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I would like to thank KentTrappedinLiberalSeattle for his help with this. Kent's workplace was quite close to the shooting, but I ended up not using his comments. I decided they (and the aspect of Dayna Klein calling for increased gun control) would dilute the point.

I would also like to note that Bush is pretty much out of the woods, though she came within a hair of dying and a bullet is still near the spine, lodged among nerves that control her right leg. Rehab is expected to take months. She's 23 and her doctors say she came within a centimeter of a fatal hit. But Mel's career damage is so much more important...

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1 posted on 08/29/2006 1:39:39 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback
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2 posted on 08/29/2006 1:40:35 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (NewsMax gives aid and comfort to the enemy-- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1642052/posts)
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Ping!


3 posted on 08/29/2006 1:41:05 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (NewsMax gives aid and comfort to the enemy-- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1642052/posts)
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Bump


4 posted on 08/29/2006 1:42:29 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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"Instead, I’m wondering why we’ve been treated to a seemingly infinite number of media stories about Gibson’s arrest and so few about Naveed Afzal Haq. "




This one is easy, Naveed Afzal Haq didn't make an enduring film glorifying our Lord Jesus, and his message.


5 posted on 08/29/2006 1:43:15 PM PDT by ansel12 (Life is exquisite... of great beauty, keenly felt.)
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Can you let the lady know we are praying for her. Since she'g going to be in rehab would she like some cards and letters do you think?


7 posted on 08/29/2006 1:46:36 PM PDT by OldFriend (I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
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I commented on another thread today that Abe Foxman and liberal American Jews stubbornly cling to the idea that conservative Christians threaten them while largely ignoring the fact that the islamofascists want them dead.

Denial? Living in the past? I dunno.

8 posted on 08/29/2006 1:50:06 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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So, some might say that the story has gained little coverage because he’s a “lone nut,” a crazy man who just happens to spout Islamist rhetoric, rather than a real terrorist.

And some would say because he is a "lone nut", a crazy man who...spouts Islamists rhetoric, he happens to be profoundly qualified as a terrorist.

What he did was terrorism pure and simple. The USA should face this fact before it is too late.

Good Op-Ed. Thanks!

9 posted on 08/29/2006 1:54:20 PM PDT by Mad Dash
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Ping!


10 posted on 08/29/2006 2:01:52 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (NewsMax gives aid and comfort to the enemy-- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1642052/posts)
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There are murder trials going on this very minute. None make particular news.

Yet the Simpson and Blake trial made very big news. And Britney Spears may or may not be the dumbest mother on earth but she makes news too. As does Russell Crowe phone throws and Michaels Jackson's sleepovers.

Gibson makes continuing news because he is a famous celebrity. And as a celebrity he committed the most damaging act a celebrity can perform- proving his critics right.

Don't blame human nature. Billions of dollars have been made due to the public's hunger for celebrity gossip.

They get the rewards, they must suffer the consequences.


11 posted on 08/29/2006 2:03:09 PM PDT by Sabramerican (Bush Doctrine- Old: Fight terrorists. New: Cease fire with terrorists.)
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Thank you Mr. Silverback for bringing this to our attention *at least mine*. Still have Chill Bumps.


12 posted on 08/29/2006 2:34:23 PM PDT by mother22wife21 ( NO NEGOTIATIONS WITH EVIL FOOLS)
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I ask why the media thinks one is so much more important than the other.

What the saracen did to the women is not news because it simply illustrates cultural differences. That is what Mohammedans do. It is all part of their religion and culture and to highlight it would be culturally insensitive.

13 posted on 08/29/2006 4:36:42 PM PDT by arthurus (Better to fight them over THERE than over HERE)
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Mr. S, you already know the answer. They hate Mel for his work with the "Passion" movie so he has to PAY!!!!!! Also, the glorification of celebrities makes his faux pas so much worse.

Secondly, again, as you know, Muslims are to be treated special, so Mr. Jihad can shoot up a few Jews - no prob.


14 posted on 08/29/2006 4:57:50 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
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Well done, sir! "I’m wondering why ..." No need to wonder, you know the whoredom of mass media has an agenda so far left of normal as to be a tipping into insanity with the self-destructive self-imposed blindness they worship as a means to empower their leftist bent.


25 posted on 08/30/2006 6:08:23 PM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote life support for others.)
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