I think parkersweb is trying to equate regional licensing issues to authoritarian censorship?
I think the irony is that South Park is self-censoring for the European market. I know that's not equivalent to state censorship, but it's still ironic.
That's not true. When I've been living in one of 5+ European countries, South Park has always been available. You just have to follow the link in the bottom and use the regional version of the website. No self censoring here.
Southpark.cc.com is and has always been visible from Italy.
South Park has been censored by Comedy Central before.