Stick a fork in him, Chef is done

Isaac Hayes is leaving the Comedy Central cartoon "South Park." Up front, I've never seen an episode of South Park, but I do appreciate the clips I've seen. What gave me pause was Hayes' reason, "There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins...Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honored, as a civil rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices."

I think what he meant was "I can't support a show that makes fun of MY beliefs," as South Park has a long history of satirising Christianity, and that never bugged him. Also, I saw a clip of the episode in question, and thought it was brilliant. Co-Creator Matt Stone agrees with me on Hayes' hipocracy, "(We) never heard a peep out of Isaac in any way until we did Scientology. He wants a different standard for religions other than his own, and to me, that is where intolerance and bigotry begin."

Hayes isn't the first person to laugh at others but get offended when it comes back at him, and he won't be the last.