state,” Doglosheveva told the Russian news agency Interfax.

“The atheists could have just as well written a letter to demand that all religious channels and programs be closed. We work respecting the constitution, we do not violate the law.”

Amen brother! Testify!

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