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Message to Mel Gibson's Father
Email | 4/11/2004 | Dan Barash

Posted on 04/11/2004 4:02:33 PM PDT by yonif

Bowing to intense pressure from Mel Gibson's father, Jews announced today that they would no longer control the world.

In a press release, Jews stated, "Although we have thoroughly enjoyed the challenges of world domination for the last 3000 years, we feel it's time for gentiles to take control of their own affairs. We plan to spend more time with our families and pursue other interests."

Hutton Gibson stated he was pleased with the announcement, but expressed concern he was losing a scapegoat for all of his problems.

He said he would be launching a search for a new minority group to demonize.

Many Jews expressed relief that they could give up burdensome responsibilities. Retired accountant Jerry Friedman, who controls all media in Montana, said, "I would just as well let the citizens of Montana manage their own TV and newspapers. Don't get me wrong, Montana is a fine state. But it gets awfully cold, and there's nowhere to get a good bagel."

Attorney Allen Franks said he's glad he no longer has to manage Bulgarian monetary policy. "It was getting to be quite a hassle," he said. "I already have a full time job and can't even balance my own checkbook, let alone control the finances of an entire nation."

Homemaker Judith Levine said she would "...miss the hustle and bustle of setting the international price for magnesium every day. But my son is about to become Bar Mitzvah, and oy! Such a party we're gonna have, you wouldn't believe!"

Hollywood producer Sidney Greenbaum was pessimistic about the announcement. "Do you really think goyim know how to make movies?" he asked. "They'll all end up being high budget, technicolor snuff flicks if you leave things up to Mel and his kind."

Comedy experts expressed concern that the business would suffer if Jews suddenly withdrew. According to one insider, "Take away all the Jewish comics and writers, and all you have left is Carrot Top. That's not a world I want to live in."


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: catholiclist; huttongibson
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To: Snuffington
A while back someone discovered Susan Sarandons mother turned out to be a big time W supporter. We had a lot of fun with that here on FR and it made Timmy go ballistic.
82 posted on 04/11/2004 7:15:10 PM PDT by xp38
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To: CapnBarbossa
No, I'm attacking an anti Semitic kook who happens to be Mel Gibson's father. While acorns rarely fall that far from the tree, I've not seen anything about "The Passion"

Then you are attacking Mel. Since you brought up "acorns" is that your family tree?

"that would lead me to believe that Gibson took any particularly offensive anti Semitic direction with it, other than my understanding that there are inaccuracies that tend to spring from a particular set of language prejudices of his (and which are directly related to an obsession with Latin by certain traditional Roman Catholics).

Maybe you should clarify this. What do you mean by related obseessions?

I thought his public statements on his views on Judaism were pretty weaselly, but if it were my dad, I'd have probably said the same things.

So, supporting your dad is "weaselly".

Again, secular and leftist attacks on The Passion, Mel Gibson and his father have lead to greater movie sales. Thank you Yonif! Are you on the pay roll by any chance? ...stop attacking Christians. Hutton Gibson is no Christian, and gets no quarter from me.

83 posted on 04/11/2004 7:16:29 PM PDT by justanotherday (mis spellers of the world: untie!)
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To: ConservativeKnight
IMDB lists the Passion run time at 127 minutes.
84 posted on 04/11/2004 7:17:49 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Tribune7
It's a fairly gentle dig and it's not undeserved.

Forgive me, I didn't get the name of your father.

85 posted on 04/11/2004 7:19:18 PM PDT by justanotherday (mis spellers of the world: untie!)
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To: justanotherday
Has Hutton Gibson expressed his views publically that the Holocaust was exaggerated and that there is a Jewish conspiracy to acquire power? If so, why do you think he should escape criticism?
86 posted on 04/11/2004 7:27:54 PM PDT by Tribune7 (Arlen Specter supports the International Crime Court having jurisdiction over US soldiers)
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To: Tribune7
"Has Hutton Gibson expressed his views publically that the Holocaust was exaggerated and that there is a Jewish conspiracy to acquire power?" If so, why do you think he should escape criticism?

if his views are being "spun" to advance an anti-Christian point of view, then let the critics be known for what they are. Christ haters.

87 posted on 04/11/2004 7:33:52 PM PDT by justanotherday (mis spellers of the world: untie!)
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To: Tribune7
See #66
88 posted on 04/11/2004 7:34:23 PM PDT by Sam Cree (Democrats are herd animals)
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To: Tribune7; justanotherday
if his views are being "spun" to advance an anti-Christian point of view

I think justanotherday believes Mr. Hutton Gibson has been slandered.

While he is probably correct in saying that Hutton's views have been made public in an effort to discredit his son's film, to say Mr. Gibson was slandered is probably a stretch, since it looks like he really did say those things.

89 posted on 04/11/2004 7:38:54 PM PDT by Sam Cree (Democrats are herd animals)
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To: justanotherday
Hutton is a flake. He is not evil. He has not hurt anybody (except for maybe some Japanese in WWII.). He is, however, outspoken about some strange, and objectively incorrect, beliefs. The author of this article does a fine and gentle job of calling him on them -- without namecalling or character destruction.

And I saw the Passion. It was a great movie without an anti-Semetic moment. Mel is not his father and he can't choose his parents but it doesn't help anybody's agenda to allow a denial of the scope of the Holocuast to go unchallenged or to imply there is a world-wide Jewish conspiracy of some type.

Concerning Greenspan, I always thought he was some kind of Ayn Rand objectivist despite his Jewish heredity.

90 posted on 04/11/2004 7:45:13 PM PDT by Tribune7 (Arlen Specter supports the International Crime Court having jurisdiction over US soldiers)
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To: Sam Cree
While he is probably correct in saying that Hutton's views have been made public in an effort to discredit his son's film, to say Mr. Gibson was slandered is probably a stretch, since it looks like he really did say those things.

Exactly.

91 posted on 04/11/2004 7:47:07 PM PDT by Tribune7 (Arlen Specter supports the International Crime Court having jurisdiction over US soldiers)
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To: Clemenza
although we all know that it is really the FREEMASONS who control the Skull & Bones who control the Trilateral Commission who control the Council on Foreign Relations who CONTROL THE WORLD!

Don't forget about the "Committee of 300."

92 posted on 04/11/2004 7:47:17 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: wimpycat
With all due respect, it's rather hard to argue that this has nothing to do with Mel Gibson, when the message is written to "Mel Gibson's father", instead of to "Hutton Gibson".

True, I guess, however most people know him due to the fact he is Mel Gibson's father, so it isn't surprising that he would use that title. Just like we would this term to describe Bill Clinton's brother, etc.

But believe me, the writer in question is not part of the group against the film or Mel Gibson.

I see this article probably as not just against Hutton, but against people who think like him.

93 posted on 04/11/2004 7:50:38 PM PDT by yonif ("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
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To: Snuffington
No, he's one of the sheep not stopping to think why the entire world is suddenly talking about an entirely obscure man.

He probably knows about it. Its not just about this man, but many other people who think that way around the world. He is laughing at them.

And incidentally, this is a recycled joke with only a few minor changes. I read the original some time ago (maybe on the Onion?) and it had no references to the Gibsons.

Thanks for the info. If you find a link to it please post it.

94 posted on 04/11/2004 7:52:22 PM PDT by yonif ("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
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To: justanotherday
Attack the father, attack the son. And yes, while Mel's father has made some gross mistakes, The Passion's attackers have used Mel's fathers statements to attack the film and the message.

I am not denying that. But I find it hard to believe why you are concluding that this person writing the article is part of the attackers...

95 posted on 04/11/2004 7:53:46 PM PDT by yonif ("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
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To: yonif
Thanks for the info. If you find a link to it please post it.

I didn't find the one I thought I recalled with no Gibson reference. But I did find the same one all over the place attributed to some guy named Dan Barash. This one might be the original source.

96 posted on 04/11/2004 8:02:14 PM PDT by Snuffington
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To: yonif
and in no way is he trying to descredit the movie Passion,

Up until Mel Gibson made his most recent movie how many articles were written about his father? I don't think many. Now all of a sudden the attacks intensify. Why now? Coincidence? To say it has nothing to do with the movie is stretching it a bit - don't you think?

97 posted on 04/11/2004 8:09:47 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: ladyjane
Up until Mel Gibson made his most recent movie how many articles were written about his father? I don't think many. Now all of a sudden the attacks intensify. Why now? Coincidence? To say it has nothing to do with the movie is stretching it a bit - don't you think?

It has to do with the movie in the sense that his father is being talked about. But his father represents other people with the same views. This article is directed against the views of the father, and others who have that view as well. It is not an attack on the movie, as other people have used the father. The views of the father are nothing new and have been used by others.

98 posted on 04/11/2004 8:14:25 PM PDT by yonif ("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
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To: Snuffington
OK. Then the email wasn't really clear. It was probably just this person passing along something, but it wasn't by him. I will notify the admin to change it.
99 posted on 04/11/2004 8:18:48 PM PDT by yonif ("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
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To: yonif
Meant to ping you to post 75, in which I wondered if this was incorrectly attributed to Plaut. I hadn't known him to be such a humorist.
100 posted on 04/11/2004 8:25:07 PM PDT by Sam Cree (Democrats are herd animals)
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