[Sabertooth]

Wasn't that a Roman ear? Lend me your ear....

No, seven times in Revelation, Christ says to the seven churches of Asia Minor "he who has an ear, let him hear."

What hit me hardest was not Safire, Kraut, Charen--certainly not Weisenthal Center or ADL--but Jackie Mason. I expected sense from Mason. Funny what gets to you, and what doesn't--

The disgust that came from him--the general distaste I've sensed--quite a revelation.

Hopefully this film will serve as a catalyst for introspection among good Jews who had been unknowingly harboring a streak of anti-Christian bigotry within themselves. Haven't seen Mason's comments, but I will say that I found Charen's to be less offensive than the others.

[Mamzelle]

Mason's remarks were on a pol-talk show. The usual suspects were there, the scrappy Irish Catholic guy from the Catholic League, Lapin and another rabbi who really wasn't allowed to speak. I seem to remember it being on Scarborough--but I've seen so many pol-talk shows on this subject.

Mason simply raved and ranted--bad-tempered and mean. Disappointed me more than any other commentor I've seen to date, including the far more liberal. He called Lapin, who was perfectly civil to him, "The guy in the hat." He went on about how Gibson had been irresponsible to have the crowd say, "Crucify Him," and that the Sanhedrin should not have been in the movie. (??)

This movie has revealed many things to me that were not part of the Gospels--

Another guy who's had the antisemite label hurled at him probably more than most is Pat Robertson--watched him on some show trying to raise money to get Russian and Ethiopian Jews to Israel. He's devoted years of his life to that end.

In addition to the disdain and disgust eminating from so many toward Christians, there's also the added insult of condescension. Well, just because Christians support Israel doesn't mean that they're too stupid to realize the contempt in which they are held.