[sinkspur]

I cannot avoid the conclusion that the likes of Charen, Kraut--and Foxman and Heir (Weisenthal) are arrogant--they are assuming an authority here to tell people how they can worship in public in America. This is truly breathtaking.

Well, you should avoid it, because nobody's telling you how to worship.

They just disagree with you about a movie, and you take it personally.

I don't get it.

[Mamzelle]

The nature of the outcry is that Gibson cannot use Jewish characters from the Gospel without some sort of expressed permission--and the Hollywood types have gone after Gibson's father, a very old fellow who has said some stupid things. Do any of us have old parents who can be counted on to say something awful?

And should we be require to DENOUNCE them in public, a la a loyalty oath? That's what was asked of Gibson. He handled it well--I'd have used a very different tone to someone harassing my old man.

What really poleaxed me was when Jackie Mason started raving about how irresponsible Gibson was to use "Crucify Him" and the Sanhedrin in the movie. Like the story can be told without it? Who does Mason think he is?

When the smoke clears, and Charen, Kraut and Kristol go back to beating the wardrums...well, I suppose we all will still be working for Israel.

But we won't take the elites so seriously--and I'd like to see some new and different pundits now that I know how the present ones really feel about the likes of me.