"If he wins will he mention the torture young children go thru at the hands of these criminals"
Bacon's film shows the pedophiles side of his "problem". It makes you sympathize with a pedophile. Kevin Bacon is dead to me. They, Hollywood, take something "taboo" or "controversial" and think they have the right to "explore" it. Recently a friend came to work - a guy who sees every movie that comes out, as a matter of policy - and told me he saw some sick movie where 2 thirteen year old boys sleep in the same bed and masturbate each other. The mom smokes pot with them, and the movie kinda lets it all slide, like it was cool or something. Then there's that Kidman movie, once again breaking down "the barriers" - of good taste.
Then along comes The Passion of the Christ. Wow - a movie unashamedly with an agenda which touched this agnostic (and once anti-religious jerk) deeply. Mel deserves not only a trophy but a knighthood. And if God exists, a set of wings.
Frankly I don't care if H Weird recognizes his work now. Gibson will do just fine without it. My only dog in this fight is that it shows what a morally bankrupt society Hwood is.