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Morford: How To Gag On 'The Passion' (Gibson's brutal snuff film makes a mockery of true belief)
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Friday, April 16, 2004 | Mark Morford (they finally found the other gerbil)

Posted on 04/16/2004 1:53:19 PM PDT by presidio9

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To: independentmind; mhking; presidio9
Transgender perhaps? Hermaphrodite, transexual, or cross dresser?

Perhaps it is just the conservative traditionalist Catholicism of Mr. Gibson that he objects to rather than the liberal modernist Lavender-R-Us variety which the media seem to prefer.

61 posted on 04/16/2004 3:34:26 PM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: presidio9
Ms. Morford should not put anything involving 'gagging' in the headline-too easy!
62 posted on 04/16/2004 3:36:55 PM PDT by threat matrix
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To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
As any good director could tell you: Context is everything.
63 posted on 04/16/2004 3:37:06 PM PDT by presidio9 ("See, mother, I make all things new.")
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To: presidio9
I think Morford is just angry that The Passion is not a proper snuff film. I'll bet he goes in for that stuff.
64 posted on 04/16/2004 3:37:36 PM PDT by AmishDude
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I think we all know what Mark gags on....
66 posted on 04/16/2004 3:39:06 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Vietnam veteran against John Kerry, proud to be a "crook" and a "liar.")
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To: mhking
LOL!

Okay, I'll try again.

Was he born male or female?

What sex does he profess to be currently?

67 posted on 04/16/2004 3:40:14 PM PDT by independentmind
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To: Elisha_Ben_Abuya
I'm not going to argue with that. A lot of people think that statues of the Blessed Mother on the lawn are tacky. Differerent people have different ways of showing their devotion, and I respect that. I respect it a heck of a lot more than Morford.
68 posted on 04/16/2004 3:40:48 PM PDT by presidio9 ("See, mother, I make all things new.")
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To: Democratshavenobrains
She's clueless about Buddhism, too.
69 posted on 04/16/2004 3:43:56 PM PDT by RobbyS (JMJ)
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To: presidio9
I have heard reference to the "groin politics" of the Genital Left.

It may be the rise of The Anal Left which will prove the more amusing historically. Or...hysterically? Particularly if John Kerry wins.

70 posted on 04/16/2004 3:46:02 PM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: CecilRhodesRidesAgain
It would seem there is a "double-standard" being applied to Mr. Gibson. Why?

Seriously?

71 posted on 04/16/2004 3:47:21 PM PDT by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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To: William Creel
Mark Morford is a woman?

You never know in San Francisco...

72 posted on 04/16/2004 3:50:14 PM PDT by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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To: presidio9
I don't understand why they feel the NEED to put down Mel's wonderful film.

If not just that they don't like the movie, or feel it was moade poorly, they must spew venom about it... why is that???
73 posted on 04/16/2004 3:57:04 PM PDT by Mr. K (ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,I stole this cuz its funny,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø))
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To: presidio9
"This is not Christianity" - Mark Morford

It's always instructive to be tutored by such an august Biblical scholar as Morford, who makes up entire columns out of bile, invective, sexual perversion and whole cloth.

Morford needs Jesus a lot more than Jesus needs Morford. Unfortunately, Jesus wants Morford an lot more than Morford wants Jesus.

Pray this tortured man sees the Light before it's too late and he learns the hard way where his fatal misconceptions lead!

74 posted on 04/16/2004 4:03:26 PM PDT by Gritty ("The unavoidable conclusion is, liberals haven't the vaguest idea what Christianity is"-Ann Coulter)
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To: CecilRhodesRidesAgain
There is a simple, two-fold explanation why most critics loathe "Passion" and heap praise on the likes of "Kill Bill" and "Pulp Fiction".

1) The portrayals in latter films are from the perspective of the person meting out the violence. The critic enjoys a vicarious satisfaction with the victor's conquest in the conflict. "Passion" focused on the victim of violence ... there's no pleasure for an unbeliever to identify with the Christ under those circumstances. Only a believer appreciates the vicarious atonement that was accomplished by Jesus in "Passion" and believes in the victory portrayed in its final scene.

It's really not a double standard. They like their graphic violence to be fun. If the violence is fun, the gorier the better. But the violence in "Passion" is not fun, so they diss it.

2) The critics plainly do not understand the Gospel, but wish to stop or pervert its message. Most of the scathing critics are utterly ignorant of the significance of the Scriptural account of Jesus' passion; those who have a modicum of knowledge despise the Gospel.

To criticize "Passion" as being "revisionist" is to announce one's profound ignorance of both Scripture and history.

Simple.
76 posted on 04/16/2004 4:09:34 PM PDT by RBroadfoot
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To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
I just what to know who supplies this guy with the stuff he is on.

If you bust a dealing with that kind of inventory, you will make a big impact on the war on drugs (not to mention improve Madam Monfords writing skills!)

Still, I wonder about the people that think like this. They truly believe that they are right, and many think that any means used to accomplish their goals is OK.

In short, frightening.
77 posted on 04/16/2004 4:09:35 PM PDT by redgolum
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To: presidio9
I'm touched. I feel like, upon her release from rehab, she wrote this article just for me.

Ha ha haaaa....a gift for her "#1 Fan"...don't try to tell me she doesn't lurk here!

78 posted on 04/16/2004 4:18:11 PM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: presidio9
Yep - you can tell when an editorial/story is written by a drug addicted homosexual athiest....

Where did they get "Revisionist"? The Passion was the closest depiction I have ever seen to what my Bible (KJV) says.

What part of history of the Bible was Gibson supposedly revising?
79 posted on 04/16/2004 4:24:49 PM PDT by TheBattman (Leadership = http://www.georgewbush.com/)
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