[4CJ]

"You introduce a Republican to another in Hollywood, it's like a meeting between two Christians in Caligula's Rome," he observes.

Rhys-Davies Bump.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

[skinkinthegrass]

WOW!...Selleck, Gibson, Woods, Miller, Arnold?, Davies...and no telling how many "closet" conservatives.

[IYAS9YAS]

He was fitting as Gimli, then. Not much for B.S. that fellow. I knew there was a reason I really liked him. He's over 6ft tall, too. Great effects to make him seem a dwarf!

[martin_fierro]

One rhyng to rule them all.

[I still care]

This guy is good stuff. Refreshing to hear honesty and intelligence coming from an actor.

[Servant of the 9]

"In a matter of 20-50 years, we are going to see two to three countries become predominately Muslim — Holland, France, and possibly Germany."

Not true.
Once Muslims become a majority, the minority won't have a choice.
It will be 'Islam or the Sword'

Just like when the Christians became a majority over the Pagans.

So9

[eyespysomething]

Rhys-Davies used to be a radical leftist, as a university student in the '60s. He first started to come around when he went to the local hall to hear a young local member of parliament by the name of Margaret Thatcher. "I went to heckle her," Rhys-Davies says. "She shot down the first two hecklers in such brilliant fashion that I decided I ought for once to shut up and listen."

Sweet. Thatcher rocks!

[StoneColdGOP]

JRD bump. I like this guy more and more.

[Texas2step]

*ping* - Thought you might want to peruse this thread. :-)

[Paleo Conservative]

This sort of talk, predictably enough, has provoked cries of "racism" from Muslim advocacy groups and left-wing critics back on his home turf. "We want an apology," demanded Mohammed Javed, chairman of the Muslim Society for Wales. "This could stir up racial hatred in society. It's ignorance, he should learn more about Islam...before he makes these comments."

Apology? Hell no! On the contrary, this is an example of precisely what John Rhys-Davies is talking about.

[JesseHousman]

I like this guy!

How can we get autographed pictures? I'll place his next to my framed Ronald Wilson Reagan that hangs in a prominent place in my luxurious office! (A little taunting there for the leftist, ragged trolls who lurk in the hallowed halls of Free Republic!)

[vanmorrison]

When John Rhys-Davies talked about feeling like the few Christians during the reign of Caligula, I remembered that he played a murderous Roman Centurion in "I, Claudius" many years ago; he knows whereof he speaks.

[Fenris6]

Interesting comparison of the two - Legolas has a complex understanding of Islamic Jihad, the value of Muslim society, and the prospect of Muslim immigration & birth rates changing the nature of European society.

While Aragorn chants "No Blood for Oil" - a shallow ignorant cartoonish view of the conflict thats better directed at France and Russia (barrels of oil from Saddam to diplomats who looked the other way).

[Alouette]

This sort of talk, predictably enough, has provoked cries of "racism" from Muslim advocacy groups

Islam is a religion, not a race.

[Naspino]

"Last year, 56 percent of the babies born in Brussels were Muslim," Rhys-Davies notes. "In a matter of 20-50 years, we are going to see two to three countries become predominately Muslim — Holland, France, and possibly Germany."

Crab people! Tastes like crab, talks like people!

[CharlieOK1]

Ironically, Mortensen's character in the movies is a military leader. And many have drawn parallels between the conflict in The Lord of the Rings with the war on terror. With a twinkle in his eye, Rhys-Davies confides that a friend whispered to him while watching Mortensen in The Return of the King, "Does he realize he's George Bush?"

Best line in the whole article. Dumb Viggo once said that Bush was Sauron. What a maroon!

[Bacon Man]

Gimli ping!

[FourPeas]

Welsh-born

That explains it.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]