@indigozeal: Actually, after going back and reading I can't find any of the comments you're referring to. All I can see is you and another user attempting to disparage another person for posting that they're glad the show still exists.
Regardless, I'm not entirely sure about how appropriate it is to judge a piece of entertainment or art based on some of it's fan's interpretations. That just seems kind of silly since interpretations can vary wildly from person to person. Also, I don't think anyone got worked up over you not caring about the show, it was more about your aloof response of denigrating anyone that enjoys something you don't. Having said all that, it really seems like you shouldn't be the one lecturing people about maturity or awareness.
@indigozeal: But that's not true at all. Not to put words in the creator's mouths, but they don't satirize caring or wanting to make something better, they satirize some of the methods that people choose to employ. For example, the episode about hybrid vehicles in which the vehicles themselves were shown to be a good step forward, but the smugness of their owners was parodied.
@indigozeal: Being able to laugh at something and wanting to make it better is not mutually exclusive. Sorry, I don't have fancy self-cleaning gutters.
@dasakamov: No, actually. If you're on a ladder 30 feet in the air, you should be solely focused on what you're doing.
But seriously, the "monuments to generals" thing was an example of an "issue" that doesn't directly affect me and I don't have time for as opposed to issues that do (healthcare, censorship). My point was that as you get older and have people depending on you, some of the things that you used to have strongly held beliefs about tend to not mean as much.
As far as South Park goes, people are more than welcome to criticize it, but I'd argue that it doesn't only effect Trey and Matt, when there are quite a few people that work on that show.
@indigozeal: Not always. A lot of times, in my experience, once people get older and accrue responsibilities they have less time to worry about "issues" that don't directly affect them. Thus, they end up declaring something "stoopid" that they used to have firmly held beliefs about. It's not through any conscious decision to not care about anything, but rather a selective process of picking and choosing what is and isn't worth caring about. For myself, if I still cared deeply about half of the stuff I did when I was in my early 20s I wouldn't be able to find enough time to take care of my actual responsibilities (work, family, house). So, for me, the decision is fairly easy; should I let a comedy cartoon that's been making fun of everyone for years offend me, or should I clean the gutters on my house before winter? Should I give a crap about some monuments of generals on the losing side of a war, or should I make sure that the shopping is done so my family can eat? I'd say for any actual adult, the answer is obvious.
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