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If you think my judgement is blocked...then you are questioning my judgement...

WEll, no, I'm not questioning whether or not your judgement exists or is wrong, only suggesting...let me put it this way. Sometimes, in a mental phenomenon, we only see what we don't like, which doesn't make us wrong...good example: I used to watch Hannity and Colmes all the time. When Sean HAnnity would speak, and the conservative guest would speak, it would go right past me. But when Alan Colmes and whatever liberal guest they had spoke, my fists would clench, my blood would boil, my face would turn red. And after the show was over, all I could remember was what the liberals said. You see, we as humans are attracted to excitement, so we tend to only focus on things that make us angry, enraged, happy, sad...whatever makes our adrenaline work.

That not every thing is gray. Not everything is morally equivilent.

I don't disagree, but your suggestion is that the movie is pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli. That is not gray, that is black. If it presents both viewpoints, and says that one side is right but the other has good points to is, then it is gray. Unfortunately, I don't mind when a movie does this. Movies, like other true art, are supposed to make us think. The enemy never thinks he is wrong. If the villain has a moustache, black cape, and is pale, that is not a reflection of reality.

Don't worry about it... I'm only teasing you... You are so cute when you try to explain... LOL!

I'm not suggesting that the movie is anti-Israel/pro-Palestinian... I'm suggesting that the movie is anti-Israel because it brings into question whether Israel was right or not in Wrath of God.

At Munich, Black September had clear motivation to take the hostages. They did so because Israel has the land. Whether that is reason enough to commit murder... that's up to the beholder. To me... never. You can't justify it. Never can. And when you try (rhetorical you) you lose the argument.

On the other hand, denied the chance to help during the crisis... denied justice because the Germans pretty much just let the terrorists go after the botched rescue attemept... the Israelis seek justice. Not veagence... justice.

To suggest in the movie that both sides are morally equivilent to me is wrong. Bringing it forward to 9/11... to say that our response to terror is equal to flying planes into office buildings is wrong.

That's my gripe with the movie. That's what I believe the message of the movie is... That a response to terror is just as bad as the original act of terrorism in the first place.

Baloney.

That's why I won't see the movie... even though I have seen almost everything that Spielberg has done.