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To: Dr. Frank fan
I don't believe the content of Mel Gibson's movie The Passion of the Christ is anti-Semitic. The question is whether the movie could conceivably be a trigger to acts of violence in areas of the world where anti-Semitism runs high. The fear of this is based on the perception that the Passion Plays of old had that effect.
186 posted on 03/11/2004 1:20:39 PM PST by NutCrackerBoy
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To: NutCrackerBoy
The question is whether the movie could conceivably be a trigger to acts of violence in areas of the world where anti-Semitism runs high.

Oh. Actually I hadn't known that was the question. But in that case, I do agree with you that the answer to that question is "yes".

The same is true of many movies. (In places where anti-Semitism runs high, one doesn't need much prompting....)

The fear of this is based on the perception that the Passion Plays of old had that effect.

If you say so. In any event, whatever the fear's based on, it's not based on an objective evaluation of the content of the film as being anti-Semitic, or "charging 'The Jews' with deicide", which was my point. best,

187 posted on 03/11/2004 2:51:19 PM PST by Dr. Frank fan
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