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Must_B_Free Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 02:52 PM
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How about a Movie about the Branch Davidians starring Mel Gibson
as David Koresh?

I think Gibson's cult is not to far from the Branch Davidians in terms of controvercial beliefs.

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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 02:53 PM
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1. The scary thing is
He'd be beyond perfect for the part.
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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 02:53 PM
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2. How about some specifics
I think that is a pretty drastic thing to say. I know he belongs to a conservative bracnch of Catholicism, but I don't think it approaches anything like the Davidians.
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Must_B_Free Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 02:57 PM
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4. Mad max is part of their cult belief
Don't you get it? Max max is the belief of their post apocalyptic world.

His father says the Holocaust was exaggerated!

These people are part of a loony apocalyptic cult.
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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 03:02 PM
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7. You need more than that
You can't hold him responsible for the beliefs of his father. He has explicitly, on more than one occasion, rejected his fathers wacky notions about the holocaust.

As far as I can see the guy has done nothing that would warrant the kinds of attacks on him that I see on here all the time.
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 02:53 PM
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3. As Long as Mel Does His Own Stunts
Including the trick with the Coleman lanterns......
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stopthegop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 02:58 PM
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5. yeah...can't have anyone that thinks differently than you
make a movie, huh?....some things (like Waco) are more than a little tasteless as jokes...
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Must_B_Free Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 03:01 PM
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6. I'm not the one trying to indict all Jews as "saviour killers"
then having my father say the holocaust was exaggerated.

Are you defending these actions?
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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 03:04 PM
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8. Have you seen the movie ?
Edited on Thu Feb-19-04 03:05 PM by SaveElmer
I doubt it...even the head of the Anti-Defamation League clearly says that neither Mel Gibson nor his movie are anti-semitic. I know it is fashionable to attack him now because he is a conservative Catholic...but there is nothing wrong with that. And as I said above, you cannot hold him responsible for the views of his father.
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 03:06 PM
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10. There is nothing wrong with being a conservative Catholic?
Interesting point of view for a Liberal.
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Superfly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 03:08 PM
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12. I agree
there is nothing wrong with being a conservative. They have their beliefs, we have ours. They are entitled to their beliefs, as are we. No, there is nothing wrong with being a conservative.
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stopthegop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 03:08 PM
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13. only if the liberal believes in freedom of religion...
but then...
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 03:11 PM
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15. Dammit I was being Ironic. I shall add the question mark.
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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 03:13 PM
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16. Or a winky face
;-)...guess I was being a bit obtuse there.
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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 03:10 PM
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14. Not at all
I believe in religious freedom. In fact, my faith (Unitarian Universalism) was founded on the belief that all religions have inherant worth, and that all should be free to worship as they see fit. Mel Gibson has done nothing but espouse his own religious viewpoint, and has made a movie expressing it. The head of the anti-defamation League has specifically said he did not believe this movie was anti-semitic. I think he is being unfairly attacked.
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stopthegop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 03:06 PM
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9. he didn't say that...
see the Diane Sawyer interview...your information if incorrect...as to what his father said..so? that's his father...has anyone in your family ever said/done anything you disagree with?
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Superfly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 03:07 PM
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11. He had his father say that?
Mel forced his dad to say those things? That's news to me...
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