I did.
We all killed Jesus; you and me.
I understand the theological interpretation which holds this, yes.
I'm talking about the people who actually, physically or socially participated in the act of getting Jesus killed, ending his life. (Jesus was a physical man and he was physically killed, by some people, and this act was socially prompted, by some (perhaps other) people, meaning that there is a finite list of people who had a hand in the *actual act* of killing him.)
Your/Colson's theological explanation for why "The Jews killed Jesus" would be a ridiculous statement may be satisfying to Christians but many of the people who have stirred up this controversy are not Christians, so I am trying to explain why the charge is ridiculous even from just a plain historical standpoint.
Some people had a hand in killing Jesus. I don't care how many/what percentage of them were Jews; to imply that whatever-percentage of them were Jews is NOT to imply that "The Jews" killed Jesus, as some people are saying Mel Gibson is doing.
Of course it is. The people that killed Jesus have been dead for nearly 2000 years. But the same people who are screaming the loudest are also proponents of "slave reparations" by people who never owned slaves to people who were never slaves.