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JerseygirlCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-20-06 02:32 PM
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101. Since when do one's rights as an artist, or a Christian, or even
an American mean that you're immune from criticism? What another stupid thing to say.

He's got the right to make any kind of movie he wants. Everyone else has the right to talk badly about it. There's no guarantee it won't be criticized -- even harshly.

What a pampered, egotistical dolt!
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  -Gibson says ‘Passion’ criticism triggered tirade sabra  Oct-13-06 12:33 PM   #0 
  - Boo fucking hoo, Mel.  geek tragedy   Oct-13-06 12:34 PM   #1 
  - Yeah, BFH!  zidzi   Oct-13-06 05:48 PM   #42 
  - Oh YUCK FOU, Mel!  Joe Bacon   Oct-14-06 08:05 AM   #56 
  - Had his rights violated?  Ravy   Oct-13-06 12:36 PM   #2 
  - Let's be fair here:  Phredicles   Oct-13-06 03:54 PM   #35 
     - Good point. (n/t)  Ravy   Oct-13-06 10:42 PM   #46 
  - Taking personal responsibility for his anti-semitism by passing the buck..  IanDB1   Oct-13-06 12:40 PM   #3 
  - I'm not so sure Mel's a Republican  Canadian_moderate   Oct-13-06 12:53 PM   #10 
  - some believe the movie eluded that the Jews (Sanhedren) killed Christ  sabra   Oct-13-06 12:55 PM   #12 
  - So what?  Canadian_moderate   Oct-13-06 03:11 PM   #31 
  - Eluded or alluded?  colorado_ufo   Oct-15-06 05:52 PM   #74 
  - Use the DU "Search" feature to re-play that debate if you wish.  IanDB1   Oct-13-06 01:01 PM   #13 
  - No way Mel is a Liberal  LostinVA   Oct-13-06 04:16 PM   #37 
  - It's my understanding that Gibson rejects the Catholic church hierarchy.  w4rma   Oct-13-06 10:47 PM   #47 
     - It's an extreme RW Catholic group, that makes Pope Rat look like  LostinVA   Oct-14-06 07:53 AM   #54 
     - Supposedly Mel Gibson is a member of Opus  ikojo   Oct-16-06 03:08 AM   #87 
        - There's no evidence whatsover....  Bridget Burke   Oct-20-06 09:23 AM   #94 
  - His movie almost completely left out the role of the Romans  True_Blue   Oct-13-06 10:52 PM   #48 
  - An obscene portrayal of Christ's Passion  struggle4progress   Oct-14-06 02:03 PM   #62 
  - His film wasn't based on scripture or historic documents.  mycritters2   Oct-15-06 06:26 PM   #76 
  - Mel Gibson liberal?  fujiyama   Oct-15-06 09:42 PM   #84 
  - The "they started it" defense  Marnieworld   Oct-13-06 02:37 PM   #26 
  - Not a very good one though...  youthere   Oct-15-06 06:56 PM   #81 
  - Mel's' message "Don't ever criticize me or my work!" FUMG.  chimpsrsmarter   Oct-13-06 12:40 PM   #4 
  - He's got more excuses than George Allen!  EmperorHasNoClothes   Oct-13-06 12:40 PM   #5 
  - Have you heard: the cop who arrested Mel was arrested too.  Sequoia   Oct-13-06 12:41 PM   #6 
  - This is so totally over the top  DinoBoy   Oct-13-06 12:42 PM   #7 
  - Criticism about his movie, which is about the King of the Jews,  mikeytherat   Oct-13-06 12:44 PM   #8 
  - Oh for Christ's sake  SheWhoMustBeObeyed   Oct-13-06 12:49 PM   #9 
  - What "rights" violated, Mel? The "right" to make a movie and be exempt  Garbo 2004   Oct-13-06 12:55 PM   #11 
  - That what ya call one of them there "delayed reactions".  ET Awful   Oct-13-06 01:04 PM   #14 
  - What's next for Mel?  Jeff In Milwaukee   Oct-15-06 08:44 PM   #82 
  - Go away, Mel!  oldcoot   Oct-13-06 01:11 PM   #15 
  - Hey! Mel!  kestrel91316   Oct-13-06 01:42 PM   #16 
  - Aren't we talking about something  maseman   Oct-13-06 01:45 PM   #17 
  - Maybe it was the footage of him getting a woodie while  zbdent   Oct-13-06 01:56 PM   #18 
  - I can sort of understand Gibsons anti-semitism  warishell   Oct-13-06 02:00 PM   #19 
  - and why are you so "sure" ?  sabra   Oct-13-06 02:03 PM   #21 
  - You're right I cant be sure  warishell   Oct-13-06 02:08 PM   #22 
     - Did you read the police report?  Marnieworld   Oct-13-06 02:47 PM   #28 
     - Have you ever known an alcoholic?  Casablanca   Oct-13-06 03:12 PM   #32 
        - I come from a long line of Alcoholics so there goes that theory  Marnieworld   Oct-13-06 03:31 PM   #33 
        - Bingo -- I've had the same experiences with the alcoholics in my family  LostinVA   Oct-13-06 04:19 PM   #39 
        - I didn't say that alcoholics become different people ...  Casablanca   Oct-13-06 10:40 PM   #45 
           - The personality may change but the person doesn't  Marnieworld   Oct-14-06 12:22 PM   #59 
        - Unfortunately, their personality didn't change -- it just came out  LostinVA   Oct-13-06 04:20 PM   #40 
        - I have a brother in law who is drunk EVERY DAY  ikojo   Oct-16-06 03:15 AM   #88 
     - Pretty coincidental that his dad is a holocaust denier....  soothsayer   Oct-16-06 07:44 AM   #89 
  - Drunk people tell the truth -- in vino veritas  LostinVA   Oct-13-06 04:18 PM   #38 
  - Great director?  fujiyama   Oct-15-06 09:46 PM   #85 
  - Log off, Mel, you're tanked again...  Ken Burch   Oct-20-06 08:54 AM   #91 
  - Mel says "I was subjected to a pretty brutal sort of public beating"  SimpleTrend   Oct-13-06 02:01 PM   #20 
  - Yeah, that's the ticket. Glad it took him two months to come up with  zonkers   Oct-13-06 02:12 PM   #23 
  - Its worth noting  rwinkler   Oct-13-06 02:31 PM   #24 
  - Hi rwinkler!!  newyawker99   Oct-15-06 04:37 PM   #72 
  - I don't think he should be allowed to defend himself unless  Marnieworld   Oct-13-06 02:36 PM   #25 
  - Mel, your piehole is open...  mtnester   Oct-13-06 02:42 PM   #27 
  - jews aren't responsible  maxsolomon   Oct-13-06 02:50 PM   #29 
  - Gotta love America.  Casablanca   Oct-13-06 03:01 PM   #30 
  - Mel made anti-semitic remarks  cali   Oct-15-06 05:58 PM   #75 
  - "I think I probably had my rights violated" Because people criticized  yellowcanine   Oct-13-06 03:34 PM   #34 
  - I feel like my rights are violated when people criticize my sermons  mycritters2   Oct-15-06 06:32 PM   #77 
  - MSNBC screws up...conflates Jews with Israel.  Behind the Aegis   Oct-13-06 04:06 PM   #36 
  - Now why couldn't Mel think of that one before the fact.....  0007   Oct-13-06 04:35 PM   #41 
  - Mel should do a little research into the HUAC.  dansolo   Oct-13-06 05:49 PM   #43 
  - Yes Mel, blame everyone but yourself. No one made you make The Passion.  Rex   Oct-13-06 05:53 PM   #44 
  - My trouble with Mel has nothing to do with Jews or booze...  Norton   Oct-14-06 06:03 AM   #49 
     - Nice rant  Frank Cannon   Oct-14-06 06:27 AM   #51 
     - Good rant  LostinVA   Oct-14-06 07:55 AM   #55 
     - Christian Theological point  panzerfaust   Oct-14-06 02:57 PM   #65 
     - To some Christians  mycritters2   Oct-15-06 06:36 PM   #78 
     - Very nice!  Rex   Oct-14-06 09:12 PM   #70 
  - no, his anti-semitism triggered THE PASSION  Skittles   Oct-14-06 06:22 AM   #50 
  - Gibson & Mark Foley  Marie26   Oct-15-06 09:59 PM   #86 
  - Mel is such a showman..the whole thing is a publicity stunt!  Tellurian   Oct-14-06 06:28 AM   #52 
  - When you're loaded, your inhibitions fall away  Crunchy Frog   Oct-14-06 07:34 AM   #53 
  - And an actual drunk would mentally prepare ahead of time  Tellurian   Oct-14-06 01:20 PM   #60 
  - In other words, antisemitism is the jews fault  Kber   Oct-14-06 09:42 AM   #57 
  - Suddenly it's all so clear....  mycritters2   Oct-15-06 06:38 PM   #79 
  - What an ass  ismnotwasm   Oct-14-06 10:06 AM   #58 
  - if this were 1937, Mel Gibson would be writing love letters to Franco  NorthernSpy   Oct-14-06 02:02 PM   #61 
  - "Writing love letters fo Franco"? Hell,Mel would join Errol Flynn in Spain  Ken Burch   Oct-20-06 09:01 AM   #92 
  - TORO TURD -- The Passion of the Christ came out TWO YEARS AGO!  rocknation   Oct-14-06 02:18 PM   #63 
  - Mel. Dude. Get over it.  panzerfaust   Oct-14-06 02:48 PM   #64 
  - He found a way to blame the Jews afterall...  Infinite Hope   Oct-14-06 02:59 PM   #66 
  - I always rag on the Jews when I'm drunk.  RUMMYisFROSTED   Oct-14-06 03:42 PM   #67 
  - Me too  mycritters2   Oct-15-06 06:38 PM   #80 
     - And crippled orphans too...  Ken Burch   Oct-20-06 09:02 AM   #93 
  - Jiminy Christmas!  FitzmasAgain   Oct-14-06 03:55 PM   #68 
  - October Follies  LostinVA   Oct-15-06 08:30 AM   #71 
  - What a lying sack of shit!  TheGoldenRule   Oct-14-06 08:55 PM   #69 
  - Oh, please, Mel! You can do better than that. n/t  AngryOldDem   Oct-15-06 05:44 PM   #73 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Oct-15-06 09:23 PM   #83 
  - Is there anybody who didn't see THIS coming?  Ken Burch   Oct-20-06 08:49 AM   #90 
  - I can forgive the silly ass  BenDavid   Oct-20-06 11:42 AM   #95 
  - Well if I was an extremist nutbag fundie holocaust denier  zara   Oct-20-06 11:43 AM   #96 
  - it took long enough for him make this up (I mean figure it out)  yurbud   Oct-20-06 11:46 AM   #97 
  - Wait, does this mean he retracted his apology to the Jewish community?  The Count   Oct-20-06 12:22 PM   #98 
  - Damn, dirty jews . . .  toopers   Oct-20-06 02:05 PM   #99 
  - Well, maybe he would have had a point if he hadn't gone off on his tirade  noonwitch   Oct-20-06 02:25 PM   #100 
  - Since when do one's rights as an artist, or a Christian, or even  JerseygirlCT   Oct-20-06 02:32 PM   #101 
 

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