Letters to the Editor
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There's the rub
MM wrote, "Many of Hollywood's power players are Jewish and if they chose to express their outrage or retaliate professionally, more power to them; they have a right to speak/act in their own defense."
Look, these people have all the moral authority of the alleged victim in the Duke rape case (a topic Salon dropped pretty pronto when the facts started emerging.) Roman Polanski had sex with an underage girl; when he was charged, he fled the country. Years later, still a fugitive, Polanski was given an Oscar by dear old Hollywood for a rather lacklustre movie. Why? Do these people not care about sexual abuse? Where was the outrage then? Did it matter that Polanski was Jewish and his movie concerned the Holocaust? If it is all forgive and forget for a child rapist, then why should Mel Gibson be penalized for shooting off his mouth while drunk?
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Irony
"... in general I think that Jews have, over centuries of suffering and persecution, developed the most finely attuned sense of irony the human race has ever known."
As a Jew myself (and a Gibson anti-fan since Mrs. Soffel -- I got a sense) I think the tense is wrong in an otherwise accurate description of one aspect -- my fave -- of Jewish adaptations.
Jews *had* developed a finely tuned sense of irony. There's still a large portion of the world Jewish population that continues to use irony to help deal w/the daily onslaught I'm sure, but there's a competing trend that began circa 1919 -- as is represented in these comments.
(not to change the topic but that was too juicy to let go w/out comment)
I thought the piece was great, and many of the letters that attempt to explain what to some is incomprehensible have made the article even better, so to speak.
That's ironic.
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Lampooning is Okay - Being Unfunny/Uninteresting is Not
Most events are game for lampooning (as is this one), but the problem is this lame attempt just isn't funny or interesting. Get someone even remotely witty to pen the article the next time some anti-Semitic and delusional celebrity with cirrhosis gets pulled over. Just because someone previously had an issue with alcohol doesn't make them the best choice to write a piece making fun of a current drunk. Now if you had a present day alcohol abuser, say Tara Reid, write it, that just might work. Or if you were going for witty, perhaps Garrison Keller would be a better choice. Or I bet if you asked nicely, even Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah would have a more interesting take…he is on retainer at Salon, correct?
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maybe editors need to put a big banner atop pieces like this: "WARNING: SATIRE TO FOLLOW"
and below, in slightly smaller print: inattentive and tone-deaf readers please take caution
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domini
The idiot was driving 85mph drunk down PCH. He should be happy he didn't wind up underwater at Carillo Beach, or dead off Muholland Drive.
Even worse, he could have plowed into any of the single family homes that line certain stretches of the PCH.
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Hey, Cary, Where's Your Compassion?
Oh please, for the love of God, make these celebrity stories go awaaaaaay!
Even the police officer said this was a routine arrest and is tired of hearing about it.
Are our lives so dull and boring that we have to keep tapdancing in the Schadenfreude Fest to entertain ourselves?
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It's true
.12 is nothing. A good drunk should wake up eight hours after he stops drinking with .12 still in his bloodstream.
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Cary, Neal and the whole world:
Anti-semitism if coming from the right is called by the right, and the Left, (and for a good reason!) evil and outrageous. Interestingly enough, each time it is expressed by the left (see Salon pages + most Salon readers), it's considered by the same Left: heroic and courageous. How laughable.
Personally I truly believe that, being the great actor Gibson is and having Shown to us his deep convictions about the question of "Justice/Truth vs Barbarism"; this whole incident has been Staged by him in order to make an Important Statement for the whole world to hear it, while fooling, in the process, the imbeciles, unmasking, on the record, the hypocrits and ultimately willing to Teach -at his own expenses- the entire world Humility, and Respect and Love for the Jewish people. After all how could someone like HIM say such stupid (and contradictory) things like this? Anybody with half-a-brain would know that Jews are/were certainly not the ones with such ambition. Beside: 2000 years of Walking the Earth have made them one of the most advanced and modern society on the planet: A Spiritual Teaching destined to every Nationalist and Protectionist Ideologue.
This article is the result of Neal Gabler's - a fox news contributor who never misses a chance to express his doubts about the so-called "Fairness and Balance" of that network every Saturday during his weekly appearance! - own paranoia (conspiracy theories), jealousy (of the man) and ignorance (on matters of Hearts and Minds) - Talking of spewing Hatred, spreading half-truths/lies and Demonizing all that's Good. Or fair.
Jews are a Gift to Humanity and whoever is unable to be on their side since at least the horror of the Holocaust and since, has no credibility at all. It was obvious to me that the purpose of the movie "The Passion of the Christ" was to show to the world post 9/11 that Barbaric rules/Laws and Actions are out of date, belong to an ancient time, that each time you give power to Tyranny - whether Secular(Roman) or Nationalist & Religious (orthodox jewish then, Radical Islam today (see Iran/Saudi Arabia/Hamas/Hezbollah/Al Qaeda...), the Spanish Inquisition during the Middle Age), worse, both combined - horror will occur. See Saddam's Iraq, and possibly its future if America abandon the Middle East.
I Saw the "Passion of the Christ" as "A Message for the Muslim Radical Clerics" and Followers + all the 'Moderates' who support them, make business with them or stay silent (whether Moderate Muslims, Nationalist intellectuals, masses and Politicians/Crooks across the globe). this is where Racism and Ignorance live today. In those minds.
In modern Israel, Extremists are called "Thugs" (it was by Sharon himself).
America's Foreign Policy of spreading/helping build, step by step, real Democracies - Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon,... and hopefully one day Iran - is the last solution left to the free world for the problem (quagmire) it faces. We can not count on Russia, China nor France to show Clarity and Fairness; consequently the deep wish of the party in power was/is! to receive the full support of America (i.e. of the current opposition party/Salon/Neal/Cary...), not their lecturing, nagging, demonizing; a United America during these Hard Times is the only pacific way to inspire hopefully the rest of the free world. That famous day, the UN will be able to finally transform its own image, purify, stop being slaves to oil money/rogue states, Become Pro-Israel in their hearts, understand why, and miracles will pop up all around the globe: like little Velvet Revolutions.
For that day to happen every Neal Gabler of the World will have to show some Humility, Let go, Recognize their Masters and their Friends, i.e. listen more, talk less; and finally,
Change their Tune and Join the Dance.
PS. America-Israel Friendship is not an Axis of Evil as most Liberals believe. It seems obvious that Iran-Venezuela-Cuba-North Korea symbolize Hell on Earth. And Dream of it.
Persian Girl
PPS. I was pro-Iraq-Intervention, now I am beguinning to Believe that the Muslim World is unfortunately a Lost Case unless America decide to Drop the Bomb on the entire Middle-East if She hopes to Change it! (Which is an out-of-date scenario (un)fortunately! Never Mind that God just sent one Tsunami and two deadly Earthquakes who have Killed in few seconds Hundreds of thousands civilians for no apparent Reason other than pure Destruction... Or maybe not. The other Solution is for Jesus to Come Back, in order to Shout at the face of all the Phony Prophets of the Middle East and all the Ignorant masses who Worship them, this time Jesus having the Backing and Protection of America, and Israel (People and Army). The last possibility is to read this post, accept my theory and change Heart, pressure the UN, Boycott all the nations who side with the Bad Actors, and do what Ghandi did, at the level of our entire planet! Huge Sitting Demonstrations against all the Crooks who rule the world or Dream of Ruling it, not Those who Fight them!
Anyway, if you have missed my post, this is not my last word;
See you Soon