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#426573
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Mel Gibson is nuts
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TheBoost said:

Given that extensive history of bloodshed, to dismiss Jewish 'sensitivity' to this portrayal as somehow on par with videogame 'scaremonging' or German people being embarrassed by Nazis strikes me as either naive or irrational.

Naive or irrational?  I'm not comparing the death of Jews to not getting the right prize in a Happy Meal.  I'm comparing the use of a commonly-misinterpreted work in the hands of hateful people leading to the death of one group of people to the use of a commonly-misinterpreted work in the hands of hateful people leading to the death of another group of people.  I don't see anything more apples to apples than that.

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#426428
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Mel Gibson is nuts
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I don't really see that as a fair comparison because you're confusing people's independent reactions to the intent of the creator of a work.  I don't believe that The Bible has a verse where it advocates the murder, persecution, and hatred of Jews.  So just because certain people interpret it that way doesn't mean the work itself should be suppressed.

It sounds like the more modern video game scaremonger tactics.  Those kids who killed those other kids played Doom, so Doom is to blame, blarrrrggghhh!!!