[af_vet_1981]

"They’re going after Mel's 85-year-old father. . . . .

No, they are going after what Mel's father, who is now 85 years old, has been saying and writing for some number of years. It does matter that he is Mel's father because he garners more publicity and cover that way. His views must be publicly repudiated by all genuine Christians.

Make no mistake about it, those obsessed with killing this movie will not manipulate Bill Donohue into berating Hutton Gibson.

This is the part that troubles me the most. It equates Hutton Gibson's views with the movie. They are separate in my mind. I can't understand how Bill Donohue can be a genuine Christian and not condemn Hutton Gibson's views. It makes no sense to me. It's as if the movie has no effect on him, at least no positive effect.

[SJackson]

I agree with you completly. While I can separate Mel from Huttion, clearly many of the films supporters, including Donohue, are willing to let the film take on the baggage of holocaust denial and clear cut antisemitism. It's a connection they shouldn't be making. The fact that Bill Donohue won't condemn Hutton's views is troubling. He should keep his mouth shut.