This past episode was scathing, on multiple levels. Superficially it mocked Family Guy, and I'm sure that is all 8th graders got out of it. But it ragged hard on fundamentalists, both Muslim and Scientologist. Under all the censorship attributed to Denmark and Muslim fundamentalists, there were deep-seeded attacks at Comedy Central for backing down to Scientologists and pulling an episode. It makes for hilarious television.

I've been consistently surprised by South Park on a political level. In my mind it was strange that some of the best political commentary came from a cartoon. But then I realized - that's almost always been what the cartoon was used for.